NASDAQ:CMCSA - Comcast Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

Comcast announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 9th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, July 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.21 per share on Wednesday, July 24th. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.98%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, July 2nd. View Comcast's Dividend History.

Comcast's stock split on the morning of Monday, February 20th 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, January 26th 2017. The newly minted shares were distributed 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 results on Thursday, July, 25th. The cable giant reported $0.78 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.75 by $0.03. The cable giant earned $26.86 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $27.08 billion. Comcast had a return on equity of 17.50% and a net margin of 11.64%. The business's revenue was up 23.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.65 EPS. View Comcast's Earnings History.

Comcast is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Comcast.

23 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Comcast's shares. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $58.00. On average, they expect Comcast's share price to reach $46.4155 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Comcast.

23 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Comcast in the last year. There are currently 5 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 positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of 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 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the cable giant a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Comcast.

Comcast saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 81,374,800 shares, an increase of 8.9% from the June 30th total of 74,728,100 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 18,500,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.4 days. Approximately 1.8% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Comcast's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Comcast include Walt Disney (DIS), Charter Communications (CHTR), Rogers Communications (RCI), Liberty Global (LBTYB), Liberty Global (LBTYA), Liberty Global (LBTYK), Liberty Broadband Corp Series C (LBRDK), Liberty Broadband Corp Series A (LBRDA), Altice USA (ATUS), Roku (ROKU), Discovery Communications (DISCA), DISH Network (DISH), Discovery Inc Series C (DISCK), Viacom (VIAB) and Shaw Communications (SJR).

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

Comcast's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.63%), BlackRock Inc. (7.16%), BlackRock Inc. (7.16%), Invesco Ltd. (1.35%), Northern Trust Corp (1.21%) and Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.18%). 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 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 Veritas Asset Management LLP, 3G Capital Partners LP, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Quest Capital Management Inc. ADV, Suvretta Capital Management LLC, Primecap Management Co. CA, Southpoint Capital Advisors LP and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 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 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 Nuveen Asset Management LLC, APG Asset Management N.V., BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., Vanguard Group Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD and Waddell & Reed Financial 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CMCSA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $42.43.

Comcast has a market capitalization of $192.84 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.