NASDAQ:CMCSA - Comcast Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Comcast announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 24th. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.21 per share on Wednesday, April 24th. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.00%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, April 2nd. This is a positive change from Comcast's previous quarterly dividend of $0.19. View Comcast's Dividend History.

Comcast's stock split on Monday, February 20th 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, January 26th 2017. The newly created 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 results on Wednesday, January, 23rd. The cable giant reported $0.64 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.62 by $0.02. The cable giant had revenue of $27.85 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $27.56 billion. Comcast had a net margin of 12.41% and a return on equity of 16.49%. Comcast's revenue for the quarter was up 26.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.49 EPS. View Comcast's Earnings History.

Comcast is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Comcast.

22 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Comcast's shares. Their predictions range from $36.00 to $63.00. On average, they anticipate Comcast's stock price to reach $44.5263 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.0% 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 6 hold ratings and 16 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Comcast.

News stories about CMCSA stock have trended somewhat positive on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Comcast earned a news impact score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the cable giant a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Comcast saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 29th, there was short interest totalling 69,412,038 shares, an increase of 4.5% from the March 15th total of 66,413,719 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 17,320,860 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.0 days. Approximately 1.5% 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 Global (LBTYB), Liberty Global (LBTYA), Liberty Global (LBTYK), Liberty Broadband Corp Series A (LBRDA), Liberty Broadband Corp Series C (LBRDK), Altice USA (ATUS), DISH Network (DISH), Discovery Communications (DISCA), Discovery Inc Series C (DISCK), Viacom (VIAB), Shaw Communications (SJR) and Qurate Retail Inc Series B (QRTEB).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Comcast investors own include AT&T (T), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Bank of America (BAC), Intel (INTC), Walt Disney (DIS), General Electric (GE), Micron Technology (MU), Verizon Communications (VZ), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and NVIDIA (NVDA).

Comcast's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include USS Investment Management Ltd (0.13%), PGGM Investments (0.11%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.07%), Hexavest Inc. (0.07%), First Manhattan Co. (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 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 Locust Wood Capital Advisers LLC, Rockland Trust Co., First Manhattan Co., Denali Advisors LLC, Denali Advisors LLC, Oakbrook Investments LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Meeder Asset Management 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 and Kenneth J Bacon. View Insider Buying and Selling for Comcast.

CMCSA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pacer Advisors Inc., Hexavest Inc., Arvest Bank Trust Division, Cohen Klingenstein LLC, USS Investment Management Ltd, Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, DAVENPORT & Co LLC and Tandem Investment Advisors Inc.. 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 $42.00.

Comcast has a market capitalization of $195.07 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.

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.