What Should You Know About Paramount Global Before Investing?

Shares of Industrials sector company Paramount Global moved -7.4% today, and are now trading at a price of $11.89. The large-cap stock's daily volume was 11,528,787 compared to its average volume of 11,947,517. The S&P 500 index returned a -0.0% performance.

Paramount Global operates as a media and entertainment company worldwide. The company is based in New York and has 24,500 full time employees. Its market capitalization is $7,887,110,656. Paramount Global currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 4.5% per year.

26 analysts are following Paramount Global and have set target prices ranging from $10.0 to $32.0 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of hold. At today's prices, PARA is trading -27.25% away from its average analyst target price of $16.35 per share.

Over the last year, PARA shares have gone down by -22.0%, which represents a difference of -40.0% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $25.93 per share and its 52 week low is $10.51. Although Paramount Global's average free cash flow over the last 6 years has been $541.33 Million, they have been decreasing at an average rate of -23.0%. For this reason, investors may continue to shun the stock.

Date Reported Cash Flow from Operations ($ k) Capital expenditures ($ k) Free Cash Flow ($ k) YoY Growth (%)
2023 -773,000 347,000 -1,120,000 -705.76
2022 219,000 358,000 -139,000 90.49
2021 953,000 2,415,000 -1,462,000 -174.4
2020 2,294,000 329,000 1,965,000 122.03
2019 1,230,000 345,000 885,000 -71.63
2018 3,464,000 345,000 3,119,000
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