Today's Stocks Driving Success For The Media Industry
One out of the three major indices are trading lower today with the
Dow Jones Industrial Average
(
^DJI
) trading up 25 points (0.1%) at 17,526 as of Monday, May 23, 2016, 12:55 PM ET. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,545 issues advancing vs. 1,371 declining with 153 unchanged.
The Media industry currently is unchanged today versus the S&P 500, which is down 0.1%.
TheStreet would like to highlight 3 stocks pushing the industry higher today:
3.
(
) is one of the companies pushing the Media industry higher today. As of noon trading, Twenty-First Century Fox is up $0.22 (0.8%) to $28.68 on average volume. Thus far, 1.5 million shares of Twenty-First Century Fox exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.1 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $28.46-$28.87 after having opened the day at $28.49 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $28.46.
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Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. operates as a diversified media and entertainment company worldwide. It operates through Cable Network Programming; Television; Filmed Entertainment; and Other, Corporate and Eliminations segments. Twenty-First Century Fox has a market cap of $53.5 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 4.4% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there is 1 analyst who rates Twenty-First Century Fox a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and none rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Twenty-First Century Fox
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, expanding profit margins, good cash flow from operations, attractive valuation levels and notable return on equity. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself. Get the full
Twenty-First Century Fox Ratings Report
now.
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2. As of noon trading,
(
) is up $0.60 (1.0%) to $62.36 on average volume. Thus far, 4.5 million shares of Comcast exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 9.6 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $61.43-$62.48 after having opened the day at $61.48 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $61.76.
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Comcast Corporation operates as a media and technology company worldwide. It operates through Cable Communications, Cable Networks, Broadcast Television, Filmed Entertainment, and Theme Parks segments. Comcast has a market cap of $146.2 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are up 9.4% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 19 analysts who rate Comcast a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Comcast
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance, growth in earnings per share, increase in net income and reasonable valuation levels. We feel its strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated. Get the full
now.
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1. As of noon trading,
(
) is up $2.62 (2.8%) to $95.10 on average volume. Thus far, 8.3 million shares of Netflix exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 14.4 million shares. The stock has ranged in price between $92.85-$95.29 after having opened the day at $92.98 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $92.49.
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Netflix, Inc., an Internet television network, engages in the Internet delivery of television (TV) shows and movies on various Internet-connected screens. The Company operates in three segments: Domestic streaming, International streaming and Domestic DVD. Netflix has a market cap of $38.4 billion and is part of the services sector. Shares are down 19.1% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 16 analysts who rate Netflix a buy, 3 analysts rate it a sell, and 8 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Netflix
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, expanding profit margins and solid stock price performance. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including generally higher debt management risk, disappointing return on equity and premium valuation. Get the full
now.
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If you are interested in one of these 3 stocks, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the media industry could consider
(
) while those bearish on the media industry could consider
ProShares Ultra Sht Consumer Services
(
).
