FOX CORPORATION vs Paramount Skydance Corporation, two Broadcasting stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Fox earns 15.8% on equity and 10.8 cents per sales dollar from its news and sports networks, and it trades at 12.11 times earnings and 1.79 times book. Paramount Skydance, the newly merged studio and media group, is still digesting the deal: earnings are depressed, return on equity is 2.52%, and the stock sits below book at 0.84. That discount to net assets is the market's verdict on a merger not yet proven. Fox generates real free cash, a 10.77% yield, while Paramount's is thin at 0.64%. Debt runs 0.6 at Fox and 1.21 at Paramount. Fox is the working business; Paramount is the turnaround.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | FOX | PSKY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $48.74 | $9.40 |
| Market cap | $21.1B | $10.5B |
| Sector | Broadcasting | Broadcasting |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | -4.2% |
| P/E | 12.9 | 25.4 |
| P/B | 1.90 | 0.82 |
| P/S | 1.30 | 0.49 |
| EV/EBITDA | 69.0 | 11.7 |
| Revenue growth | +1.1% | +2.2% |
| Operating margin | — | 8.4% |
| Net margin | 10.8% | 1.5% |
| Return on equity | 15.8% | 2.5% |
| Return on assets | 8.0% | 0.7% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 4.2% |
| FCF yield | 10.1% | 0.7% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.60 | 1.21 |
| Current ratio | 2.90 | 1.10 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.26 | 6.50 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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