Paramount Skydance Corporation (PSKY) earnings on May 4, 2026
More Paramount Skydance Corporation earnings
Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Accurate
The stock dropped significantly, falling more than 4% on the day after being down as much as 8.6% earlier. Negative sentiment dominated despite low expectations.
PSKY price around the earnings
10.65
Change: -4.3%
2026-05-05, 19:59 UTC
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Prior thesis
Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Accurate
- Thesis published
High risk: Rally fragile, fundamentals weak.
Despite a recent price increase, analysts are cautious, and the company has a poor history of meeting earnings expectations, making the current rally seem fragile.
Context analyzed before publication
- Summary
- High risk: Rally fragile, fundamentals weak.
- Playbook
- Given the weak earnings history and analyst concerns, the scenario suggests caution until there is clearer positive development.
- Trend
- Outlook deteriorating over past two sessions.
Analysts
Drivers
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Analysts
Negative
Analysts generally recommend holding the stock, and recent ratings have been cautious, suggesting a limited optimistic scenario.
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Hold
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 3.45
- Analysts covering the stock
- 15
- Average price target
- 12.93
- Lowest price target
- 8
- Highest price target
- 20
- Upside to price target
- 11.4%
- Revenue growth
- 2.1%
- Forward EPS
- 0.94
- Trailing EPS
- 0.03
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 4
- Strong buy: 1
- Buy: 1
- Hold: 11
- Sell: 5
- Strong sell: 2
- Strong buy
- 1
- Buy
- 1
- Hold
- 11
- Sell
- 5
- Strong sell
- 2
- April 2, 2026 · Wells Fargo: Maintains rating (Underweight → Underweight)
- March 10, 2026 · B of A Securities: Maintains rating (Underperform → Underperform)
- March 3, 2026 · Guggenheim: Maintains rating (Neutral → Neutral)
- February 26, 2026 · TD Cowen: Maintains rating (Hold → Hold)
News and sentiment
Drivers
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News & sentiment
Negative
Online sentiment is highly positive, but this is occurring on low market review volume and without a clear company-specific reason.
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Constructive
- Mention volume
- Low
- Normalized volume
- 33%
News
Sources (6)
- David Ellison Defends Paramount-Warner Bros Deal, Says Hollywood Film Output Won't Suffer — 'Long Live The Movies' — Benzinga
- Warner Bros Discovery Says On April 2, Donna Nicosia V. Samuel Di Piazza, Jr. Et Al., Complaint Filed In Supreme Court Of State Of NY; Alleges Negligence Claims & Negligent Misrepresentation For Disseminating Allegedly False & Misleading Proxy Statement; Denies Allegations In Complaint & Demand Letters & Believes Claims Asserted In Complaint & Demand Letters Are Without Merit; Complaint Seeks Corrective Disclosure To Proxy Statement, To Enjoin And/Or Rescind WBD Stockholder Vote On Paramount Skydance Deal — Benzinga
- Live On CNBC, FCC Chairman Carr On Paramount's Deal For Warner Bros Says May Be Some Issues With Investment Of Foreign Debt That We Would Look At — Benzinga
- Live On CNBC, FCC Chairman Carr Says We'll Probably Have A Minor Role In The Most Recent Paramount Deal — Benzinga
- Ross Gerber Rips $24 Billion Saudi-Funded Hollywood Push, Questions Paramount Skydance–Warner Bros. Discovery Megamerger — Benzinga
- Hollywood Creators Urge Regulators To 'Block' Paramount-Warner Bros Deal—PSKY Responds — Benzinga
Technicals
Drivers
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Technical
Positive
The stock has shown strong price increases over the last 14 and 30 days, outperforming the broader market (SPY).
Evidence
- Average true range (ATR)
- 3.8%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -44.3%
- 14-day change (14d)
- +25.8%
- 30-day change
- +12.2%
- 30-day relative strength
- +8.4%
- Benchmark change
- +3.8%
- Nearest support
- 8.62
- Nearest resistance
- 11.97
- Volume accumulation ratio
- 1.06
Trends
Drivers
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Macro & trends
Negative
The company has consistently missed earnings expectations in the past, often by significant margins, indicating underlying business weakness.
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- -430.9%
- February 25, 2026: actual EPS -0.12 vs estimate -0.01 (surprise -732.2%)
- November 10, 2025: actual EPS -0.12 vs estimate 0.41 (surprise -129.6%)
Monitoring and close
What Paramount Skydance Corporation reported
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Pre-market second reading after the results
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How the stock reacted
- Outcome
- Accurate
- Consolidated
- -4.3%
- Max favorable move (MFE)
- 8.6%
- Max adverse move (MAE)
- 1.6%