Entertainment Stocks To Watch Now – March 12th

Alibaba Group, Verizon Communications, Walt Disney, Arista Networks, Charter Communications, Target, and Apollo Global Management are the seven Entertainment stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Entertainment stocks refer to shares of companies involved in the creation, production, distribution, or exhibition of entertainment content, such as movies, television, music, video games, and theme parks. These stocks are influenced by consumer trends, seasonal performance, and the success of content releases, making them a dynamic and sometimes volatile segment of the market. 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.

Alibaba Group stock traded down $2.33 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $136.69. 14,255,593 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 18,737,942. The company has a market capitalization of $324.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.77, a P/E/G ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 0.28. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19, a quick ratio of 1.48 and a current ratio of 1.48. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $107.51 and its 200-day simple moving average is $97.63. Alibaba Group has a 1 year low of $68.36 and a 1 year high of $145.36.

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).

VZ stock traded down $1.16 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $42.28. The stock had a trading volume of 26,892,700 shares, compared to its average volume of 18,153,890. Verizon Communications has a 12-month low of $37.59 and a 12-month high of $47.36. The firm has a market cap of $177.97 billion, a PE ratio of 10.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.45 and a beta of 0.41. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $40.82 and its 200 day moving average price is $41.89. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.21, a current ratio of 0.63 and a quick ratio of 0.59.

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.

NYSE DIS traded up $0.12 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $98.02. 6,102,418 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 9,560,415. The business’s 50 day moving average is $109.88 and its 200-day moving average is $104.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.36, a quick ratio of 0.62 and a current ratio of 0.68. Walt Disney has a 12-month low of $83.91 and a 12-month high of $123.74. The firm has a market capitalization of $177.20 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.80 and a beta of 1.41.

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.

Arista Networks stock traded up $1.90 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $81.03. The company had a trading volume of 6,529,834 shares, compared to its average volume of 10,993,183. Arista Networks has a 12-month low of $60.08 and a 12-month high of $133.57. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $107.62 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $102.03. The firm has a market capitalization of $102.19 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.53, a PEG ratio of 3.10 and a beta of 1.08.

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 CHTR stock traded down $9.71 on Wednesday, reaching $346.16. 1,510,586 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,168,929. The company has a quick ratio of 0.31, a current ratio of 0.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 4.73. The stock has a market cap of $49.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.44 and a beta of 1.13. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $355.67 and a two-hundred day moving average of $354.89. Charter Communications has a 1-year low of $236.08 and a 1-year high of $415.27.

Target (TGT)

Target Corporation operates as a general merchandise retailer in the United States. The company offers apparel for women, men, boys, girls, toddlers, and infants and newborns, as well as jewelry, accessories, and shoes; and beauty and personal care, baby gear, cleaning, paper products, and pet supplies.

Shares of Target stock traded down $3.39 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $109.37. The stock had a trading volume of 4,111,431 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,043,397. The firm has a market capitalization of $50.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.60, a P/E/G ratio of 1.94 and a beta of 1.18. Target has a 1 year low of $108.49 and a 1 year high of $181.86. The company has a current ratio of 0.94, a quick ratio of 0.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.99. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $131.18 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $140.74.

Apollo Global Management (APO)

Apollo Global Management, Inc. is a private equity firm specializing in investments in credit, private equity, infrastructure, secondaries and real estate markets. The firm prefers to invest in private and public markets. The firm’s private equity investments include traditional buyouts, recapitalization, distressed buyouts and debt investments in real estate, corporate partner buyouts, distressed asset, corporate carve-outs, middle market, growth, venture capital, turnaround, bridge, corporate restructuring, special situation, acquisition, and industry consolidation transactions.

APO stock traded up $5.17 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $135.59. 2,610,120 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,642,121. Apollo Global Management has a fifty-two week low of $95.11 and a fifty-two week high of $189.49. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $158.38 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $150.89. The company has a market capitalization of $77.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.56, a PEG ratio of 1.17 and a beta of 1.66. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 1.44 and a quick ratio of 1.44.