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Best Entertainment Stocks To Add to Your Watchlist - April 17th

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Key Points

  • Walt Disney (DIS), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Flutter Entertainment (FLUT) were flagged by MarketBeat's screener as the top Entertainment stocks to watch because they recorded the highest dollar trading volume among entertainment names in recent days.
  • Entertainment stocks are typically evaluated on the strength of their content libraries/IP and revenue models (subscriptions, advertising, box office, licensing, merchandising) and are often hit-driven, cyclical and volatile, making them sensitive to consumer trends and technological change.
  • Company profiles: Disney is a global media and experiences conglomerate with major studio and streaming brands, Verizon provides communications and entertainment services, and Flutter is a multinational sports-betting and iGaming operator.
  • MarketBeat previews the top five stocks to own by May 1st.

Walt Disney, Verizon Communications, and Flutter Entertainment are the three Entertainment stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Entertainment stocks are shares of companies whose primary businesses involve creating, producing, distributing, or monetizing content and experiences—such as film and television studios, music labels, streaming platforms, video game publishers, live-event promoters, and theme-park operators. For investors, these stocks are often evaluated based on content libraries and intellectual property value, revenue models (subscriptions, advertising, box office, licensing, merchandising), and typically show higher cyclicality and volatility because performance is hit-driven and sensitive to consumer trends and technological change. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Entertainment stocks within the last several days.

Walt Disney (DIS)

The Walt Disney Company operates as an entertainment company worldwide. It operates through three segments: Entertainment, Sports, and Experiences. The company produces and distributes film and television video streaming content under the ABC Television Network, Disney, Freeform, FX, Fox, National Geographic, and Star brand television channels, as well as ABC television stations and A+E television networks; and produces original content under the ABC Signature, Disney Branded Television, FX Productions, Lucasfilm, Marvel, National Geographic Studios, Pixar, Searchlight Pictures, Twentieth Century Studios, 20th Television, and Walt Disney Pictures banners.

Read Our Latest Research Report on DIS

Verizon Communications (VZ)

Verizon Communications Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of communications, technology, information, and entertainment products and services to consumers, businesses, and governmental entities worldwide. It operates in two segments, Verizon Consumer Group (Consumer) and Verizon Business Group (Business).

Read Our Latest Research Report on VZ

Flutter Entertainment (FLUT)

Flutter Entertainment plc operates as a sports betting and gaming company in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, the United States, Italy, and internationally. The company operates through four segments: UK & Ireland, Australia, International, and US. It offers sports betting, iGaming, daily fantasy sports, online racing wagering, and TV broadcasting products; sportsbooks and exchange sports betting products, and gaming products; and online sports betting.

Read Our Latest Research Report on FLUT

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