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Top Entertainment Stocks To Research - September 8th

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Key Points

  • Alibaba Group, Baidu, and Verizon Communications are identified as the top entertainment stocks to watch, highlighting their strong recent trading volumes in the entertainment sector.
  • Alibaba Group operates multiple segments including digital media and entertainment, which are crucial for engaging customers in China and internationally.
  • Baidu Inc. provides various internet services in China, including a popular search app and a short video platform, showing its significant role in the digital entertainment space.
  • Five stocks to consider instead of Alibaba Group.

Alibaba Group, Baidu, and Verizon Communications are the three Entertainment stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Entertainment stocks are shares of publicly traded companies whose core business involves creating, producing, distributing or monetizing entertainment content—such as films, television shows, music, video games, streaming platforms and live events. Their market performance often hinges on box office receipts, subscriber growth, advertising revenue and the timing of new content releases. Investors assess metrics like audience engagement, licensing deals and digital subscriptions to gauge these stocks’ growth potential. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Entertainment stocks within the last several days.

Alibaba Group (BABA)

Alibaba Group Holding Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides technology infrastructure and marketing reach to help merchants, brands, retailers, and other businesses to engage with their users and customers in the People's Republic of China and internationally. The company operates through seven segments: China Commerce, International Commerce, Local Consumer Services, Cainiao, Cloud, Digital Media and Entertainment, and Innovation Initiatives and Others.

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Baidu (BIDU)

Baidu, Inc. engages in the provision of internet search services in China. It operates through two segments: Baidu Core and iQIYI. The company offers Baidu App to access search, feed, and other services using mobile devices; Baidu Search to access its search and other services; Baidu Feed that provides users with personalized timeline based on their demographics and interests; Baidu Health that helps users to find the doctor and hospital for healthcare needs; and Haokan, a short video app.

Read Our Latest Research Report on BIDU

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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