For the quarter ended June 2025, Paramount Global-B (PARA) reported revenue of $6.85 billion, up 0.5% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.46, compared to $0.54 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of -0.22% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $6.86 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.41, the EPS surprise was +12.2%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Paramount Global-B performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Global Paramount Subscribers: 77.7 million versus 77.5 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Revenues- TV Media: $4.01 billion versus the five-analyst average estimate of $4 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -6.1%.
- Revenues- Filmed Entertainment: $690 million compared to the $768.72 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +1.6% year over year.
- Revenues- Direct-to-Consumer: $2.16 billion compared to the $2.14 billion average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +14.9% year over year.
- Revenues- Direct-to-Consumer- Advertising: $494 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $505.59 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -3.7%.
- Revenues- Eliminations: $-12 million compared to the $-20.48 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -29.4% year over year.
- Revenues- Filmed Entertainment- Licensing and Other: $434 million compared to the $456.4 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -18.7% year over year.
- Revenues- TV Media- Advertising: $1.66 billion versus $1.62 billion estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -4.4% change.
- Revenues- TV Media- Affiliate and subscription: $1.78 billion versus the three-analyst average estimate of $1.75 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -6.7%.
- Revenues- TV Media- Licensing and other: $574 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $636.26 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -8.9%.
- Revenues- Affiliate and subscription fees: $3.45 billion versus $3.42 billion estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +5.2% change.
- Revenues- Direct-to-Consumer- Subscription: $1.67 billion versus $1.67 billion estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +21.8% change.
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Shares of Paramount Global-B have returned +3.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +2.7% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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