Comcast Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NASDAQ:CMCSA)

Comcast trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CMCSA."

Comcast announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 24th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, January 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.21 per share on Wednesday, January 29th. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.86%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, January 7th. View Comcast's Dividend History.

Comcast shares split on the morning of Monday, February 20th 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, January 26th 2017. The newly issued shares were distributed to shareholders after the market closes on Friday, February 17th 2017. An investor that had 100 shares of Comcast stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Comcast Co. (NASDAQ:CMCSA) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The cable giant reported $0.79 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.75 by $0.04. The cable giant earned $26.83 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $26.77 billion. Comcast had a net margin of 11.45% and a return on equity of 24.25%. The business's revenue was up 21.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.65 EPS. View Comcast's Earnings History.

Comcast is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Comcast.

21 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Comcast's shares. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $64.00. On average, they expect Comcast's stock price to reach $50.52 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Comcast.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Comcast in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 18 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Comcast.

News headlines about CMCSA stock have been trending very negative on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Comcast earned a daily sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the cable giant a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Comcast.

Comcast saw a decline in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 76,050,000 shares, a decline of 5.4% from the August 30th total of 80,390,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 16,350,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.7 days. Approximately 1.7% of the company's stock are short sold. View Comcast's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Comcast include Charter Communications (CHTR), Sirius XM (SIRI), Liberty Global (LBTYA), DISH Network (DISH), Amc Networks (AMCX) and Loral Space & Communications Ltd. (LORL).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Comcast investors own include AT&T (T), Walt Disney (DIS), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intel (INTC), Bank of America (BAC), Verizon Communications (VZ), General Electric (GE), Micron Technology (MU), Alibaba Group (BABA) and NVIDIA (NVDA).

Comcast's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.97%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.40%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.29%), Findlay Park Partners LLP (0.21%), Veritas Asset Management LLP (0.20%) and Rhumbline Advisers (0.18%). Company insiders that own Comcast stock include Arthur R Block, Brian L Roberts, Daniel C Murdock, David L Cohen, David N Watson, Kenneth J Bacon, Sheldon M Bonovitz and Stephen B Burke. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Comcast.

CMCSA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Findlay Park Partners LLP, First Trust Advisors LP, Bristol John W & Co. Inc. NY, SG Americas Securities LLC, Sawgrass Asset Management LLC, Factory Mutual Insurance Co. and Railway Pension Investments Ltd. Company insiders that have sold Comcast company stock in the last year include Arthur R Block, Brian L Roberts, Daniel C Murdock, David L Cohen, David N Watson, Kenneth J Bacon, Sheldon M Bonovitz and Stephen B Burke. View Insider Buying and Selling for Comcast.

CMCSA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including California Public Employees Retirement System, Alleghany Corp DE, Eagle Asset Management Inc., Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, Bartlett & Co. LLC, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Carillon Tower Advisers Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Comcast.

Shares of CMCSA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CMCSA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $45.25.

Comcast has a market capitalization of $205.85 billion and generates $94.51 billion in revenue each year. The cable giant earns $11.73 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.55 on an earnings per share basis. Comcast employs 184,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Comcast.

The official website for Comcast is http://corporate.comcast.com/.

Comcast's mailing address is One Comcast Center, Philadelphia PA, 19103. The cable giant can be reached via phone at 215-286-1700.