Comcast - CMCSA Stock Forecast, Price & News

24 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Comcast in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 10 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" CMCSA shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CMCSA, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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24 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Comcast's shares. Their CMCSA share price forecasts range from $30.00 to $67.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $48.48 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 61.3% from the stock's current price.
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Comcast's stock was trading at $50.33 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, CMCSA shares have decreased by 40.3% and is now trading at $30.05.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 27th 2022.
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Comcast will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 27th at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Comcast Co. (NASDAQ:CMCSA) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 28th. The cable giant reported $1.01 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.91 by $0.10. The cable giant earned $30.02 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $29.72 billion. Comcast had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 16.67% and a net margin of 11.54%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 5.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.84 EPS.
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Comcast announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, August 1st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, October 5th will be given a dividend of $0.27 per share on Wednesday, October 26th. This represents a $1.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.59%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, October 4th.
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Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.51%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 16 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 35.29%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CMCSA will have a dividend payout ratio of 27.69% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Comcast shares 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 payable to shareholders after the market closes on Friday, February 17th 2017. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

4,762 employees have rated Comcast Chief Executive Officer Brian L. Roberts on Glassdoor.com. Brian L. Roberts has an approval rating of 85% among the company's employees.

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

Comcast's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Park National Corp OH (0.01%), Osher Van de Voorde Investment Management (0.01%), Beese Fulmer Investment Management Inc. (0.01%), First Hawaiian Bank (0.00%), First National Bank of Mount Dora Trust Investment Services (0.00%) and M&R Capital Management Inc. (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Brian L Roberts, Daniel C Murdock, David N Watson, Jeff Shell, Kenneth J Bacon, Kenneth J Bacon, Maritza Gomez Montiel and Sheldon M Bonovitz.
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Shares of CMCSA stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CMCSA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $30.05.

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) has a market capitalization of $132.62 billion and generates $116.39 billion in revenue each year. The cable giant earns $14.16 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.06 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 189,000 workers across the globe.

Comcast's mailing address is One Comcast Center, Philadelphia PA, 19103. The official website for the company is corporate.comcast.com. The cable giant can be reached via phone at (215) 286-1700.