NASDAQ:CMCSA - Comcast Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Comcast declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 23rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, April 1st will be paid 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 2.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 31st. This is a boost from Comcast's previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. 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 minted shares were issued 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) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 23rd. The cable giant reported $0.79 earnings per share for the quarter, beating 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 had a return on equity of 18.25% and a net margin of 11.98%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 2.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $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.

23 brokerages 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 $52.09 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Comcast.

23 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Comcast in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 19 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Comcast.

Press coverage about CMCSA stock has trended very positive on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Comcast earned a media sentiment score of 3.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the cable giant a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. 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), NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Micron Technology (MU).

Comcast's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include California Public Employees Retirement System (0.29%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.15%), M&G Investment Management Ltd. (0.08%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.07%), PGGM Investments (0.07%) and Strs Ohio (0.07%). 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, Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Mckinley Capital Management LLC Delaware, Factory Mutual Insurance Co. and Baxter Bros 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including M&G Investment Management Ltd., DAVENPORT & Co LLC, United Services Automobile Association, Main Street Research LLC, LGT Capital Partners LTD., State of Michigan Retirement System, California Public Employees Retirement System and Huntington National Bank. 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 $44.04.

Comcast has a market capitalization of $200.35 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 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.