Compare Stocks: XLC, NFLX, GOOG, CHTR, and META

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CHTR Charter Communications	$148.35 +2.9%	$138.78	$111.55 ▼ $285.82	$17.70B	0.7	2.72 million shs	2.48 million shs
GOOG Alphabet	$341.28 0.0%	$351.27	$197.46 ▼ $404.47	$4.17T	1.23	21.29 million shs	14.21 million shs
META Meta Platforms	$543.82 -4.4%	$595.62	$520.26 ▼ $790.80	$1.39T	1.25	16.86 million shs	26.99 million shs
NFLX Netflix	$77.77 +2.3%	$74.46	$65.08 ▼ $126.71	$316.54B	1.52	44.79 million shs	36.08 million shs
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	$110.48 -0.3%	$109.95	$105.03 ▼ $120.40	$22.25B	0.97	6.68 million shs	3.99 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CHTR Charter Communications	-6.59%	-6.00%	+9.69%	+1.13%	-46.19%
GOOG Alphabet	-0.61%	-4.04%	-1.35%	-11.29%	+66.63%
META Meta Platforms	-3.54%	-4.36%	-11.93%	-5.58%	-27.54%
NFLX Netflix	-2.74%	-0.35%	+10.25%	-14.90%	-38.64%
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	-1.89%	-0.90%	+0.15%	-4.34%	-0.59%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CHTR Charter Communications	$148.35 +2.9%	$138.78	$111.55 ▼ $285.82	$17.70B	0.7	2.72 million shs	2.48 million shs
GOOG Alphabet	$341.28 0.0%	$351.27	$197.46 ▼ $404.47	$4.17T	1.23	21.29 million shs	14.21 million shs
META Meta Platforms	$543.82 -4.4%	$595.62	$520.26 ▼ $790.80	$1.39T	1.25	16.86 million shs	26.99 million shs
NFLX Netflix	$77.77 +2.3%	$74.46	$65.08 ▼ $126.71	$316.54B	1.52	44.79 million shs	36.08 million shs
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	$110.48 -0.3%	$109.95	$105.03 ▼ $120.40	$22.25B	0.97	6.68 million shs	3.99 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CHTR Charter Communications	-6.59%	-6.00%	+9.69%	+1.13%	-46.19%
GOOG Alphabet	-0.61%	-4.04%	-1.35%	-11.29%	+66.63%
META Meta Platforms	-3.54%	-4.36%	-11.93%	-5.58%	-27.54%
NFLX Netflix	-2.74%	-0.35%	+10.25%	-14.90%	-38.64%
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	-1.89%	-0.90%	+0.15%	-4.34%	-0.59%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
CHTR Charter Communications	2.00	Hold	$226.88	52.93% Upside
GOOG Alphabet	3.05	Buy	$415.55	21.76% Upside
META Meta Platforms	2.91	Moderate Buy	$785.32	44.41% Upside
NFLX Netflix	2.73	Moderate Buy	$103.48	33.06% Upside
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	2.71	Moderate Buy	$110.48	N/A

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest XLC, NFLX, GOOG, CHTR, and META Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/17/2026	NFLX Netflix	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform
8/14/2026	NFLX Netflix	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform
8/14/2026	GOOG Alphabet	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$515.00
8/14/2026	GOOG Alphabet	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Market Outperform
8/5/2026	GOOG Alphabet	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
8/4/2026	CHTR Charter Communications	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong Sell ➝ Hold
8/3/2026	META Meta Platforms	Phillip Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong-Buy
7/30/2026	META Meta Platforms	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform
7/30/2026	META Meta Platforms	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Sector Perform	$600.00
7/30/2026	META Meta Platforms	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$800.00 ➝ $785.00
7/30/2026	META Meta Platforms	Wedbush Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Neutral	$671.00 ➝ $595.00

(Data available from 8/18/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
CHTR Charter Communications	$54.77B	0.32	$103.74 per share	1.43	$162.04 per share	0.92
GOOG Alphabet	$402.84B	10.36	$12.59 per share	27.11	$34.33 per share	9.94
META Meta Platforms	$200.97B	6.89	$34.64 per share	15.70	$85.88 per share	6.33
NFLX Netflix	$48.37B	6.69	$6.54 per share	11.90	$6.30 per share	12.34
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
CHTR Charter Communications	$4.99B	$38.51	3.85	3.31	0.26	9.05%	23.71%	3.19%	10/30/2026 (Estimated)
GOOG Alphabet	$132.17B	$19.91	17.14	23.15	0.96	54.77%	51.32%	35.42%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)
META Meta Platforms	$60.46B	$26.55	20.48	15.78	1.01	29.83%	33.18%	20.07%	10/28/2026 (Estimated)
NFLX Netflix	$10.98B	$3.18	24.48	20.31	0.98	28.22%	40.02%	19.81%	10/20/2026 (Estimated)
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	19.19	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest XLC, NFLX, GOOG, CHTR, and META Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
7/29/2026	Q2 2026	META Meta Platforms	$7.19	$6.18	-$1.01	$6.18	$60.22 billion	$60.80 billion
7/24/2026	Q2 2026	CHTR Charter Communications	$9.98	$10.66	+$0.68	$10.66	$13.51 billion	$13.53 billion
7/23/2026	Q2 2026	GOOG Alphabet	$2.87	$9.11	+$6.24	$9.11	$116.53 billion	$119.80 billion
7/16/2026	Q2 2026	NFLX Netflix	$0.79	$0.80	+$0.01	$0.80	$12.58 billion	$12.56 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
CHTR Charter Communications	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
GOOG Alphabet	$0.88	0.26%	N/A	4.42%	1 Years
META Meta Platforms	$2.10	0.39%	N/A	7.91%	1 Years
NFLX Netflix	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	$1.43	1.29%	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest XLC, NFLX, GOOG, CHTR, and META Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/22/2026	GOOG Alphabet	quarterly	$0.22	0.28%	9/4/2026	9/7/2026	9/14/2026
5/28/2026	META Meta Platforms	quarterly	$0.5250	0.35%	6/15/2026	6/15/2026	6/25/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
CHTR Charter Communications	4.32	0.36	0.36
GOOG Alphabet	0.16	2.72	2.64
META Meta Platforms	0.32	2.23	2.23
NFLX Netflix	0.39	1.14	1.14
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	N/A	N/A

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CHTR Charter Communications	81.76%
GOOG Alphabet	27.26%
META Meta Platforms	79.91%
NFLX Netflix	80.93%
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CHTR Charter Communications	1.10%
GOOG Alphabet	12.99%
META Meta Platforms	13.53%
NFLX Netflix	1.24%
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CHTR Charter Communications	91,900	119.28 million	117.97 million	Optionable
GOOG Alphabet	190,200	12.23 billion	10.64 billion	Optionable
META Meta Platforms	78,865	2.55 billion	2.20 billion	Optionable
NFLX Netflix	16,000	4.16 billion	4.11 billion	Optionable
XLC Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund	N/A	201.35 million	N/A	Not Optionable

XLC, NFLX, GOOG, CHTR, and META Headlines

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August 4, 2026 | etftrends.comE

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July 25, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF

July 15, 2026 | wsj.com

S&P 500 posts weekly gain, led by financials and communication services

July 2, 2026 | seekingalpha.com

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June 30, 2026 | 247wallst.com

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June 29, 2026 | etftrends.comE

Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund declares quarterly distribution of $0.2837

June 22, 2026 | msn.com

Europe unveils tech sovereignty package amid growing concerns over reliance on U.S. tech

June 3, 2026 | cnbc.com

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June 1, 2026 | etftrends.comE

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May 27, 2026 | msn.com

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May 23, 2026 | barrons.com

Weekly ETFs: Six of 11 sectors record outflows; consumer discretionary sector leads inflows

May 19, 2026 | msn.com

Concentration Risk High as Top Two Stocks Steer U.S. Communication Services ETF Performance

May 2, 2026 | 247wallst.com

Communication services posts weak performance in Q1; VZ tops chart and TTD, DIS among losers

April 2, 2026 | msn.com

XLC Is Down 8.78% Year to Date and the Catalysts That Matter Most Are Still Ahead

March 31, 2026 | 247wallst.com

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XLC, NFLX, GOOG, CHTR, and META Company Descriptions

Charter Communications NASDAQ:CHTR

$148.35 +4.25 (+2.95%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

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$147.71 -0.64 (-0.43%)

As of 07:39 PM Eastern

Charter Communications, Inc. operates as a broadband connectivity and cable operator company serving residential and commercial customers in the United States. The company offers subscription-based internet, video, and mobile and voice services; a suite of broadband connectivity services, including fixed internet, WiFi, and mobile; Advanced WiFi services; Spectrum Security Shield; in-home WiFi, which provides customers with high performance wireless routers and managed WiFi services to enhance their fixed wireless internet experience; out-of-home WiFi; and Spectrum WiFi services. It also offers voice communications services using voice over internet protocol technology; and broadband communications solutions, such as internet access, data networking, fiber connectivity, video entertainment, and business telephone services to cellular towers and office buildings for business and carrier organizations. In addition, the company provides mobile services; video programming, static IP and business WiFi, voice, and e-mail and security services; sells local advertising across various platforms for networks, such as TBS, CNN, and ESPN; sells advertising inventory to local sports and news channels; and offers Audience App to create data-driven linear TV campaigns for local advertisers. Further, the company offers communications products and managed service solutions; data connectivity services to mobile and wireline carriers on a wholesale basis; and owns and operates regional sports networks and news channels. It serves approximately 32 million customers in 41 states. Charter Communications, Inc.was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

Alphabet NASDAQ:GOOG

$341.28 -0.17 (-0.05%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

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$341.12 -0.16 (-0.05%)

As of 07:59 PM Eastern

Alphabet Inc. offers various products and platforms in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. It operates through Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets segments. The Google Services segment provides products and services, including ads, Android, Chrome, devices, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube. It is also involved in the sale of apps and in-app purchases and digital content in the Google Play and YouTube; and devices, as well as in the provision of YouTube consumer subscription services. The Google Cloud segment offers infrastructure, cybersecurity, databases, analytics, AI, and other services; Google Workspace that include cloud-based communication and collaboration tools for enterprises, such as Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, and Meet; and other services for enterprise customers. The Other Bets segment sells healthcare-related and internet services. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Meta Platforms NASDAQ:META

$543.82 -25.15 (-4.42%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$544.66 +0.84 (+0.15%)

As of 08:00 PM Eastern

Meta Platforms, Inc. engages in the development of products that enable people to connect and share with friends and family through mobile devices, personal computers, virtual reality headsets, and wearables worldwide. It operates in two segments, Family of Apps and Reality Labs. The Family of Apps segment offers Facebook, which enables people to share, discuss, discover, and connect with interests; Instagram, a community for sharing photos, videos, and private messages, as well as feed, stories, reels, video, live, and shops; Messenger, a messaging application for people to connect with friends, family, communities, and businesses across platforms and devices through text, audio, and video calls; and WhatsApp, a messaging application that is used by people and businesses to communicate and transact privately. The Reality Labs segment provides augmented and virtual reality related products comprising consumer hardware, software, and content that help people feel connected, anytime, and anywhere. The company was formerly known as Facebook, Inc. and changed its name to Meta Platforms, Inc. in October 2021. The company was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California

Netflix NASDAQ:NFLX

$77.77 +1.75 (+2.30%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$78.17 +0.40 (+0.51%)

As of 07:59 PM Eastern

Netflix, Inc. provides entertainment services. It offers TV series, documentaries, feature films, and games across various genres and languages. The company also provides members the ability to receive streaming content through a host of internet-connected devices, including TVs, digital video players, TV set-top boxes, and mobile devices. It has operations in approximately 190 countries. The company was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California.

Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund NYSEARCA:XLC

$110.48 -0.34 (-0.31%)

Closing price 04:10 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$110.64 +0.16 (+0.14%)

As of 07:52 PM Eastern

The Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLC) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in communication services equity. The fund tracks a market-cap-weighted index of US telecommunication and media & entertainment components of the S&P 500 index. XLC was launched on Jun 18, 2018 and is managed by State Street.

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