Comcast Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:CMCSA)

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

Comcast announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 9th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, July 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.21 per share on Wednesday, July 24th. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.81%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, July 2nd. View Comcast's Dividend History.

Comcast shares split on Monday, February 20th 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, January 26th 2017. The newly created shares were distributed 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.

Comcast Co. (NASDAQ:CMCSA) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 25th. The cable giant reported $0.78 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.75 by $0.03. The cable giant earned $26.86 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $27.08 billion. Comcast had a net margin of 11.64% and a return on equity of 17.50%. Comcast's revenue for the quarter was up 23.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business 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.

Comcast will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 24th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

24 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Comcast's stock. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $58.00. On average, they anticipate Comcast's share price to reach $47.1576 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.7% 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.

News headlines about CMCSA stock have trended somewhat negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Comcast earned a daily sentiment score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles 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 future. View News Stories for Comcast.

Comcast saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totalling 81,374,800 shares, an increase of 8.9% from the July 15th total of 74,728,100 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 18,500,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.4 days. Approximately 1.8% of the company's stock 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 Broadband Corp Series C (LBRDK), Liberty Broadband Corp Series A (LBRDA), Altice USA (ATUS), Liberty Global (LBTYK), DISH Network (DISH), Roku (ROKU), Discovery Communications (DISCA), 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), Walt Disney (DIS), Bank of America (BAC), General Electric (GE), Micron Technology (MU), Verizon Communications (VZ), Alibaba Group (BABA) and NVIDIA (NVDA).

Comcast's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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, Boston Partners, 3G Capital Partners LP, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Quest Capital Management Inc. ADV, Suvretta Capital Management LLC, Primecap Management Co. CA and Southpoint Capital Advisors LP. 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., Rothschild & Co Wealth Management UK Ltd, Renaissance Technologies LLC and Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD. 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 $46.36.

Comcast has a market capitalization of $210.71 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.