NASDAQ:CMCSA - Comcast Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Comcast declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 23rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, April 1st will be given a dividend of $0.23 per share on Wednesday, April 22nd. This represents a $0.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.01%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 31st. This is a boost from Comcast's previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. View Comcast's Dividend History.

Shares of Comcast split on Monday, February 20th 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, January 26th 2017. The newly minted shares were distributed 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) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 23rd. The cable giant reported $0.79 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.75 by $0.04. The cable giant earned $28.40 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $28.18 billion. Comcast had a net margin of 11.98% and a return on equity of 18.25%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 2.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.72 EPS. 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 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Comcast's stock. Their forecasts range from $44.00 to $64.00. On average, they expect Comcast's share price to reach $52.08 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.7% 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 very negative recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Comcast earned a coverage optimism score of -3.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the cable giant a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Comcast.

Some companies that are related to Comcast include Charter Communications (CHTR), Sirius XM (SIRI), DISH Network (DISH), Liberty Global (LBTYA), Amc Networks (AMCX) and Loral Space & Communications Ltd. (LORL).

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), Micron Technology (MU) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

Comcast's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (3.83%), Capital International Investors (2.94%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.86%), FMR LLC (2.81%), Capital World Investors (1.96%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.48%). 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, 1832 Asset Management L.P., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Prudential Financial Inc. and UBS Asset Management Americas 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, Kenneth J Bacon, Sheldon M Bonovitz and Stephen B Burke. View Insider Buying and Selling for Comcast.

CMCSA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital International Investors, Parnassus Investments CA, Capital World Investors, M&G Investment Management Ltd., Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., LSV Asset Management and Bessemer Group 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CMCSA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $45.82.

Comcast has a market capitalization of $208.62 billion and generates $108.94 billion in revenue each year. The cable giant earns $13.06 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.13 on an earnings per share basis. Comcast employs 190,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Comcast.

The official website for Comcast is http://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.