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Paramount Shares Gain As Wall Street Gauges Skydance Deal; “The More Important Question Is What Happens Next,” One Analyst Notes
Paramount Global shares rose 7.5% Monday on the news that an $8 billion merger with Skydance Media appeared to be close to becoming reality.
Paramount Global shares rose 7.5% to close at $12.80 Monday on the news that a long-awaited merger with Skydance Media moved closer to completion. As various M&A scenarios circulated over the past three months, however, including a now-less-likely transaction involving Sony Pictures Entertainment and private equity giant Apollo, the shares have risen almost 30%. “There are cost opportunities for sure (as in any transaction) but Skydance management and its backers must find ways to stabilize and grow the combined entity (which wouldn’t be much bigger).”
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