NASDAQ:CMCSAComcast Stock Price, Forecast & News

Comcast's stock was trading at $37.91 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CMCSA shares have increased by 15.5% and is now trading at $43.77.
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26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Comcast in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 18 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Comcast is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 22nd 2020.
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Comcast Co. (NASDAQ:CMCSA) announced its earnings results on Thursday, July, 30th. The cable giant reported $0.69 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.55 by $0.14. The cable giant had revenue of $23.72 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $23.56 billion. Comcast had a net margin of 10.91% and a return on equity of 16.66%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 11.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.78 earnings per share.
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Comcast declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 31st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, October 7th will be paid a dividend of $0.23 per share on Wednesday, October 28th. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.10%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, October 6th.
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Comcast's stock split before market open on Monday, February 20th 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, January 26th 2017. The newly issued 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.

26 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Comcast's stock. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $58.00. On average, they expect Comcast's share price to reach $48.88 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.7% from the stock's current price.
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Headlines about CMCSA stock have been trending neutral recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Comcast earned a coverage optimism score of 0.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the cable giant a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.
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Comcast saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 83,930,000 shares, an increase of 5.4% from the July 15th total of 79,660,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 20,480,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.1 days. Currently, 1.9% of the company's shares are sold short.
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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).
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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 Vanguard Group Inc. (8.73%), FMR LLC (1.95%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.96%), Nordea Investment Management AB (0.91%), First Eagle Investment Management LLC (0.71%) and Viking Global Investors LP (0.62%). Company insiders that own Comcast stock include Arthur R Block, Brian L Roberts, Daniel C Murdock, David L Cohen, David N Watson, Jeff Shell, Kenneth J Bacon, Sheldon M Bonovitz and Stephen B Burke.
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CMCSA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Vanguard Group Inc., FMR LLC, Toronto Dominion Bank, Rockefeller Capital Management L.P., Tesco Pension Investment Ltd, APG Asset Management N.V., Jennison Associates LLC, and Glenmede Trust Co. NA. Company insiders that have sold Comcast company stock in the last year include Brian L Roberts, Daniel C Murdock, David N Watson, Jeff Shell, Kenneth J Bacon, and Sheldon M Bonovitz.
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CMCSA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nordea Investment Management AB, Viking Global Investors LP, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Senator Investment Group LP, SG Americas Securities LLC, Ensign Peak Advisors Inc, Point72 Asset Management L.P., and Metropolis Capital Ltd.
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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 $43.77.

Comcast has a market capitalization of $199.95 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.

The official website for Comcast is 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.