WildBrain (OTCMKTS:WLDBF) vs. Paramount Skydance (NASDAQ:PSKY) Financial Analysis

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Paramount Skydance and WildBrain, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Paramount Skydance	5	3	0	0	1.38
WildBrain	0	1	0	0	2.00

Paramount Skydance presently has a consensus price target of $11.83, indicating a potential downside of 29.98%. Given Paramount Skydance’s higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Paramount Skydance is more favorable than WildBrain.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

73.0% of Paramount Skydance shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Paramount Skydance shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares Paramount Skydance and WildBrain’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%
WildBrain	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Paramount Skydance and WildBrain”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Paramount Skydance	$29.21 billion	0.39	-$6.19 billion	($0.03)	-563.33
WildBrain	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

WildBrain has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Paramount Skydance.

Summary

Paramount Skydance beats WildBrain on 6 of the 8 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 WildBrain

WildBrain Ltd. develops, produces, and distributes films and television programs in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Content and Canadian Television Broadcasting. It focuses on children's and family content, including animated series; provides content production and distribution services; and operates children's ad-supported video-on-demand (AVOD) channels on YouTube and other AVOD platforms. The company also licenses rights of new proprietary series or pre-sells shows that are in development to individual streaming services, broadcasters, and other media platforms; and re-licenses rights of existing series in the library or packages of programs of its own proprietary titles, as well as third-party produced titles. In addition, it holds broadcast licenses for Family Channel, Family Jr., Télémagino, and WildBrain TV television channels; and operates as entertainment, sport, and brand licensing agency for the company's own and third party brands. Further, the company licenses its brands, such as Peanuts, Strawberry Shortcake, Chip and Potato, Teletubbies, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Caillou, Johnny Test, In the Night Garden, Mattel on Bob the Builder, Fireman Sam, Little People, Polly Pocket, Degrassi, and Inspector Gadget, as well as publishing, music rights, and live tours. Additionally, it offers its films and television programs for streaming services; and conventional and specialty terrestrial and cable/satellite television broadcasters, as well as for other media platforms and digital providers. The company was formerly known as DHX Media Ltd. and changed its name to WildBrain Ltd. in December 2019. WildBrain Ltd. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.