iQiyi (NASDAQ: IQ) investors have been on a non-stop thrill ride since the Chinese streaming giant was spun off in early 2018 from Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU), which still owns a majority stake. After soaring more than $40 per share and gaining 150% in just over two months after its de
Sirius XM (NASDAQ: SIRI) and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) offer popular subscription services, but their fortunes could go in vastly different directions in the coming years. One of them faces significant risks while the other has a huge opportunity ahead, which makes one of them the
It's easy to see why AT&T (NYSE: T) wants to expand its streaming video business. Cable subscriptions are down -- streaming subscriptions are up. Content is king, but the most profitable streaming services are those that create their own. And AT&T is sitting on one of
It's been a little over two years since Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU) made its market debut, and the company has been something of a juggernaut with its market cap quickly climbing to $13 billion as the stock has soared more than 360% -- even after the recent broad market slump. The gains
As you probably know, the S&P 500 index plunged 11.5% last week, capping off its worst week since the global financial crisis of 2008. The culprit is the COVID-19 coronavirus, which is rapidly spreading around the world since large breakouts were reported outside China in So
I don't know how I can make this come off as anything other than bragging, but my portfolio is trading just 6% lower through the first four brutal days of trading this week. Back out my 15% position in cash and money market funds -- a fair exercise since we're talking about the
In early trading on Thursday, shares of Gilead Sciences topped the list of the day's best performing components of the Nasdaq 100 index, trading up 1.6%. Year to date, Gilead Sciences registers a 16.8% gain.
Trefis analysis shows how Roku’s stock could potentially drop to under $30 from its current level of over $130, as a counter analysis to our upside case of How Roku’s Stock Could Cross $450. We outline a case showing how Roku’s platform revenues (which come from the sal
What happened
Shares of travel and entertainment stocks were tumbling for the third day in a row on Wednesday as coronavirus fears continued to ripple through the market. Today, the broad market was relatively stable as the S&P 500 finished down just 0.4% after falling arou
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is facing a lot of new competition, all at varying price points. From the free (ad-supported) Peacock by Comcast's (NASDAQ: CMCSA) NBCUniversal to the premium-priced HBO Max by AT&T's (NYSE: T) WarnerMedia, there'll be a streaming service that fits int
In late 2019, Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) launched its streaming service, Disney+. Driven by the company's impressive content portfolio, Disney+ is off to a blazing start. By the end of 2019, Disney+ paid subscribers stood at 26.5 million, and this figure rose to 28.6 million at th
Cable and entertainment company Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) is still set to launch a new streaming video service called Peacock later this year, with a free, ad-supported version planned. It won't be the only free on-demand video play the organization will have in place at the time
NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Walt Disney Chief Executive Bob Iger is finally working his way to the exit – Hollywood-style. The Magic Kingdom’s boss is handing the reins to Bob Chapek but is sticking around as executive chair and will keep watch over “creativ