NASDAQ:CMCSA - Comcast Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Comcast announced 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 2.00%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 31st. This is a positive change from Comcast's previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. View Comcast's Dividend History.

Shares of Comcast 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 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 Co. (NASDAQ:CMCSA) issued its quarterly earnings results 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 earned $28.40 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $28.18 billion. Comcast's quarterly revenue was up 2.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.72 earnings per share. 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.

24 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Comcast's shares. Their forecasts range from $44.00 to $64.00. On average, they anticipate Comcast's stock price to reach $52.08 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Comcast.

24 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Comcast in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 20 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Comcast.

News coverage about CMCSA stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Comcast earned a coverage optimism score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the cable giant a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press 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 Amc Networks (AMCX), Charter Communications (CHTR), DISH Network (DISH), Liberty Global (LBTYA), Loral Space & Communications Ltd. (LORL) and Sirius XM (SIRI).

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), Alibaba Group (BABA), NVIDIA (NVDA), General Electric (GE) and Micron Technology (MU).

Comcast's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (3.83%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.86%), FMR LLC (2.81%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.03%), First Eagle Investment Management LLC (0.71%) and UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (0.58%). 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 Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, FMR LLC, Investec Asset Management LTD, Boston Partners, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Prudential Financial Inc., UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. and Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Parnassus Investments CA, M&G Investment Management Ltd., Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., LSV Asset Management, Bessemer Group Inc., State Street Corp and Valueworks 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CMCSA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $46.09.