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. Stockholders 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 dividend yield of 2.13%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, April 2nd. This is an increase from Comcast's previous quarterly dividend of $0.19. 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 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 announced that its board has authorized a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, April 12th 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $12,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 6.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Comcast Co. (NASDAQ:CMCSA) issued 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 earned $27.85 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $27.56 billion. Comcast had a return on equity of 16.49% and a net margin of 12.41%. The firm's revenue was up 26.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.49 earnings per share. 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 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Comcast's shares. Their forecasts range from $36.00 to $63.00. On average, they anticipate Comcast's stock price to reach $43.6316 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.6% 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 7 hold ratings and 15 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Comcast.

News stories about CMCSA stock have trended negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Comcast earned a media sentiment score of -2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the cable giant a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Comcast saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 68,171,696 shares, an increase of 8.5% from the February 15th total of 62,827,252 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 17,542,141 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.9 days. Approximately 1.5% of the company's stock are short sold. View Comcast's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Comcast include Walt Disney (DIS), Twenty-First Century Fox (FOXA), Charter Communications (CHTR), Rogers Communications (RCI), Liberty Global (LBTYB), Liberty Global (LBTYA), Liberty Global (LBTYK), Liberty Broadband Corp Series C (LBRDK), Liberty Broadband Corp Series A (LBRDA), Altice USA (ATUS), DISH Network (DISH), Discovery Communications (DISCA), Discovery Inc Series C (DISCK), 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), Walt Disney (DIS), Cisco Systems (CSCO), General Electric (GE), Bank of America (BAC), Verizon Communications (VZ), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), NVIDIA (NVDA) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).

Comcast's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.90%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (3.11%), FMR LLC (2.76%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.37%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.15%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.14%). 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 Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Lakewood Capital Management LP, Harris Associates L P, Boston Partners, First Manhattan Co., Paloma Partners Management Co and DNB Asset Management AS. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Geode Capital Management LLC, FMR LLC, Sound Shore Management Inc. CT, Legal & General Group Plc, Bank of New York Mellon Corp and Two Sigma Advisers LP. 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 $39.46.

Comcast has a market capitalization of $183.27 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.