LIBERTY MEDIA CORPORATION vs Paramount Skydance Corporation, two Broadcasting stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Formula One racing rights sit at the center of Liberty Media's F1 stock, and the worth of that franchise rests on the rights rather than on reported earnings, which are minimal today. Paramount Skydance, fresh from its merger, also shows depressed profit, a 2.52% return on equity, and a below-book price of 0.84. Both are stories about assets more than about this year's income statement. Formula One trades at a much higher 3.74 times book, reflecting confidence in the racing franchise, while Paramount's discount reflects doubt about the merger. Formula One is the far larger company, $28.9B against $10.7B, and carries lighter debt, 0.66 to 1.21.
Comparison updated 2026-07-11.
| Metric | FWONA | PSKY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $88.17 | $9.40 |
| Market cap | $30.0B | $10.5B |
| Sector | Broadcasting | Broadcasting |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | -4.2% |
| P/E | — | 25.4 |
| P/B | 3.88 | 0.82 |
| P/S | 6.32 | 0.49 |
| EV/EBITDA | 29.7 | 11.7 |
| Revenue growth | +37.9% | +2.2% |
| Operating margin | 9.0% | 8.4% |
| Net margin | 1.4% | 1.5% |
| Return on equity | 0.9% | 2.5% |
| Return on assets | 0.4% | 0.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 5.0% | 4.2% |
| FCF yield | -0.4% | 0.7% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.1% |
| Debt / equity | 0.66 | 1.21 |
| Current ratio | 1.35 | 1.10 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.44 | 6.50 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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