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

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

Comcast declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 10th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, July 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.19 per share on Wednesday, July 25th. This represents a $0.76 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.32%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, July 2nd. View Comcast's Dividend History.

Comcast shares split on the morning of Monday, February 20th 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, January 26th 2017. The newly created shares were payable 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 declared that its board has approved a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, April 12th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $12,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 6.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 25th. The cable giant reported $0.62 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.03. The cable giant had revenue of $22.79 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $22.74 billion. Comcast had a return on equity of 16.14% and a net margin of 26.79%. Comcast's revenue for the quarter was up 10.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.53 EPS. 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.

25 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Comcast's stock. Their predictions range from $38.00 to $54.00. On average, they expect Comcast's share price to reach $46.2273 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Comcast.

Comcast saw a drop in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totalling 66,894,209 shares, a drop of 2.5% from the April 13th total of 68,601,947 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 30,033,837 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.2 days. Currently, 1.5% of the company's stock are sold short.

Some companies that are related to Comcast include The Walt Disney (DIS), Time Warner (TWX), 21st Century Fox (FOXA), Charter Communications (CHTR), Rogers Communications (RCI), Liberty Global (LBTYB), Liberty Global (LBTYA), Liberty Global (LBTYK), Altice USA (ATUS), Dish Network (DISH), Liberty Broadband (LBRDK), Liberty Broadband (LBRDA), Discovery (DISCA), Discovery Communications (DISCK) and Viacom (VIAB).

Headlines about CMCSA stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Comcast earned a media sentiment score of 0.09 on Accern's scale. They also gave media headlines about the cable giant an impact score of 45.88 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

Comcast's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.96%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.92%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.15%), Northern Trust Corp (1.12%), Franklin Resources Inc. (0.80%) and Veritas Asset Management LLP (0.74%). Company insiders that own Comcast stock include Arthur R Block, Brian L Roberts, Daniel C Murdock, David L Cohen, David N Watson, Judith Rodin, 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 OppenheimerFunds Inc., Findlay Park Partners LLP, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Scopus Asset Management L.P., FIL Ltd, Fiduciary Management Inc. WI and Swiss National Bank. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, BlackRock Inc., Franklin Resources Inc., Rockefeller Capital Management L.P., LSV Asset Management, Toronto Dominion Bank and Ceredex Value Advisors 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CMCSA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $32.72.

Comcast has a market capitalization of $151.97 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.