How are communication services stocks doing?
Search, social media, streaming, telecoms and media companies. Here is how they have done as a group against the S&P 500, and which of them are leading and lagging.
Updated Oct 9, 2026
Lagging
Communication services stocks are down 8% over the past year as an equal-weighted group, against +16% for the S&P 500. 10 of 44 beat the index. Iridium Communications (IRDM) leads at +140% and Trade Desk (TTD) trails at −78%. Over the past month the group is −5%, against +3% for the S&P.
The past year
The group against the S&P 500, each set to $100 a year ago. Select a stock in the table to chart it against the group.
All 44 communication services stocks
Sorted by the past year’s return. Select a row to chart the stock against the group, or its ticker to open its page. Select a column to sort.
| Stock | P3 | 1M | 3M | YTD | 1Y | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRDM Iridium Communications | 79Strong | +0.9% | −2% | +173% | +140% | Distribution Top |
| MSGS Madison Square Garden Sports | 5Weak | +2.6% | +4% | +56% | +83% | Speculative Pop |
| WBD Warner Bros. Discovery | 46Middling | +9.8% | +14% | +7% | +73% | Speculative Pop |
| TIGO Millicom | 69Strong | −17.6% | −17% | +43% | +67% | Hot Hand |
| ROKU Roku | 49Middling | −0.8% | +7% | +41% | +53% | Hot Hand |
| GOOGL Alphabet | 27Weak | +5.7% | 0% | +12% | +44% | Speculative Pop |
| MTCH Match | 41Middling | −1.7% | +7% | +27% | +24% | Hot Hand |
| NIQ NIQ Global Intelligence | 77Strong | +2.5% | +63% | +10% | +23% | Bellwether |
| NYT New York Times | 70Strong | −0.4% | −12% | −4% | +20% | Bellwether |
| SIRI Sirius XM | 47Middling | −8.2% | −14% | +33% | +17% | Hot Hand |
| LYV Live Nation Entertainment | 31Weak | +0.1% | −7% | +20% | +14% | Hot Hand |
| LLYVK Liberty Live (Series C) | 12Weak | +1.4% | −6% | +18% | +13% | Speculative Pop |
| LLYVA Liberty Live (Series A) | 8Weak | +2.1% | −6% | +17% | +13% | Speculative Pop |
| NWSA News | 38Middling | −0.9% | +5% | +11% | +8% | Speculative Pop |
| FOXA Fox | 23Weak | −4.2% | +12% | −15% | +4% | Broken Year |
| VZ Verizon | 31Weak | −16.6% | −2% | +2% | +1% | Speculative Pop |
| META Meta Platforms | 43Middling | +11.5% | +9% | +9% | 0% | Bottom Fished |
| DIS Walt Disney | 35Middling | +2.1% | +13% | −5% | −3% | Bottom Fished |
| OMC Omnicom | 32Weak | −3.7% | −7% | −5% | −4% | Show-Me Grower |
| TKO TKO | 46Middling | −6.1% | −2% | −15% | −8% | Turning Up |
| FWONA Liberty Formula 1 (Series A) | 36Middling | −0.4% | −5% | −3% | −11% | Show-Me Grower |
| FWONK Liberty Formula 1 (Series C) | 52Middling | −1.5% | −6% | −5% | −12% | Wallflower |
| T AT&T | 27Weak | −13.2% | +3% | −11% | −16% | Falling Knife |
| TTWO Take-Two Interactive | 41Middling | −1.6% | −13% | −17% | −17% | Show-Me Grower |
| NTES NetEase | 31Weak | +7.4% | −5% | −10% | −19% | Show-Me Grower |
| NXST Nexstar Media | 12Weak | −5.0% | −8% | −20% | −21% | Sleepy Staple |
| RDDT Reddit | 46Middling | +2.9% | −20% | −30% | −21% | Wallflower |
| SPOT Spotify | 40Middling | +1.4% | +10% | −9% | −22% | Coiled Spring |
| LBTYA Liberty Global (Series A) | 34Middling | −18.5% | −21% | −22% | −23% | Show-Me Grower |
| LBTYK Liberty Global (Series C) | 24Weak | −18.1% | −19% | −23% | −25% | Show-Me Grower |
| PINS Pinterest | 33Weak | +14.0% | −5% | −17% | −33% | Coiled Spring |
| CMCSA Comcast | 17Weak | −17.9% | −14% | −26% | −33% | Broken Year |
| TMUS T-Mobile US | 26Weak | −16.1% | −21% | −27% | −34% | Show-Me Grower |
| ASTS AST SpaceMobile | 49Middling | −14.9% | −25% | −30% | −37% | Coiled Spring |
| BIDU Baidu | 7Weak | −5.8% | −25% | −35% | −38% | Sleepy Staple |
| NFLX Netflix | 29Weak | −7.5% | −5% | −25% | −42% | Wallflower |
| GLIBA GCI Liberty (Series A) | – | −23.1% | −10% | −46% | −45% | – |
| GLIBK GCI Liberty (Series C) | – | −22.0% | −9% | −46% | −46% | – |
| PSKY Paramount Skydance | 11Weak | −5.8% | +2% | −27% | −47% | Bottom Fished |
| DJT Trump Media & Technology | 9Weak | −7.6% | −5% | −39% | −53% | Bottom Fished |
| RBLX Roblox | 21Weak | +7.2% | −13% | −41% | −62% | Coiled Spring |
| CHTR Charter Communications | 9Weak | −26.5% | −21% | −50% | −62% | Sleepy Staple |
| GTM ZoomInfo | 17Weak | +2.1% | +26% | −62% | −63% | Coiled Spring |
| TTD Trade Desk | 19Weak | −13.5% | −39% | −68% | −78% | Wallflower |
How to read this page
How it’s measured. Every stock in the Communication Services sector (the GICS classification) among the S&P 500, Nasdaq-100 and Russell 1000 companies with a page here, The group is equal-weighted, so each company counts the same whatever its size, and returns are share-price changes from daily closes.
Sources. Daily prices from Financial Modeling Prep; scores from Stox.
An equal-weighted group can read quite differently from a sector fund, which gives the biggest companies the most weight.
P3 is Stox’s combined score of market beat, staying power and business growth, from 0 to 100. Type is the stock’s Stox Atlas type. Both describe the past year, not what comes next.
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