Top Communications Stocks for January 2022

The communications sector is comprised of a broad range of companies that sell phone and Internet services via traditional landline, broadband, or wireless. The sector also includes companies that are major creators and producers of movies, television shows, and other content. Well-known companies in the communications sector include $Meta Platforms(FB.US)$ .  (formerly known as Facebook), $Comcast(CMCSA.US)$ , and  $T-Mobile US(TMUS.US)$ .

Communications stocks, represented by the  $The Communication Services Select Sector Spdr Fund(XLC.US)$ , have underperformed the broader market. XLC has provided a total return of 18.9% over the past 12 months, behind the benchmark Russell 1000 index's total return of 27.2%.