Sector

Communication Services Stocks

Internet platforms, streaming and entertainment, gaming and telecom carriers.

Companies
23
Advancing today
20
Declining today
3
Median move
+0.78%

Communication Services companies we cover

23 Communication Services companies, largest first. Prices from the most recent completed session.
Symbol Company Industry Price 1‑day 1‑month
GOOG Alphabet Internet Content & Information $353.47 -0.88% -0.78%
GOOGL Alphabet Internet Content & Information $354.30 -0.96% -1.28%
META Meta Platforms Internet Content & Information $592.10 +0.37% -6.24%
NFLX Netflix Entertainment $74.14 +0.61% -1.76%
DIS The Walt Disney Entertainment $104.91 +0.22% +9.09%
SPOT Spotify Technology Internet Content & Information $488.14 +2.75% +0.47%
NTES NetEase Electronic Gaming & Multimedia $132.22 +1.43% -1.26%
BIDU Baidu Internet Content & Information $109.71 +0.35% -6.64%
RBLX Roblox Electronic Gaming & Multimedia $37.79 +4.86% -33.03%
ROKU Roku Entertainment $153.11 +2.03% +9.16%
TME Tencent Music Entertainment Group Internet Content & Information $9.53 -0.63% +7.68%
PINS Pinterest Internet Content & Information $23.68 +1.50% +4.32%
GSAT Globalstar Telecom Services $83.40 +0.19% +4.22%
SNAP Snap Internet Content & Information $5.33 +2.11% +13.40%
BILI Bilibili Internet Content & Information $18.74 +0.48% +5.04%
Z Zillow Group Internet Content & Information $33.61 +0.54% +0.51%
ZG Zillow Group Internet Content & Information $33.95 +0.56% +2.23%
IRDM Iridium Communications Telecom Services $49.93 +3.35% -1.34%
DJT Trump Media & Technology Group Internet Content & Information $10.21 +3.24% +19.42%
AMC AMC Entertainment Entertainment $2.59 +0.78% +36.32%
RUM RUM Group Internet Content & Information $6.38 +2.98% +0.08%
IQ iQIYI Entertainment $1.33 +3.10% +16.67%
FVRR Fiverr International Internet Content & Information $9.42 +2.39% -13.74%

What defines the Communication Services sector

Communication Services is a reclassification rather than an industry. It gathers the advertising-funded internet platforms, the studios and streaming services, video game publishers, and the telecom carriers that were previously spread across technology and utilities. The common thread is distribution of content and communication, not a shared business model.

The financial profiles are close to opposites. Platform businesses carry very light physical assets, high incremental margins and revenue tied to the advertising cycle. Telecom carriers are among the most capital-intensive businesses in the market, spending continuously on network and spectrum, and their revenue barely moves with the economy. Reading them off the same set of ratios will mislead in both directions.

Industries within Communication Services

2 industries have enough coverage for a dedicated page. The rest are listed for completeness.

Internet Content & Information 14 Entertainment 5 Electronic Gaming & Multimedia 2 Telecom Services 2

What actually moves Communication Services stocks

The advertising cycle

Ad budgets are among the first line items cut in a slowdown and among the first restored in a recovery, making platform revenue a leading rather than lagging indicator.

Engagement and subscriber metrics

Users, time spent and paid subscribers are reported ahead of the revenue they produce and are the numbers the market reacts to.

Content spending and how it is accounted for

Streaming content is capitalised and amortised over years, so cash spent and cost recognised diverge substantially. Operating margin can look stable while cash flow does not.

Network capital expenditure and spectrum

Carriers must keep investing to stay competitive, and spectrum is bought in large irregular auctions that distort a single year's cash flow.

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