Head-To-Head Comparison: Paramount Skydance (NASDAQ:PSKY) versus Toho (OTCMKTS:TKCOF)

Paramount Skydance (NASDAQ:PSKY) and Toho (OTCMKTS:TKCOF) are both communication services companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and risk.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

73.0% of Paramount Skydance shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.2% of Toho shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Paramount Skydance shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Dividends

Paramount Skydance pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Toho pays an annual dividend of $15.97 per share and has a dividend yield of 25.8%. Paramount Skydance pays out -666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Toho pays out 12.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for Paramount Skydance and Toho, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Paramount Skydance	3	2	0	0	1.40
Toho	0	0	0	0	0.00

Paramount Skydance presently has a consensus price target of $10.60, indicating a potential downside of 43.59%. Given Paramount Skydance’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Paramount Skydance is more favorable than Toho.

Profitability

This table compares Paramount Skydance and Toho’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Paramount Skydance	-0.05%	4.51%	1.68%
Toho	N/A	N/A	N/A

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Paramount Skydance and Toho”s top-line revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Paramount Skydance	$29.21 billion	0.43	-$6.19 billion	($0.03)	-626.33
Toho	N/A	N/A	N/A	$128.19	0.48

Toho has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Paramount Skydance. Paramount Skydance is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Toho, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Paramount Skydance beats Toho on 8 of the 12 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Paramount Skydance

Paramount Global is a media and entertainment company which creates premium content and experiences for audiences. The company’s portfolio of consumer brands includes CBS, Showtime Networks, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, BET, Paramount , Pluto TV and Simon & Schuster, among others. Paramount Global, formerly known as ViacomCBS Inc., is based in NEW YORK.

About Toho

Toho Co., Ltd. engages in the motion picture, theatrical production, and real estate businesses in Japan. It is involved in producing, buying/selling, and renting movies; producing and selling television programs, movie pamphlets, and video software; and business related to merchandising rights, and other activities. The company engages in the planning, production, and performance of stage productions; and leasing of land/buildings, and others. Toho Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 1932 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.