Top Entertainment Stocks To Watch Now – April 24th

Comcast, Alibaba Group, Arista Networks, Walt Disney, and Charter Communications 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 producing, distributing, or facilitating entertainment content or experiences, such as film studios, streaming platforms, video-game publishers, theme-park operators, and live event promoters. Investors in these equities rely on consumer spending on leisure activities and media consumption, making the sector sensitive to trends in box-office receipts, subscriber growth, advertising demand, and discretionary income cycles. These companies had the highest dollar trading volume of any Entertainment stocks within the last several days.

Comcast (CMCSA)

Comcast Corporation operates as a media and technology company worldwide. It operates through Residential Connectivity & Platforms, Business Services Connectivity, Media, Studios, and Theme Parks segments. The Residential Connectivity & Platforms segment provides residential broadband and wireless connectivity services, residential and business video services, sky-branded entertainment television networks, and advertising.

CMCSA traded down $1.72 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $32.76. 24,341,379 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 27,472,945. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $35.44 and its 200 day moving average price is $38.18. The stock has a market capitalization of $123.85 billion, a PE ratio of 7.89, a P/E/G ratio of 1.78 and a beta of 0.94. Comcast has a 1-year low of $31.44 and a 1-year high of $45.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.09, a current ratio of 0.68 and a quick ratio of 0.68.

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.

Shares of Alibaba Group stock traded up $0.05 during trading on Thursday, hitting $119.02. 5,641,416 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 29,437,734. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $126.71 and a 200 day moving average price of $104.76. The stock has a market capitalization of $284.42 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.20, a P/E/G ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 0.24. The company has a quick ratio of 1.48, a current ratio of 1.48 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19. Alibaba Group has a fifty-two week low of $71.80 and a fifty-two week high of $148.43.

Arista Networks (ANET)

Arista Networks, Inc. engages in the development, marketing, and sale of data-driven, client to cloud networking solutions for data center, campus, and routing environments in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. Its cloud networking solutions consist of Extensible Operating System (EOS), a publish-subscribe state-sharing networking operating system offered in combination with a set of network applications.

Shares of NYSE ANET traded up $4.46 during trading on Thursday, reaching $75.22. The company had a trading volume of 5,843,222 shares, compared to its average volume of 11,198,782. Arista Networks has a twelve month low of $59.43 and a twelve month high of $133.57. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $81.85 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $98.68. The stock has a market capitalization of $94.44 billion, a PE ratio of 33.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.10 and a beta of 1.30.

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.

Walt Disney stock traded up $2.59 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $89.88. 4,688,773 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 9,919,306. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $97.80 and its 200-day simple moving average is $104.20. Walt Disney has a 1 year low of $80.10 and a 1 year high of $118.63. The company has a market capitalization of $162.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.28, a P/E/G ratio of 1.80 and a beta of 1.44. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.36, a quick ratio of 0.62 and a current ratio of 0.68.

Charter Communications (CHTR)

Charter Communications, Inc. operates as a broadband connectivity and cable operator company serving residential and commercial customers in the United States. The company offers subscription-based internet, video, and mobile and voice services; a suite of broadband connectivity services, including fixed internet, WiFi, and mobile; Advanced WiFi services; Spectrum Security Shield; in-home WiFi, which provides customers with high performance wireless routers and managed WiFi services to enhance their fixed wireless internet experience; out-of-home WiFi; and Spectrum WiFi services.

Shares of NASDAQ CHTR traded down $0.28 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $337.23. 1,064,880 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,264,444. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $355.62 and a 200-day moving average price of $358.08. The company has a current ratio of 0.31, a quick ratio of 0.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.73. The company has a market capitalization of $47.87 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.65, a P/E/G ratio of 0.44 and a beta of 1.13. Charter Communications has a 52-week low of $236.08 and a 52-week high of $415.27.