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Entertainment Stocks To Follow Now - March 12th

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Key Points

  • MarketBeat's screener flags five Entertainment stocks to watch: Verizon (VZ), Walt Disney (DIS), Flutter Entertainment (FLUT), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), and Roblox (RBLX), which had the highest dollar trading volume among Entertainment names in recent days.
  • Investors should focus on key drivers for these companies—content/IP pipeline, subscriber and box-office trends, advertising and licensing revenue, and sensitivity to consumer discretionary spending and changing media habits—since each factor will materially affect performance.
  • The five firms have different business exposures—Verizon (communications/services), Disney (content, parks, streaming), Flutter (sports betting/gaming), WBD (studios/networks/streaming), and Roblox (user-generated gaming platform)—so earnings drivers and risks vary across the group.
  • Interested in Verizon Communications? Here are five stocks we like better.

Verizon Communications, Walt Disney, Flutter Entertainment, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Roblox are the five Entertainment stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Entertainment stocks are shares of publicly traded companies whose primary business is creating, distributing, or monetizing entertainment content and experiences—such as film and TV studios, streaming services, video game publishers, music labels, theme parks, and live-event promoters. Investors assess them based on factors like content pipeline and intellectual property, subscriber and box-office trends, advertising and licensing revenue, and their sensitivity to consumer discretionary spending and changing media consumption habits. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Entertainment stocks within the last several days.

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

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

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

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. operates as a media and entertainment company worldwide. It operates through three segments: Studios, Network, and DTC. The Studios segment produces and releases feature films for initial exhibition in theaters; produces and licenses television programs to its networks and third parties and direct-to-consumer services; distributes films and television programs to various third parties and internal television; and offers streaming services and distribution through the home entertainment market, themed experience licensing, and interactive gaming.

Read Our Latest Research Report on WBD

Roblox (RBLX)

Roblox Corporation develops and operates an online entertainment platform in the United States and internationally. It offers Roblox Studio, a free toolset that allows developers and creators to build, publish, and operate 3D experiences, and other content; Roblox Client, an application that allows users to explore 3D experience; and Roblox Cloud, which provides services and infrastructure that power the platform.

Read Our Latest Research Report on RBLX

Further Reading

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