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Communication Services: which companies drove growth

The 20 largest Communication Services companies by market cap at the end of Q4 2025 (31 Dec 2025), compared with Q4 2024.

The top 20 at Q4 2025

Q4 2025 vs Q4 2024: combined net profit $72.2B (+1%), median EPS −6% (8 of 18 up), market-cap-weighted price +32%. 20 of 20 reported.

Weight is each company's share of the 20 companies' combined market cap. Contribution is the change in its owners' profit divided by their combined base profit, in percentage points, so the column adds up to the sector's earnings growth. EPS cannot be added across companies, which is why contributions use profit.

#CompanyWeightEPS $, base → nowEPS growthContributionPrice
1Alphabet Inc.GOOGL52.9%2.15 → 2.82+31% +10.7 pp+65%
2Meta Platforms, Inc.META23.3%8.02 → 8.87+11% +2.6 pp+15%
3Netflix, Inc.NFLX5.5%0.43 → 0.56+30% +0.7 pp+5%
4T-Mobile US, Inc.TMUS3.1%2.56 → 1.88−27% −1.2 pp−7%
5The Walt Disney CompanyDIS2.8%1.40 → 1.34−4% −0.2 pp+1%
6AT&T Inc.T2.4%0.56 → 0.52−7% −0.5 pp+6%
7Verizon Communications Inc.VZ2.4%1.18 → 0.55−53% −3.6 pp+1%
8Comcast CorporationCMCSA1.4%1.24 → 0.60−52% −3.5 pp−24%
9DoorDash, Inc.DASH1.4%0.33 → 0.48+47% +0.1 pp+31%
10Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.WBD1.0%−0.20 → −0.10loss, smaller +0.3 pp+168%
11Reddit, Inc.RDDT0.6%0.36 → 1.24+244% +0.2 pp+43%
12Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.LYV0.5%0.56 → −1.05to loss −0.5 pp+12%
13EchoStar CorporationECHO · since delisted0.4%— → −4.18sources disagree ——
14Fox CorporationFOXA0.4%0.81 → 0.52−36% −0.2 pp+47%
15AST SpaceMobile, Inc.ASTS0.4%−0.18 → −0.28loss, bigger −0.1 pp—
16Charter Communications, Inc.CHTR0.4%10.09 → 10.34+2% −0.2 pp−39%
17Liberty Media CorporationFWONK0.3%— → 1.33sources disagree —+6%
18The Trade Desk, Inc.TTD0.3%0.36 → 0.40+11% 0.0 pp−67%
19Omnicom Group Inc.OMC0.2%2.26 → −4.02to loss −1.9 pp−5%
20Pinterest, Inc.PINS0.2%2.68 → 0.41−85% −2.1 pp−15%
Sector earnings growth100%+0.8 pp

Who joined and who left

2 joined and 2 left the top 20 since Q3 2025, as market caps moved.

Joined the top 20 since Q3 2025 2

Left the top 20 since Q3 2025 2

  • was #19 Zillow Group, Inc. Class C Z
  • was #20 News Corporation NWSA

EPS growth by company, Q3 2023 to Q2 2026

Each company's EPS growth year on year, every quarter it was in the top 20.

≤ −40%−20%0+20%≥ +40% Blue is growth, red is decline, grey is about zero; the colour stops deepening at ±40%.
  • turned profitableto loss crossed zero, so there is no growth rate to print
  • loss, smallerloss, bigger a loss in both quarters
  • sources disagree our two sources disagree, so the figure is left out of the sector totals
  • outside not in the sector's top 20 that quarter
EPS growth of each company in the sector's top 20, by quarter
CompanyQ3 2023Q4 2023Q1 2024Q2 2024Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
GOOGL+46%+56%+62%+31%+37%+31%+49%+22%+35%+31%+82%+294%
META+168%+203%+114%+73%+37%+50%+37%+38%−83%+11%+62%−13%
NFLX+20%+1,658%+84%+49%+45%+104%+25%+47%+9%+30%+86%+11%
TMUS+355%+42%+27%+34%+43%+53%+29%+14%−8%−27%−12%+5%
DIS+58%+49%to lossturned profitable+79%+35%turned profitable+104%+192%−4%−30%−48%
T−40%turned profitable−18%−20%to loss+87%+30%+27%turned profitable−7%−11%+6%
VZ−3%to loss−7%−1%−31%turned profitable+6%+8%+50%−53%+4%−22%
CMCSAturned profitable+16%+7%−2%−4%+53%−8%+197%−4%−52%−33%−67%
DASHloss, smallerloss, smallerloss, smallerloss, smallerturned profitableturned profitableturned profitableturned profitable+45%+47%−5%−29%
WBDloss, smallerloss, smallerloss, smallerloss, biggerturned profitableloss, biggerloss, smallerturned profitableto lossloss, smallerloss, bigger−90%
RDDToutsideoutsideoutsideoutsideoutside+227%turned profitableturned profitable+400%+244%+677%+178%
LYV+39%loss, biggerloss, bigger+1%−14%turned profitableloss, smaller−60%−56%to lossloss, bigger+156%
ECHOoutsideoutsideoutsideoutsideoutsideoutsideoutsideoutsidesources disagreesources disagreeloss, smallerturned profitable
FOXA−25%outsideoutside−8%+117%+252%−46%+131%−26%−36%−49%+3%
ASTSoutsideoutsideoutsideoutsideoutsideoutsideoutsideoutsideoutsideloss, biggerloss, biggerloss, bigger
CHTR+12%−8%+13%+5%+7%+43%+12%+8%−5%+2%+9%+16%
FWONKsources disagreeoutsidesources disagreesources disagreesources disagreesources disagree−94%sources disagreesources disagreesources disagree+1,044%sources disagree
TTD+147%+36%+240%+158%+142%+89%+57%+6%+21%+11%outsideoutside
OMC+5%+2%+43%−9%+5%+6%−9%outsideoutsideto loss+41%+59%
PINSturned profitable+1,020%loss, smallerturned profitable+348%+824%turned profitable+350%+196%−85%outsideoutside