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

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

Comcast announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 10th. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.20%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, July 2nd. View Comcast's Dividend History.

Comcast's stock split on Monday, February 20th 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, January 26th 2017. The newly minted 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 declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, April 12th 2017, which permits the company to buyback $12,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy up to 6.6% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Comcast Co. (NASDAQ:CMCSA) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 25th. The cable giant reported $0.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates 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 net margin of 26.79% and a return on equity of 16.14%. The business's revenue was up 10.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.53 earnings per share. 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.

26 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Comcast's stock. Their predictions range from $35.00 to $63.00. On average, they anticipate Comcast's stock price to reach $46.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 33.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Comcast.

26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Comcast in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 20 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Comcast saw a decrease in short interest in June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 57,472,123 shares, a decrease of 16.6% from the June 15th total of 68,928,394 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 40,608,295 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.4 days. Currently, 1.3% of the company's stock are sold short. View Comcast's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Comcast include Walt Disney (DIS), Twenty-First Century Fox Inc Class A (FOXA), Time Warner (TWX), Charter Communications (CHTR), Rogers Communications Inc. Class B (RCI), Liberty Global PLC Class A (LBTYA), Liberty Global PLC Class B (LBTYB), Liberty Global PLC Class C (LBTYK), DISH Network (DISH), Liberty Broadband Corp Series C (LBRDK), Liberty Broadband Corp Series A (LBRDA), DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS INC. Common Stock (DISCA), Altice USA (ATUS), Discovery Inc Series C (DISCK) and Viacom, Inc. Class B (VIAB).

Media stories about CMCSA stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. Accern identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Comcast earned a news sentiment score of 0.09 on Accern's scale. They also gave media headlines about the cable giant an impact score of 46.07 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

Comcast's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank of Montreal Can (0.34%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.08%), DnB Asset Management AS (0.06%), Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (0.06%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%) and Calamos Advisors LLC (0.04%). 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, 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 Fisher Asset Management LLC, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Fred Alger Management Inc., DnB Asset Management AS, Sit Investment Associates Inc., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Calamos Advisors LLC and Hartford Investment Management Co.. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Bank of Montreal Can, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Denali Advisors LLC, Jabodon PT Co., Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Handelsbanken Fonder AB and Oakbrook Investments 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 $34.52.

Comcast has a market capitalization of $158.10 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.