Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) finally cracked the code, breathing new life into its Disney+ streaming service. This week's blowout quarter came with a monster beat in Disney+ subscriber additions, something that had been a sticking point on Wall Street in a few of the company's previou
The speculative market frenzy of early 2021 saw sports-focused streaming platform fuboTV (NYSE: FUBO) become a multibagger within a year, soaring from single digits to nearly $50 per share. Now at $10, the stock has given back most of its gains, and investors might be wondering w
After U.S. antitrust clearance, AT&T (NYSE:T) is closer to spinning off its interest in WarnerMedia in a merger with Discovery (NASDAQ:DISCA) (NASDAQ: DISCB) (NASDAQ:DISCK). The merger will create Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), a formidable player in the streaming wars. But be
Although Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) beat Wall Street analysts' estimates for fourth-quarter earnings and subscriber growth (and matched revenue expectations), its stock is down 19% since the company reported results on Jan. 20. Fueling the sell-off was management's forecast for new s
HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) - Few corporate sagas can top Hollywood's sordid and ultimately failed romance with China. Tinseltown spots a lucrative opportunity in the People's Republic and begins a decades-long courtship of what becomes th
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It may have been a tumultuous week for Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ: PTON) the company as its CEO resigned and it announced 2,800 layoffs; but it was a banner week for Peloton the stock as shares of the connected fitness specialist were up 51% as of Thursday's close,
Who knew Moana's line "no one knows, how far it goes" would prove painfully prophetic as to the extent of Disney's (NYSE: DIS) price hikes?For the quarter ended Jan. 1, 2022, which for Disney is Q1 fiscal year 2022 (FY22), per-capita spending at Disney's domestic parks was up mor
Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Microsoft Corporation (Symbol: MSFT), where a total volume of 257,668 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of appr
The Walt Disney Company DIS reported first-quarter fiscal 2022 adjusted earnings of $1.06 per share that beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 86% and surged significantly from 32 cents reported in the year-ago quarter.Revenues jumped 34.3% year over year to $21.82 billion
Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) needed a good quarter after a rough year, and it finally got one this week. The media mogul posted blowout results for the fiscal first quarter of 2022, checking off all of the necessary boxes for a Disney success. After a rough fiscal 2021 for the House o
The strong subscriber additions by Disney+ in the latest quarter helped Walt Disney Co's flagship streaming service close the gap with market leader Netflix Inc, but industry watchers focused on future prospects for streaming in a saturating market.
Peloton (NASDAQ: PTON) reported fiscal 2022 second-quarter results on Wednesday, Feb. 8. The company is reeling from an abrupt reversal in growth as economies reopen. The slowdown is sharper than management anticipated, forcing the company to rethink its strategy.
There are always many factors that investors should consider before buying a stock, but in the current inflationary climate, the business's pricing power may be one of the more important ones. In this segment of Backstage Pass, recorded on Jan. 14, Fool contributors Rachel Warren
Investors didn't respond well to Netflix's (NASDAQ:NFLX) recent earnings report, with shares falling more than 20% after the company released its fourth-quarter and full-year report on news that subscriber growth is continuing to slow. In this segment of Backstage Pass, recorded
Of the various trends to emerge from the pandemic, one is the undeniable decline in college enrollment and its continuing drop. According to the National Student Clearinghouse, there are 1 million fewer students enrolled in college right now than there were prior to the pandemic.