
For the past two years, the communication services sector has been rewarding investors with eye-catching gains. After delivering a nearly 60% return in 2023 and a 40% gain in 2024, the sector is again leading the S&P 500 in 2025 with a 25% year-to-date (YTD) increase.
Much of this momentum is thanks to heavyweight contributors like Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META), and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX), who keep pushing the sector higher. Those three together have returned nearly 28% in 2025.