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

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

Comcast declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 25th. Investors of record on Wednesday, October 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.21 per share on Wednesday, October 23rd. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.86%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, October 1st. View Comcast's Dividend History.

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

22 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Comcast's stock. Their predictions range from $21.00 to $64.00. On average, they anticipate Comcast's stock price to reach $49.32 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Comcast.

22 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Comcast in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 20 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Comcast.

Headlines about CMCSA stock have trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. 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 coverage optimism score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the cable giant a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Comcast.

Comcast saw a drop in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 76,050,000 shares, a drop of 5.4% from the August 30th total of 80,390,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 16,350,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.7 days. Currently, 1.7% of the company's shares are sold short. View Comcast's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Comcast include Walt Disney (DIS), Charter Communications (CHTR), Rogers Communications (RCI), Liberty Broadband Corp Series A (LBRDA), Liberty Broadband Corp Series C (LBRDK), Altice USA (ATUS), Liberty Global (LBTYB), Liberty Global (LBTYA), Liberty Global (LBTYK), DISH Network (DISH), Discovery Communications (DISCA), Discovery Inc Series C (DISCK), Roku (ROKU), Shaw Communications (SJR) and Viacom (VIAB).

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), Verizon Communications (VZ), Micron Technology (MU), Alibaba Group (BABA) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

Comcast's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Hexavest Inc. (0.07%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.05%), Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL (0.03%), Pennsylvania Trust Co (0.02%), Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (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 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 Denali Advisors LLC, Hexavest Inc., Berkshire Asset Management LLC PA, Lau Associates LLC, M&R Capital Management Inc., Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC, Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc.. 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A., Pacer Advisors Inc., Abner Herrman & Brock LLC, HBW Advisory Services LLC, CX Institutional and Courier Capital 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 $45.19.

Comcast has a market capitalization of $205.36 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.