Comcast Stock Forecast, Price & News

22 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Comcast in the last twelve months. There are currently 7 hold ratings, 14 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Comcast stock.
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Comcast is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 29th 2021.
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Comcast Co. (NASDAQ:CMCSA) released its earnings results on Thursday, January, 28th. The cable giant reported $0.56 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.48 by $0.08. The cable giant earned $27.71 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $26.79 billion. Comcast had a net margin of 9.90% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.45%. Comcast's quarterly revenue was down 2.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.79 earnings per share.
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Comcast's stock was trading at $37.91 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CMCSA shares have increased by 39.1% and is now trading at $52.72.
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Comcast announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 28th. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 7th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Wednesday, April 28th. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.90%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, April 6th. This is a positive change from Comcast's previous quarterly dividend of $0.23.
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Comcast pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.76%. Comcast has been increasing its dividend for 10 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Comcast is 29.39%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Comcast will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.29% next year. This indicates that Comcast will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Comcast shares split on 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.

22 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Comcast's shares. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $70.00. On average, they anticipate Comcast's share price to reach $53.85 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.1% from the stock's current price.
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4,762 employees have rated Comcast CEO Brian L. Roberts on Glassdoor.com. Brian L. Roberts has an approval rating of 85% among Comcast's employees.

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 Inc. (LORL).
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Comcast trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CMCSA."

Comcast's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (1.95%), Dodge & Cox (1.75%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (1.55%), Northern Trust Corp (1.15%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.04%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.97%). Company insiders that own Comcast stock include Arthur R Block, Brian L Roberts, Daniel C Murdock, David L Cohen, David N Watson, Jeff Shell, Kenneth J Bacon, Maritza Gomez Montiel, Sheldon M Bonovitz and Stephen B Burke.
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CMCSA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Clearbridge Investments LLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Dodge & Cox, Mawer Investment Management Ltd., Nordea Investment Management AB, Vontobel Asset Management Inc., and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Comcast company stock in the last year include Daniel C Murdock, David N Watson, Jeff Shell, and Maritza Gomez Montiel.
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CMCSA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Trian Fund Management L.P., NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Principal Financial Group Inc., Bessemer Group Inc., Morgan Stanley, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, and KBC Group NV.
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Shares of CMCSA can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CMCSA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $52.72.

Comcast has a market capitalization of $241.49 billion and generates $108.94 billion in revenue each year. The cable giant earns $13.06 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.13 on an earnings per share basis.

Comcast employs 190,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Comcast is corporate.comcast.com.

Comcast is headquartered at One Comcast Center, Philadelphia PA, 19103.

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