Chief executive officer and chairman of The Walt Disney Company Bob Iger walks on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) before ringing the opening bell, November 27, 2017 in New York City. Getty Images Disney‘s entrance into video streaming sets it up to dominate the media industry, according to Wells Fargo. The
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A remote control is seen being held in front of a television running the Netflix application Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto | Getty Images Barclays took a new swing at the difficult task of valuing growth companies in a note on Monday, applying its new framework to the often opaque valuation of Netflix. “Overall, our methodology
The Netflix logo is seen on a mobile phone. Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto | Getty Images What a difference the past two months made for Netflix. It was just early July when the streaming video giant’s stock was flirting with new record highs. Now after an unexpected loss of subscribers and increased competition in the
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Monday told investors to beware the hyped-up IPOs these days like WeWork and Uber with overly ambitious mission statements that don’t accurately reflect their actual businesses. “How about Peloton? Do we want shares of Peloton? See, here’s what I think happens [with unicorns]. First we think Uber is a platform, then
Steve Schwarzman speaking at the 2019 Delivering Alpha conference in New York on Sept. 19. 2019. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Steve Schwarzman, Blackstone CEO and one of the world’s best investors, learned early in his career that everyone makes mistakes. His biggest one as an investor was “disastrous.” Speaking Thursday at the Delivering Alpha conference
Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Pivotal Research Group began coverage of Roku with a sell rating on Friday, saying it sees the over-the-top (OTT) streaming company’s stock falling 55% because it looks “overvalued despite the recent pullback.” “We see dramatically more competition emerging that will likely drive the cost of OTT devices to zero
The Amazon logo on a pickup and collect locker at Newbury Park railway station in London. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon will soon integrate another step of the e-commerce pipeline after the construction of an in-house fleet of carbon-neutral delivery trucks on par with established players like UPS and the U.S. Postal
India traders at the Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd. office in Mumbai, India. Vivek Prakash | Bloomberg | Getty Images Indian stocks surged overnight Friday after the country’s government announced a big cut to India’s corporate tax rate. The India S&P BSE Sensex index jumped 5.3% to notch its biggest one-day gain since May 5,
Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images The world’s second-largest payment processor is approaching a decade-long run for the company’s stock. Shares of MasterCard are getting a boost, as U.S. consumers embrace the secular shift from cash to card, and more recently card to digital. MasterCard’s stock is up 46% this year, compared to the
CNBC’s Jim Cramer raised concerns Friday about a major part of the U.S. economy. The “Mad Money” host said he’s feeling a new level of “anxiety about industrial” companies. “Small- and medium-sized businesses [are] doing well; big industrial just not doing well.” Smaller companies are faring OK because U.S. consumer activity, which accounts for two-thirds