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Best Entertainment Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top entertainment stocks in 2025 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +32.52% per year, and are the best entertainment stocks to buy now. Learn More.

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best entertainment stocks to buy right now are:

Fox (NASDAQ:FOXA) is the #1 top entertainment stock out of 47 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Fox (NASDAQ:FOXA) is: Value: B, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Fox (NASDAQ:FOXA) has a Due Diligence Score of 45, which is 23 points higher than the entertainment industry average of 22.

FOXA passed 15 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Fox has seen its stock return 57.1% over the past year, overperforming other entertainment stocks by 23 percentage points.

Fox has an average 1 year price target of $51.94, an upside of 4.31% from Fox's current stock price of $49.79.

Fox stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 16 analysts covering Fox, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 43.75% have issued a hold, while 6.25% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Cineverse (NASDAQ:CNVS) is the #2 top entertainment stock out of 47 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Cineverse (NASDAQ:CNVS) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: D, Financials: B, and AI: D.

Cineverse (NASDAQ:CNVS) has a Due Diligence Score of 24, which is 2 points higher than the entertainment industry average of 22.

CNVS passed 7 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Cineverse has seen its stock return 265.61% over the past year, overperforming other entertainment stocks by 231 percentage points.

Cineverse has an average 1 year price target of $10.00, an upside of 237.84% from Cineverse's current stock price of $2.96.

Cineverse stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Cineverse, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Imax (NYSE:IMAX) is the #3 top entertainment stock out of 47 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +19.88% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Imax (NYSE:IMAX) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Imax (NYSE:IMAX) has a Due Diligence Score of 27, which is 5 points higher than the entertainment industry average of 22.

IMAX passed 9 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Imax has seen its stock return 49.17% over the past year, overperforming other entertainment stocks by 15 percentage points.

Imax has an average 1 year price target of $30.63, an upside of 25.87% from Imax's current stock price of $24.33.

Imax stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 8 analysts covering Imax, 37.5% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 12.5% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 10 entertainment stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 entertainment stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Sinclair (NASDAQ:SBGI) has an annual dividend yield of 3.47%, which is 2 percentage points higher than the entertainment industry average of 1.3%. Sinclair's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Sinclair's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Sinclair's dividend payout ratio of 21.2% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Nexstar Media Group (NASDAQ:NXST) has an annual dividend yield of 2.37%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the entertainment industry average of 1.3%. Nexstar Media Group's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Nexstar Media Group's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Nexstar Media Group's dividend payout ratio of 31.9% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Marcus (NYSE:MCS) has an annual dividend yield of 1.72%, which is the same as the entertainment industry average of 1.3%. Marcus's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Marcus's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Marcus's dividend payout ratio of -140% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Entertainment stocks were down 0% in the last day, and up 5.19% over the last week. Liveone was the among the top losers in the entertainment industry, dropping -18.22% yesterday.

LVO stock has given up its prior gain. PodcastOne shares were trading higher. The company provided FY25 guidance.

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued entertainment stocks right now are:

Iqiyi (NASDAQ:IQ) is the most undervalued entertainment stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Iqiyi has a valuation score of 57, which is 39 points higher than the entertainment industry average of 18. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Iqiyi's stock has dropped -62.6% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the entertainment industry by -97 percentage points.

Nexstar Media Group (NASDAQ:NXST) is the second most undervalued entertainment stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Nexstar Media Group has a valuation score of 43, which is 25 points higher than the entertainment industry average of 18. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Nexstar Media Group's stock has dropped -10.5% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the entertainment industry by -45 percentage points.

Amc Networks (NASDAQ:AMCX) is the third most undervalued entertainment stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Amc Networks has a valuation score of 14, which is -4 points higher than the entertainment industry average of 18. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates AMCX a Valuation Rating of "A".

Amc Networks's stock has dropped -42.99% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the entertainment industry by -77 percentage points.

50% of entertainment stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect entertainment stocks to rise by 13.54% over the next year.

0% of entertainment stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 15.63% of entertainment stocks are rated B (Buy), 65.63% are rated C (Hold), 15.63% are rated D (Sell), and 3.13% are rated F (Strong Sell).