The Screen · Communication Services · Entertainment
Paramount Skydance Corporation
PSKY · a US exchange · USD · Market cap $11.6B · 17,600 employees
Paramount Skydance Corporation operates as a media and entertainment company worldwide.
FAIL · Does not pass the screen
10.38 USD
At the last full screen 2026-09-10
Screened 2026-09-10 · the tape above runs as of 10:31 UTC · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
The Label · The Season, Not the Day
This name holds its markup label.
Paramount Skydance Corporation holds its Markup at $10.38. The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 40 days.
As held on the ledger · 2026-09-10
Phase
Markup
Quantitative state
The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 40 days
Price at the screen
$10.38
Valuation
346.00 trailing · 12.20 forward price to earnings
Values screen
FAIL· score 10.0
Beta
1.52
The Workings
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Does not pass. Debt ratio
Test
Figure
Limit
What it means
Status
Business activity
Permissible
Core business clean
Its core business isn't built on prohibited lines: no gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, or interest-based lending.
Pass
Debt load
34.17%
Below 33%
Interest-bearing debt is 34.2% of its assets, above the one-third ceiling the screen allows.
Fail
Interest-bearing cash
0.00%
Below 33%
Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 0.0% of assets, under the one-third limit.
Pass
Receivables
22.82%
Below 49%
Money owed to the company is 22.8% of assets, under the 49% limit.
Pass
Revenue purity
0.52%
Below 5%
Only 0.5% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, under the 5% line.
Pass
Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.
What the Numbers Say It Is Worth
The Fair Value Range
Our framework reads AVOID: it trades at roughly a 14% discount to our $11.88 fair value, weak competitive moat, 0.90% revenue growth.
Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-09-10 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 14.4% margin of safety to the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 14 covering, consensus None. The average target sits −8% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Our model sees value the Street hasn't fully caught up to yet.
Price History & Projections
Where it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2026-09-10 screen.
Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.
The Business, in Plain Words
Cheap media names can still fail us
Think of Paramount Skydance as the old broadcast tower still trying to compete with global streamers. The company trades at just 9.9 times forward earnings with revenue growing only 2 percent a year, yet it posts a negative 2 percent profit margin and negative 1 percent return on equity. We pass because the moat is weak and the ethical screen flags excessive debt.
The market prices the shares at 8.75 dollars against a 15 dollar fair value, but fourteen analysts sit on a hold rating with a 12 dollar median target. Low growth and thin margins leave little room for error even before debt concerns enter the picture.
Risk sits with the balance sheet and the structural shift away from traditional TV. Analysis, not advice.
The risks · The things to watch: it already moves more than the market on an average day.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
Where & How to Trade
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The framework has shifted from distribution to accumulation since the last review. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved up 14.2% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 14%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 25%. The street (14 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $13.
2026-08-09Distribution$9.06-11.4%Entry 4
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 11.4% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 14%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 25%. The street (14 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $13.
2026-07-18Distribution$10.22+0.0%Entry 3
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it D, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 14%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 25%. The street (14 analysts) rates it hold, with a mean price target of $13.
2026-07-03Distribution$10.22+0.0%Entry 2
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns.
2026-07-02Distribution$10.22Entry 1
The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns.
Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.