NASDAQ:CMCSAComcast Stock Price, Forecast & News

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 13.5% and is now trading at $43.02.
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26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Comcast in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 18 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Comcast is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 22nd 2020.
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Comcast Co. (NASDAQ:CMCSA) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 30th. The cable giant reported $0.69 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.55 by $0.14. The cable giant earned $23.72 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $23.56 billion. Comcast had a return on equity of 16.66% and a net margin of 10.91%. The company's revenue was down 11.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.78 EPS.
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Comcast declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 31st. Investors of record on Wednesday, October 7th will be given a dividend of $0.23 per share on Wednesday, October 28th. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.14%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, October 6th.
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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 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.

26 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Comcast's stock. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $58.00. On average, they expect Comcast's stock price to reach $48.88 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.6% from the stock's current price.
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Media coverage about CMCSA stock has trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Comcast earned a coverage optimism score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the cable giant a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.
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Comcast saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 83,930,000 shares, an increase of 5.4% from the July 15th total of 79,660,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 20,480,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.1 days. Currently, 1.9% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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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).
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Comcast trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CMCSA."

Comcast's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Viking Global Investors LP (0.62%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.43%), Swiss National Bank (0.41%), New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.30%), LSV Asset Management (0.27%) and PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (0.20%). 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, 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 Toronto Dominion Bank, Tesco Pension Investment Ltd, Jennison Associates LLC, Alleghany Corp DE, Prudential PLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Hexavest Inc., and PNC Financial Services Group Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Comcast company stock in the last year include Brian L Roberts, Daniel C Murdock, David N Watson, Jeff Shell, Kenneth J Bacon, and Sheldon M Bonovitz.
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CMCSA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Viking Global Investors LP, SG Americas Securities LLC, Metropolis Capital Ltd, LSV Asset Management, RNC Capital Management LLC, ProShare Advisors LLC, Principal Financial Group Inc., and St. James Investment Company LLC.
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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 Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of CMCSA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $43.02.

Comcast has a market capitalization of $196.52 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's mailing address is One Comcast Center, Philadelphia PA, 19103. The cable giant can be reached via phone at 215-286-1700.