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Entertainment Stocks To Keep An Eye On - March 7th

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Key Points

  • Verizon (VZ), Walt Disney (DIS), and Sea Ltd. (SE) are MarketBeat's entertainment stocks to watch today after registering the highest dollar trading volume among entertainment names in recent days.
  • Verizon provides communications, technology and entertainment services across consumer and business segments; Disney is a global content and experiences company behind brands like Marvel, Pixar and ABC; Sea operates digital entertainment (gaming) plus e-commerce and digital financial services.
  • MarketBeat cautions that entertainment stocks are often valued on box-office or subscriber growth, advertising/licensing revenue and IP strength, and can be volatile because returns are hit-driven and sensitive to changing consumer tastes and technology trends.
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Verizon Communications, Walt Disney, and SEA are the three Entertainment stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Entertainment stocks are shares of companies whose primary business is creating, distributing, or monetizing entertainment content and experiences—such as film and TV studios, streaming services, music labels, video-game makers, live-event promoters, and theme-park operators. For investors these stocks are often valued based on metrics like box office or subscriber growth, advertising and licensing revenue, and the strength of intellectual property, and they can be volatile because returns are hit-driven and sensitive to changing consumer tastes and technological trends. 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).

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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.

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SEA (SE)

Sea Ltd. is an internet and mobile platform company, which engages in the provision of online gaming services. It operates through the following segments: Digital Entertainment, E-Commerce, and Digital Financial Services. The Digital Entertainment segment offers and develops mobile and PC online games.

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