NASDAQ:CMCSAComcast Stock Price, Forecast & News

Comcast's stock was trading at $37.91 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CMCSA stock has increased by 6.9% and is now trading at $40.51. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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." View analyst ratings for Comcast.

Comcast is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 30th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Comcast.

Comcast will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, July 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Comcast Co. (NASDAQ:CMCSA) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 30th. The cable giant reported $0.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.02. The cable giant earned $26.61 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $26.71 billion. Comcast had a net margin of 10.72% and a return on equity of 17.56%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down .9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.76 EPS. View Comcast's earnings history.

Comcast announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 13th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, July 1st will be given a dividend of $0.23 per share on Wednesday, July 22nd. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.27%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 30th. View Comcast's dividend history.

Shares of Comcast split on the morning of Monday, February 20th 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, January 26th 2017. The newly issued 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 analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Comcast's stock. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $58.00. On average, they expect Comcast's share price to reach $48.08 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Comcast.

Headlines about CMCSA stock have been trending positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Comcast earned a media sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories 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 next several days. View the latest news about Comcast.

Comcast saw a decrease in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 76,960,000 shares, a decrease of 5.5% from the May 31st total of 81,480,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 27,210,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.8 days. Currently, 1.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Comcast's Current Options Chain.

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). View all competitors.

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 Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.07%), Metropolis Capital Ltd (0.03%), Hexavest Inc. (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.02%) and LGT Capital Partners LTD. (0.02%). 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 Hexavest Inc., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Gradient Investments LLC, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, HNP Capital LLC, and Chesley Taft & Associates LLC. Company insiders that have sold Comcast company stock in the last year include Brian L Roberts, Daniel C Murdock, David N Watson, Kenneth J Bacon, and Sheldon M Bonovitz. View insider buying and selling activity for Comcast.

CMCSA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Metropolis Capital Ltd, Park National Corp OH, Canandaigua National Corp, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Truehand Inc, Oak Asset Management LLC, LGT Capital Partners LTD., and DNB Asset Management AS. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $40.51.

Comcast has a market capitalization of $184.44 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.