Paramount Global [PARA] is -19.07% lower this YTD. Is it still time to buy?

Paramount Global [NASDAQ: PARA] loss -3.23% or -0.4 points to close at $11.97 with a heavy trading volume of 50677870 shares. The company report on April 5, 2024 at 8:00 AM that Shopsense AI Launches Retail Media Platform for Broadcasters.

Launch Partner Paramount Global Will Debut “Second Screen” Mobile Shopping Experience During the CMT Music Awards Red Carpet Pre-Show on Sunday, April 7.

Shopsense AI today announced the launch of its AI-powered retail media platform, with Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA; PARAA) as its inaugural partner. Shopsense’s patent-pending technology unlocks new advertising and incremental revenue opportunities for broadcast and streaming networks by making content seamlessly shoppable within their own apps and e-commerce sites. Paramount Global will debut the new mobile shopping experience powered by Shopsense during the CMT Music Awards red carpet pre-show coverage airing on CMT on Sunday, April 7. The live CMT Music Awards will air on CBS and Paramount+ directly following the red carpet coverage.

The daily chart for PARA points out that the company has recorded 1.18% gains over the past six months.

If we look at the average trading volume of 18.39M shares, PARA reached to a volume of 50677870 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about Paramount Global [PARA]:

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for PARA shares is $13.06 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on PARA stock is a recommendation set at 3.09. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

Wolfe Research have made an estimate for Paramount Global shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Peer Perform, with their previous recommendation back on April 04, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Rosenblatt dropped their target price from $9 to $13. The new note on the price target was released on March 21, 2024, representing the official price target for Paramount Global stock. Previously, the target price had yet another drop from $17 to $11, while Redburn Atlantic kept a Sell rating on PARA stock.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Paramount Global is set at 0.72, with the Price to Sales ratio for PARA stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 0.27. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 0.35, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 3.70. Price to Free Cash Flow for PARA in the course of the last twelve months was 54.08 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 1.17.

Trading performance analysis for PARA stock

Paramount Global [PARA] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 1.70. With this latest performance, PARA shares gained by 14.00% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 1.18% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -44.61% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for PARA stock in for the last two-week period is set at 51.02, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 51.33, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 49.80 for Paramount Global [PARA]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 12.15, while it was recorded at 12.27 for the last single week of trading, and 13.65 for the last 200 days.

Paramount Global [PARA]: A deeper dive into fundamental analysis

Paramount Global’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 1.17 and a Current Ratio set at 1.32.

Paramount Global [PARA]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis

With the latest financial reports released by the company, Paramount Global posted 0.09/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at 0.17/share. When compared, the two values demonstrate that the company fail the estimates by a Surprise Factor of -47.10%. The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for PARA. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Paramount Global go to 29.37%.

An analysis of Institutional ownership at Paramount Global [PARA]

The top three institutional holders of PARA stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 1.32 billion shares, which is approximately 8.4983%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 1.04 billion shares of the stock with an approximate value of $200.69 billion in PARA stocks shares; and BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, currently with $174.35 billion in PARA stock with ownership which is approximately 5.8386%.