Stocks rose last week, helping both the Dow Jones Industrial Average set new all-time records.
The entertainment giant’s stock hasn’t participated in the 2021 rally, thanks to slowing growth in the Disney+ service and continued pandemic pressure on its theme parks and cruise ships.
Its streaming service might have seen firming expansion trends, too, given the strong growth that rival Netflix noted in October.
Wall Street will be watching for signs that Disney can continue lifting its average monthly prices in the streaming service even as it pushes into lower cost markets.
TripAdvisor’s management team has been talking about a significant pent-up demand release that will power the business forward, but investors aren’t expecting to see that surge just yet.
CEO Stephen Kaufer and his team said back in early August that traffic to TripAdvisor’s platform improved steadily from March through June, reaching about 80% of normal levels.
But the company is still a relatively tiny player in a market that’s attracting a flood of competition from established packaged food giants.