A stock with low volatility can be reassuring, but it doesn’t always mean strong long-term performance.
Investors who prioritize stability may miss out on higher-reward opportunities elsewhere.
Consumer discretionary businesses are levered to the highs and lows of economic cycles. Thankfully for the industry, all signs are pointing up as discretionary stocks have gained 19.3% over the past six months,
beating the S&P 500’s 15.3% return.
Over the past six months, WideOpenWest has been a great trade, beating the S&P 500 by 8.6%. Its stock price has climbed to $5.19, representing a healthy 23% increase. This performance may have investors wondering how to approach the situation.
Small-cap stocks can be incredibly lucrative investments because their lack of analyst coverage leads to frequent mispricings.
However, these businesses (and their stock prices) often stay small because their subscale operations make it harder to expand their competitive moats.
The stocks featured in this article have all approached their 52-week highs.
When these price levels hit, it typically signals strong business execution, positive market sentiment, or significant industry tailwinds.
Wall Street’s bearish price targets for the stocks in this article signal serious concerns.
Such forecasts are uncommon in an industry where maintaining cordial corporate relationships often trumps delivering the hard truth.
As the Q3 earnings season comes to a close, it’s time to take stock of this quarter’s best and worst performers in the wireless, cable and satellite industry, including WideOpenWest (NYSE:WOW) and its peers.
Broadband and telecommunications services provider WideOpenWest (NYSE:WOW) announced better-than-expected revenue in Q3 CY2025, but sales fell by 8.9% year on year to $144 million. Its GAAP loss of $0.43 per share was significantly below analysts’ consensus estimates.
While profitability is essential, it doesn’t guarantee long-term success.
Some companies that rest on their margins will lose ground as competition intensifies - as Jeff Bezos said, "Your margin is my opportunity".
WideOpenWest trades at $5.13 and has moved in lockstep with the market. Its shares have returned 24.5% over the last six months while the S&P 500 has gained 29.3%.
The performance of consumer discretionary businesses is closely linked to economic cycles. Lately, it seems like demand trends have worked in their favor as the industry has returned 32.3% over the past six months,
outpacing S&P 500 by 4.3 percentage points.
The end of an earnings season can be a great time to discover new stocks and assess how companies are handling the current business environment. Let’s take a look at how WideOpenWest (NYSE:WOW) and the rest of the wireless, cable and satellite stocks fared in Q2.
Small-cap stocks in the Russell 2000 (^RUT) can be a goldmine for investors looking beyond the usual large-cap names.
But with less stability and fewer resources than their bigger counterparts, these companies face steeper challenges in scaling their businesses.
While some companies burn cash to fuel expansion, others struggle to turn spending into sustainable growth.
A high cash burn rate without a strong balance sheet can leave investors exposed to significant downside.
Investors can certainly boost their returns by concentrating on stocks trading between $1 and $10.
However, a disciplined approach is necessary because many of these businesses are speculative and lack the underlying fundamentals to support their prices.
Wrapping up Q2 earnings, we look at the numbers and key takeaways for the wireless, cable and satellite stocks, including Sirius XM (NASDAQ:SIRI) and its peers.
Earnings results often indicate what direction a company will take in the months ahead. With Q2 behind us, let’s have a look at AT&T (NYSE:T) and its peers.
As the Q2 earnings season wraps, let’s dig into this quarter’s best and worst performers in the wireless, cable and satellite industry, including Cable One (NYSE:CABO) and its peers.
U.S. stocks traded higher toward the end of trading, with the S&P 500 gaining around 1% on Tuesday. The Dow traded up 1.04% to 44,431.01 while the NASDAQ rose 1.26% to 21,654.94. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 1.03% to 6,439.10.
U.S. stocks traded higher midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 1% on Tuesday. The Dow traded up 1.14% to 44,477.20 while the NASDAQ rose 1.28% to 21,659.58. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 1.07% to 6,441.40.
