NASDAQ:CMCSA - Comcast Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Comcast announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 10th. Investors of record on Tuesday, July 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.19 per share on Wednesday, July 25th. This represents a $0.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.22%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, July 2nd. View Comcast's Dividend History.

Comcast shares split before market open 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 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 announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program on Wednesday, April 12th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $12,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy up to 6.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Comcast Co. (NASDAQ:CMCSA) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 25th. The cable giant reported $0.62 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.03. The cable giant had revenue of $22.79 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $22.74 billion. Comcast had a net margin of 26.79% and a return on equity of 16.14%. Comcast's revenue was up 10.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.53 earnings per share. View Comcast's Earnings History.

Comcast is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 26th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Comcast.

26 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Comcast's stock. Their predictions range from $35.00 to $63.00. On average, they anticipate Comcast's stock price to reach $46.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 34.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Comcast.

26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Comcast in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 19 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Comcast saw a decrease in short interest in the month of June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 57,472,123 shares, a decrease of 16.6% from the June 15th total of 68,928,394 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 40,608,295 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.4 days. Currently, 1.3% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Comcast's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Comcast include Walt Disney (DIS), Twenty-First Century Fox Inc Class A (FOXA), Time Warner (TWX), Charter Communications (CHTR), Rogers Communications Inc. Class B (RCI), Liberty Global PLC Class A (LBTYA), Liberty Global PLC Class B (LBTYB), Liberty Global PLC Class C (LBTYK), DISH Network (DISH), Liberty Broadband Corp Series C (LBRDK), DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS INC. Common Stock (DISCA), Liberty Broadband Corp Series A (LBRDA), Altice USA (ATUS), Discovery Inc Series C (DISCK) and Viacom, Inc. Class B (VIAB).

News coverage about CMCSA stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Comcast earned a news sentiment score of 0.07 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the cable giant an impact score of 44.33 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Comcast's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank of Montreal Can (0.34%), DnB Asset Management AS (0.06%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%), Hexavest Inc. (0.04%), Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.03%) and Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (0.03%). 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, Lawrence J Salva, Neil Smit 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 Fisher Asset Management LLC, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., DnB Asset Management AS, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Selz Capital LLC, Chesley Taft & Associates LLC, RDL Financial Inc. and V Wealth Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Comcast company stock in the last year include Arthur R Block, Brian L Roberts, Daniel C Murdock, 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 Hexavest Inc., Bank of Montreal Can, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Denali Advisors LLC, Jabodon PT Co., Handelsbanken Fonder AB, IFM Investors Pty Ltd and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CMCSA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $34.25.

Comcast has a market capitalization of $161.16 billion and generates $84.53 billion in revenue each year. The cable giant earns $22.71 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.06 on an earnings per share basis. Comcast employs 164,000 workers across the globe.

Comcast's mailing address is One Comcast Center, Philadelphia PA, 19103. The cable giant can be reached via phone at 215-286-1700.