Paramount Skydance Stock (PSKY): Buy the Rumor Before Earnings?

Wall Street's favorite game: guessing earnings moves before the numbers drop. PSKY traders are placing their bets—will this be a breakout or a breakdown?

Key factors to watch:

- Streaming wars heating up: Can Paramount+ hold its ground?

- Skydance merger synergies: Real value or just PowerPoint promises?

- Advertising climate: Brand budgets recovering or still frozen?

Remember kids: 'Whisper numbers' are just institutional investors talking their book. The only earnings surprise is that anyone's still surprised by earnings surprises.

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Expectations from Paramount Skydance

The Street expects Paramount Skydance to report adjusted earnings per share of $0.41 on sales of $6.85 billion. This reflects a 16.3% year-over-year decline in earnings but a modest 1.6% growth in sales.

Results and management commentary are expected to reveal both new growth opportunities and ongoing integration challenges as the team works toward cost efficiencies and stronger content pipelines. PSKY stock has surged more than 43% year-to-date, with most of the gains coming post-merger.

The company has also secured major streaming partnerships that investors will be eager to hear more about. For instance, Paramount has committed to a $7.7 billion, seven-year deal for exclusive U.S. streaming rights to the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and a $1.5 billion agreement with “South Park” creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone.

Under new CEO David Ellison’s leadership, Paramount Skydance has been attempting to acquire rival Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) but has faced strong resistance. Analysts will look for updates on this potential takeover bid as PSKY contends with competition from Comcast (CMCSA) and Netflix (NFLX).

What Analysts Are Saying About Paramount

Wall Street remains cautious about PSKY’s ability to integrate operations effectively and achieve cost efficiencies amid heavy content investments.

Recently, J.P. Morgan analyst David Karnovsky reiterated his “Sell” rating on PSKY stock, while lifting his price target from $10 to $14, implying 5.4% downside potential. He cited to the company’s planned cost-saving measures as the reason for the target increase but remains cautious about the shares ahead of the earnings report.

Meanwhile, Wells Fargo analyst Steven Cahall raised his price target to $16 (8.1% upside potential) from $10 and kept his “Hold” rating. Cahall noted that Q3 results will be a pivotal test of the new management team’s turnaround plan. He expects PSKY to focus on two priorities: cutting costs to boost profitability and investing in new content and streaming upgrades to drive long-term growth.

Is PSKY a Good Stock to Buy?

On TipRanks, PSKY stock has a Moderate Sell consensus rating based on two Buys, seven Holds, and six Sell ratings. The average Paramount Skydance price target of $13.33 implies 9.9% downside potential from current levels.