NASDAQ:CMCSAComcast Stock Price, Forecast & News

Comcast's stock was trading at $37.91 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CMCSA shares have increased by 14.0% and is now trading at $43.20.
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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) released its earnings results on Thursday, July, 30th. The cable giant reported $0.69 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.55 by $0.14. The cable giant had revenue of $23.72 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $23.56 billion. Comcast had a return on equity of 16.66% and a net margin of 10.91%. The firm's revenue was down 11.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.78 earnings per share.
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Comcast announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 31st. Stockholders 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 2.13%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, October 6th.
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Comcast shares split on 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.

26 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Comcast's shares. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $58.00. On average, they anticipate Comcast's share price to reach $48.88 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.1% from the stock's current price.
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News coverage about CMCSA stock has trended extremely negative on Thursday, according to InfoTrie. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Comcast earned a coverage optimism score of -4.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the cable giant a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.
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Comcast saw a increase in short interest in 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 daily trading volume, of 20,480,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.1 days. Currently, 1.9% of the shares of the stock 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 Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.96%), Nordea Investment Management AB (0.91%), First Eagle Investment Management LLC (0.71%), Viking Global Investors LP (0.62%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.43%) and Swiss National Bank (0.41%). 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 Toronto Dominion Bank, Rockefeller Capital Management L.P., Tesco Pension Investment Ltd, Jennison Associates LLC, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Alleghany Corp DE, Prudential Financial Inc., and Prudential PLC. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nordea Investment Management AB, Viking Global Investors LP, SG Americas Securities LLC, Ensign Peak Advisors Inc, Metropolis Capital Ltd, LSV Asset Management, RNC Capital Management LLC, and ProShare Advisors LLC.
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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 $43.20.

Comcast has a market capitalization of $197.34 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.