NASDAQ:CMCSA - Comcast Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Comcast declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 24th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, January 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.21 per share on Wednesday, January 29th. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.78%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, January 7th. View Comcast's Dividend History.

Shares of Comcast 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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The cable giant reported $0.79 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.75 by $0.04. The cable giant had revenue of $26.83 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $26.77 billion. Comcast had a return on equity of 17.97% and a net margin of 11.45%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 21.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.65 earnings per share. View Comcast's Earnings History.

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

Comcast will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 23rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Comcast's stock. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $64.00. On average, they expect Comcast's share price to reach $50.52 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Comcast.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Comcast in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 18 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 recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public 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 -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the cable giant a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Comcast.

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).

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), Micron Technology (MU) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

Comcast's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include PGGM Investments (0.07%), Hexavest Inc. (0.06%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.04%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.04%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.04%) and Calamos Advisors LLC (0.04%). 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 Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, PGGM Investments, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Baxter Bros Inc., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Boston Trust Walden Corp and Hexavest 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, Sheldon M Bonovitz and Stephen B Burke. View Insider Buying and Selling for Comcast.

CMCSA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including United Services Automobile Association, LGT Capital Partners LTD., Huntington National Bank, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Empire Life Investments Inc., Coronation Fund Managers Ltd., Violich Capital Management Inc. and Welch & Forbes 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 $47.30.

Comcast has a market capitalization of $215.18 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.