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Bond yields are racing higher as the U.S. Treasury and corporate issuers flood the market with new debt, and that shift is quietly rewriting the playbook for income investors. Cash-rich, high-dividend stocks in non-cyclical sectors can suddenly look more or less attractive depending on how they handle this funding squeeze. This article walks through 3 stocks exposed to these forces and shows where higher yields may help or hurt. The three stocks below are just a sample pulled from this idea,...

Verizon Communications (VZ) trades near $48 a share and generated free cash worth 10.0% of its market value over the last twelve months. The median S&P 500 company manages 4.5%. A gap that wide usually means one of two things: a bargain, or a business the market expects to shrink. Verizon is neither, quite. The cash is real, and it is not all yours.

Walt Disney (DIS) has lost about 7% over the past twelve months while the S&P 500 gained 17%. Disney trades at 21.3 times earnings, just under an S&P 500 median of 22.5. The question is whether that is a good business on sale, or a fair price for a slow grower.

Broadcasters and tech giants are writing big checks to state officials, who have weighed in on mergers.

Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery long-awaited merger has been at a standstill. Barclays analysts led by Kannan Venkateshwar resumed coverage of both stocks, rating Warner Bros at Equal Weight with a $28 price target and Paramount at Underweight with a $8 price target. Venkateshwar said in a research note Thursday that while the proposed $110 billion merger could increase growth potential for the studios, it could introduce massive financial and operational risks that make the stock hard to value, and “a moving target.”

Comcast (CMCSA) generated free cash over the past twelve months worth 20.1% of its market value. The median S&P 500 company manages 4.4%. Part of that gap is Comcast's debt. The rest means one of two things: the market has made a mistake, or the cash is about to get smaller. Comcast keeps losing broadband customers, and that is the market's answer.

Disney's stock has barely moved in a year while Wall Street's consensus target sits 20% higher, and a string of earnings beats has done almost nothing to close that gap. The reason why reveals a deeper tension inside the company that one upcoming earnings report could either resolve or rupture.

Equinix (EQIX) has drawn fresh attention after Comcast Business agreed to plug its last mile connectivity directly into Equinix Fabric through standards based APIs, tightening the link between data centers and enterprise networks. Recent moves in Equinix stock have cooled, with the share price down 9.38% over the past 30 days and 8.77% over 90 days, even as the year to date share price return is 30.70% and the 1 year total shareholder return is 28.85%. This suggests strong longer term...

Comcast (NasdaqGS: CMCSA) announced a Fastly-powered edge platform integrated across its nationwide network, targeting ultra-low latency services. The company reported new broadband buildouts in Glades County, FL and Jackson County, MI, reaching thousands of previously under-connected locations. Management highlighted AI-focused edge capabilities, including support for streaming, gaming, and emerging AI services delivered closer to end users. Comcast’s Fastly-enabled edge rollout and fresh...

Consumer stocks were higher Monday afternoon, with the State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector S

Verizon Communications (VZ) has had a good year. The stock returned about 24% over the past twelve months against roughly 19% for the S&P 500, and at about $51 it sits at the top of its one-year range. The turnaround is real. What is not real yet is the revenue meant to pay for it.

AT&T (T) is running its largest year ever for fiber expansion, a plan for 8 million new locations, of which over 4 million were acquired from Lumen, and asking shareholders to keep funding it. It expects $23 billion to $24 billion of capital investment in 2026, and the roughly $18 billion of buybacks and dividends is essentially all the free cash flow left. Management used to justify the build product by product; with the customers, it was already winning. The lead now is one blended subscriber

Recently, Zacks.com users have been paying close attention to Comcast (CMCSA). This makes it worthwhile to examine what the stock has in store.

Comcast is confronting a changing broadband market as competitors give customers more choices and put pressure on its business.

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) Chief Financial Officer Jason Armstrong said the company’s planned separation of its connectivity and technology operations from NBCUniversal and Sky reflects diverging competitive conditions, investment needs and strategic priorities across the businesses. Speaking at the Go

While the Nasdaq 100 (^NDX) is filled with cutting-edge technology and consumer companies, not all are on solid footing. Some are dealing with declining demand, high costs, or regulatory pressures that could limit future upside.

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) is preparing to separate its media businesses, and NBCUniversal Media Group Chairman Matt Strauss said the move is expected to increase the company’s flexibility and speed without changing its core strategy. Speaking at a Bank of America conference, Strauss described NBCUnive

Stocks in the $10-50 range offer a sweet spot between affordability and stability as they’re typically more established than penny stocks. But their headline prices don’t guarantee quality, and investors should exercise caution as some have shaky business models.

Verizon Communications (VZ) shares sit at the top of a $36.56-to-$50.59 52-week range, up 22.7% over the past twelve months. The exciting part of that story is the dark fiber Verizon has begun selling into AI infrastructure builds. The part that can actually move the stock is duller. Verizon has finally started keeping its customers.

A Wells Fargo analyst says SpaceX's wireless push will hurt carriers far less than investors fear, and the real beneficiaries may surprise anyone who assumed satellite and towers compete rather than cooperate.

Investors were concerned about some remarks made by the company's CFO in a conference.

Comcast stock tumbles after its chief financial officer announces that broadband subscribers will drop in the fiscal third quarter.

AT&T (T) trades at 8.2 times earnings against an S&P 500 median of 23.0, and it got there the hard way: the stock returned -9.4% over the past year while the index returned +19.3%. A profitable telecom throwing off cash at that discount is what value buyers hunt for.

The low valuation multiples for value stocks provide a margin of safety that growth stocks rarely offer. However, the challenge lies in determining whether these cheap assets are genuinely undervalued or simply on sale due to their potentially deteriorating business models.

Social Security's projected 2027 COLA raise sounds promising until you realize retirees feel higher prices months before benefits catch up. Five blue-chip dividend stocks already pay yields that outpace that adjustment, and some have raised their payouts for decades straight.

Comcast (NasdaqGS: CMCSA) reports that more than half of its large-scale network build in Jackson County, Michigan is now complete, as of early September 2026. The company continues multi-year broadband expansions across Utah, Indiana, Ohio and other states, targeting thousands of unserved and underserved homes and businesses. Recent buildouts extend access to high-speed internet and advanced digital services for local communities that previously had limited connectivity options. Comcast is...

Comcast stock has had a tough five year stretch, yet on current checks it still screens as relatively cheap compared with its own history and peers. For investors, the pullback in the share price and the high value score raise the question of whether the market is already too pessimistic about what the business can earn over time. Over the past 5 years Comcast shareholders have seen the stock fall about 43.8%, which suggests sentiment toward the business has weakened materially over a...

On August 6, Versant Media Group (NASDAQ:VSNT) reported second-quarter 2026 results that capture a company in transition. Revenue slipped 3.8% year over year to $1.64 billion, and net income attributable to Versant tumbled 30.1% to $211 million. Yet the same report included a raised full-year outlook, a third straight quarterly dividend, and a second $100 […]

Not all profitable companies are built to last - some rely on outdated models or unsustainable advantages. Just because a business is in the green today doesn’t mean it will thrive tomorrow.

The market is charging a premium for Walt Disney stock, but its growth and profit metrics currently trail key rivals. Is this a bet on a magical future, or just a storybook valuation.