Communication Services Stocks — Analysis & Key Financial Data
Communication services covers telecom, media, interactive entertainment, and the large internet platforms reclassified into this sector in 2018. Investors researching communication stocks see a mix of cash-generative incumbents and growth-driven platform businesses, with very different valuation profiles inside the same sector. Browse 101 communication services stocks with proprietary Investment Scores, base valuations, and key financial data to make informed decisions.
Sector Investment Score
Highest Investment Scores in Communication Services
Top-rated stocks by Investment Score
- Price
- $24.52
- Fair Value
- $22.79
- Market Cap
- $1.3B
- Margin
- -7.1%
- Price
- $46.84
- Fair Value
- $104.43
- Market Cap
- $20.1B
- Margin
- +123.0%
- Price
- $52.16
- Fair Value
- $106.57
- Market Cap
- $22.0B
- Margin
- +104.3%
- Price
- $18.08
- Fair Value
- $9.58
- Market Cap
- $8.6B
- Margin
- -47.0%
Communication Services Stock List
| Company | Price | Fair Value | Score | Market Cap | P/E | EPS | Yield |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Array Digital Infrastructure Inc AD | $36.37 | $0.16 | 45 | $3.2B | 7.1 | $5.21 | 119.37% |
IHS Holding Limited IHS | $8.21 | $14.08 | 48 | $2.8B | 14.7 | $0.55 | 0.00% |
Uniti Group Inc. UNIT | $11.40 | $114.18 | 39 | $2.7B | 2.0 | $4.71 | 0.00% |
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. WLY | $47.16 | $28.87 | 71 | $2.5B | 11.4 | $4.22 | 2.95% |
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. WLYB | $47.04 | $21.02 | 71 | $2.5B | 11.4 | $4.22 | 2.95% |
Liberty Latin America Ltd Class C Common Stock Ex-Distribution When Issued LILKV | $5.25 | — | 19 | $2.5B | -2.1 | $-2.48 | 0.00% |
IMAX Corporation IMAX | $40.47 | $17.26 | 68 | $2.3B | 60.4 | $0.68 | 0.00% |
Liberty Latin America Ltd. LILA | $7.73 | $3.21 | 32 | $2.1B | -2.9 | $-2.49 | 0.00% |
Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. DJT | $7.49 | — | 29 | $2.1B | -1.9 | $-3.92 | 0.00% |
Ziff Davis, Inc. ZD | $52.20 | $62.54 | 65 | $1.9B | 44.3 | $1.21 | 0.00% |
Stagwell Inc. STGW | $6.96 | $9.47 | 55 | $1.7B | 94.4 | $0.08 | 0.00% |
Tripadvisor, Inc. TRIP | $14.03 | $5.82 | 52 | $1.6B | 98.3 | $0.16 | 0.00% |
IDT Corporation IDT | $57.95 | $18.50 | 81 | $1.4B | 17.6 | $3.29 | 0.45% |
Yelp Inc. YELP | $24.63 | $22.89 | 90 | $1.3B | 10.8 | $2.36 | 0.00% |
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. CCO | $2.40 | $5.55 | 35 | $1.2B | -6.0 | $-0.41 | 0.00% |
Scholastic Corporation SCHL | $46.10 | $9.57 | 55 | $1.2B | 17.8 | $2.47 | 1.74% |
Entravision Communications EVC | $13.48 | $0.09 | 29 | $1.1B | -57.3 | $-0.20 | 1.66% |
Strive, Inc. ASST | $11.62 | — | 26 | $1.1B | -0.1 | $-14.20 | 0.00% |
Deluxe Corporation DLX | $24.00 | $48.80 | 71 | $1.1B | 10.2 | $2.24 | 5.01% |
Emerald Holding, Inc. EEX | $5.03 | $3.09 | 29 | $992M | -25.9 | $-0.20 | 1.20% |
Sinclair, Inc. SBGI | $13.97 | $21.21 | 32 | $964M | 15.2 | $0.91 | 7.25% |
Liberty Latin America Ltd Class A Common Stock Ex-Distribution When Issued LILAV | $5.36 | $46.38 | 35 | $863M | -2.2 | $-2.48 | 0.00% |
Optimum Communications, Inc. OPTU | $1.52 | $28.05 | 13 | $780M | -0.2 | $-9.90 | 0.00% |
GCI Liberty, Inc. GLIBA | $21.91 | — | 29 | $761M | -2.1 | $-8.15 | 0.00% |
The Marcus Corporation MCS | $23.73 | $12.13 | 39 | $759M | 55.8 | $0.46 | 1.30% |
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About the communication services sector
Communication Services is the youngest of the eleven standard sectors in its current shape. The 2018 reclassification moved the large internet platforms, social-media businesses, and interactive-entertainment companies out of Technology and Consumer Discretionary into a single sector alongside the legacy telecom and media businesses. The result is one of the most economically heterogeneous sectors in the screener: cash-generative incumbents with predictable cash flow share the page with platform businesses still investing heavily in growth.
That heterogeneity matters for how the page reads. A traditional dividend-yielding telecom and a high-growth advertising platform are valued by very different conventions in practice — the first usually on free-cash-flow yield and dividend coverage, the second on revenue growth and operating-margin trajectory. The screener applies the same Investment Score model and the same base-valuation pipeline to both, then shows the supporting metrics so the difference is visible rather than averaged away.
The sector also hosts thematic stories that overlap with Technology — AI applied to advertising and search, gaming, streaming, and parts of the satellite-communications stack — where each company's classification follows its primary revenue mix rather than its popular framing.
What this page is for
This page is a screener and reference surface, not editorial coverage. The list above refreshes with each data update; the methodology, FAQ, and related categories below stay in place so the page is useful both for somebody arriving from a specific search and for somebody scanning the sector for the first time.
If you want to value a single communication-services stock end-to-end rather than scan the sector, the Invest Viable Valuator walks through the same models we use to compute the base valuations on this page.
Sub-industries within Communication Services
Themes within this sector get their own screener pages. Each one applies the same Investment Score model and base valuation to a narrower group of companies.
- Streaming StocksSubscription video and audio platforms plus the studios producing the content. Subscriber growth and content-spend efficiency drive valuation more than near-term earnings for most names in this group.
- Gaming StocksInteractive entertainment publishers, mobile gaming, and adjacent platforms. Sits across Communication Services and Consumer Discretionary depending on each company's revenue mix.
- AI in CommunicationPlatforms whose business model is materially shaped by AI — search, recommendation, advertising, and content moderation. Sits at the boundary with Technology and shows up on both screener pages where applicable.
- Space StocksSatellite-communication operators and ground-segment companies whose primary classification falls in Communication Services rather than Industrials.
How we screen communication services stocks
Every stock listed on this page has been classified into the Communication Services sector by our taxonomy and run through the same Investment Score model and base-valuation pipeline used across the site. The list is mechanical — no editorial weighting.
- Listed on a US exchange (NYSE / Nasdaq) and classified as Communication Services in our sector taxonomy. ADRs of foreign-domiciled telecom and platform names appear when their primary US listing is active.
- Sufficient public financial history to compute the metrics shown — revenue, gross margin, free cash flow, balance-sheet items, share count.
- Ingested by our data pipeline within the last update window. Stocks awaiting refresh are not surfaced.
- Investment Score and base valuation computed by the same models used elsewhere on Invest Viable. The score evaluates profitability, balance-sheet quality, and growth — the formula itself is proprietary.
Frequently asked questions
What's in the Communication Services sector?
The exact count is shown in the hero above. Communication Services covers telecommunications (wireless and wireline), media (broadcasting, publishing, advertising), interactive entertainment, and the large internet platforms that were reclassified into this sector from Technology and Consumer Discretionary in 2018. Cable companies whose primary revenue is broadband sit here as well.
Why are some "tech" companies in Communication Services rather than Technology?
The 2018 sector reclassification moved companies whose primary revenue is content, advertising, or social platforms into Communication Services. Many investors still mentally group them with Technology — and several do appear on the AI Stocks theme page — but the standard sector classification places them here so the screener follows the convention used by major data providers. The dedicated Technology page focuses on semiconductors, software, and IT services.
Why does Communication Services contain companies with very different valuation profiles?
The sector mixes mature telecoms with steady cash flow and modest growth alongside platform businesses with double-digit revenue growth and software-style margins. A traditional valuation lens applied uniformly would misread half the sector either way. Our base valuations and Investment Score evaluate each name on its own fundamentals, so a cash-generative telecom and a high-growth platform are scored on the same scale without forcing them into the same archetype.
Are telecom dividends reliable?
Telecom yields can be among the higher ones in the screener, and the income story has historically been one of the main reasons investors look here. Coverage varies by company — some incumbents carry meaningful debt and capex commitments that put pressure on free cash flow, others run leaner. The screener surfaces yield alongside the Score and base valuation so each company's coverage profile can be evaluated rather than assumed from the sector label.
Does Invest Viable recommend specific communication services stocks?
No. This page is a screener and analysis surface, not a recommendation list. Each stock is shown with its underlying financial data, base valuation, and Investment Score so you can do your own research. Invest Viable does not publish buy or sell calls on individual securities.
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