NASDAQ:CMCSA - Comcast Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Comcast announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 23rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, April 1st will be given a dividend of $0.23 per share on Wednesday, April 22nd. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.00%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 31st. This is a positive change from Comcast's previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. View Comcast's Dividend History.

Comcast's stock 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 issued 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) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 23rd. The cable giant reported $0.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.75 by $0.04. The cable giant had revenue of $28.40 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $28.18 billion. Comcast's quarterly revenue was up 2.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.72 EPS. View Comcast's Earnings History.

Comcast is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Comcast.

24 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Comcast's shares. Their forecasts range from $44.00 to $64.00. On average, they anticipate Comcast's stock price to reach $52.08 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Comcast.

24 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Comcast in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 20 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Comcast.

Media headlines about CMCSA stock have been trending neutral on Sunday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing 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 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the cable giant a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Comcast.

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

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), Alibaba Group (BABA), NVIDIA (NVDA), General Electric (GE) and Micron Technology (MU).

Comcast's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (3.83%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.86%), FMR LLC (2.81%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.03%), First Eagle Investment Management LLC (0.71%) and UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (0.58%). 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 Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, FMR LLC, Investec Asset Management LTD, Boston Partners, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Prudential Financial Inc., UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. and Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI. 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 Parnassus Investments CA, M&G Investment Management Ltd., Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., LSV Asset Management, Bessemer Group Inc., State Street Corp and Valueworks 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 $46.09.