Paramount Global
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2028)

2025202620272028
Price/Earnings ratio
8.136.215.364.61
Price/Sales ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/A
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$1.36$1.78$2.07$2.41

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
10.2816.1422.4066.278.407.809.474.259.92-15.44-1.217.80
Price/Sales ratio
2.201.642.141.721.130.920.900.670.360.310.250.92
Price/Book Value ratio
4.364.107.6511.965.871.951.490.860.470.410.411.95
Price/Cash Flow ratio
23.8716.3616.7626.6711.5520.9810.0020.2950.0219.766.7420.98
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
28.4718.9918.9733.7013.0729.4311.6532.29-78.8163.869.7429.43
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
0.13-0.35-8.17-0.960.012.25-0.350.05-0.120.090.002.25
Dividend Yield
0.95%1.31%1.01%1.25%3.63%2.30%2.61%3.34%6.28%4.76%1.92%2.30%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
41.40%40.05%39.57%38.37%37.22%38.07%40.70%37.92%34.18%24.49%29.96%38.07%
Operating Profit Margin
20.97%17.40%19.90%20.89%19.07%15.36%16.36%14.18%7.76%-1.52%3.80%15.36%
Pretax Profit Margin
15.67%14.56%16.93%14.45%15.77%12.02%12.44%18.21%4.19%-4.22%-20.36%12.02%
Net Profit Margin
21.43%10.17%9.57%2.60%13.50%11.89%9.57%15.89%3.66%-2.05%-19.83%11.89%
Effective Tax Rate
35.21%29.01%28.16%31.98%11.92%-0.26%17.00%12.40%17.93%28.81%6.07%-0.26%
Return on Assets
12.29%5.94%5.20%1.71%8.96%6.68%4.59%7.74%1.89%-1.13%-12.37%6.68%
Return On Equity
42.45%25.4%34.18%18.04%69.90%25.04%15.75%20.27%4.79%-2.69%-29.53%25.04%
Return on Capital Employed
14.45%11.96%12.76%16.95%16.01%10.55%9.32%8.25%4.96%-1.02%2.97%10.55%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A1.27N/A
Quick Ratio
1.151.251.251.111.040.991.441.601.101.161.091.04
Cash ratio
0.100.090.160.070.070.060.350.660.250.250.260.07
Days of Sales Outstanding
91.4488.7191.8798.55181.0489.72101.2989.1789.7187.5879.9989.72
Days of Inventory outstanding
41.6055.7365.4679.0779.6460.9442.7730.9324.6823.0530.0460.94
Operating Cycle
133.05144.44157.34177.62260.68150.67144.06120.11114.40110.63110.04150.67
Days of Payables Outstanding
13.626.976.789.9920.1113.3913.9016.4525.8017.9314.9113.39
Cash Conversion Cycle
119.42137.47150.55167.63240.57137.28130.16103.6588.5992.7095.12137.28
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.290.350.380.480.470.370.370.300.270.270.310.37
Debt Equity Ratio
1.021.512.545.133.731.411.280.790.680.640.871.41
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.480.590.700.820.770.570.560.440.400.390.460.57
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.500.600.710.830.780.580.560.440.400.390.460.58
Interest Coverage Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A1.26N/A
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.170.160.170.080.130.060.110.050.010.030.070.07
Company Equity Multiplier
3.454.276.5710.537.793.743.422.612.532.372.783.74
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.090.100.120.060.090.040.090.030.000.010.030.04
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.830.860.880.790.880.710.850.62-0.630.300.740.74
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.170.160.170.080.130.060.110.050.010.030.070.07
Short Term Coverage Ratio
2.006.273.561.271.401.76143.3786.630.91475N/A1.76
Dividend Payout Ratio
9.86%21.23%22.83%82.91%30.56%17.98%24.77%14.24%62.40%-73.51%-3.21%17.98%