NASDAQ:CMCSA - Comcast Stock Price, Forecast & News

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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, January 7th. View Comcast's Dividend History.

Shares of Comcast split before market open on Monday, February 20th 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, January 26th 2017. The newly created shares were payable to shareholders after the closing bell 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) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 24th. The cable giant reported $0.79 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.75 by $0.04. The cable giant earned $26.83 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $26.77 billion. Comcast had a return on equity of 24.25% and a net margin of 11.45%. The business's revenue was up 21.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.65 earnings per share. 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 price targets for Comcast's stock. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $64.00. On average, they expect Comcast's share price to reach $50.52 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 17.5% 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.

Media coverage about CMCSA stock has trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. 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 media sentiment score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the cable giant a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Comcast.

Some companies that are related to Comcast include Charter Communications (CHTR), Sirius XM (SIRI), DISH Network (DISH), Liberty Global (LBTYA), 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), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Walt Disney (DIS), Intel (INTC), Bank of America (BAC), Verizon Communications (VZ), NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), General Electric (GE) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

Comcast's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (3.78%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.97%), Boston Partners (0.59%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.40%), Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (0.35%) and California Public Employees Retirement System (0.29%). 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, Boston Partners, Findlay Park Partners LLP, First Trust Advisors LP, Bristol John W & Co. Inc. NY, Squarepoint Ops LLC, SG Americas Securities LLC and Sawgrass Asset Management LLC. 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, Voya Investment Management LLC, Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC, Eagle Asset Management Inc., TPG Group Holdings SBS Advisors Inc., Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC and Bartlett & Co. LLC. 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 $43.01.

Comcast has a market capitalization of $195.66 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.