NASDAQ:CMCSAComcast Stock Price, Forecast & News

Comcast's stock was trading at $37.91 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CMCSA stock has increased by 6.4% and is now trading at $40.33. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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." View analyst ratings for Comcast.

Comcast is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 30th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Comcast.

Comcast will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, July 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Comcast Co. (NASDAQ:CMCSA) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 30th. The cable giant reported $0.71 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.69 by $0.02. The cable giant earned $26.61 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $26.71 billion. Comcast had a net margin of 10.72% and a return on equity of 17.56%. The business's revenue for the quarter was down .9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.76 EPS. View Comcast's earnings history.

Comcast declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 13th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, July 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.23 per share on Wednesday, July 22nd. This represents a $0.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.28%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, June 30th. View Comcast's dividend history.

Comcast shares split before market open on Monday, February 20th 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, January 26th 2017. The newly created shares were payable 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 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Comcast's stock. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $58.00. On average, they expect Comcast's share price to reach $48.08 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Comcast.

Media headlines about CMCSA stock have trended negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing 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 news impact score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the cable giant a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Comcast.

Comcast saw a decline in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 76,960,000 shares, a decline of 5.5% from the May 31st total of 81,480,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 27,210,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.8 days. Approximately 1.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Comcast's Current Options Chain.

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). View all competitors.

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 Metropolis Capital Ltd (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Park National Corp OH (0.01%), M&R Capital Management Inc. (0.00%), Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (0.00%) and Courier Capital LLC (0.00%). 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 Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, HNP Capital LLC, Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC, Fulton Bank N. A., Windsor Group LTD, M&R Capital Management Inc., and Courier Capital LLC. Company insiders that have sold Comcast company stock in the last year include Brian L Roberts, Daniel C Murdock, David N Watson, Kenneth J Bacon, and Sheldon M Bonovitz. View insider buying and selling activity for Comcast.

CMCSA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Metropolis Capital Ltd, Park National Corp OH, Truehand Inc, Anderson Hoagland & Co., Stillwater Investment Management LLC, Ellevest Inc., First Financial Bank Trust Division, and Cox Capital Mgt LLC. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $40.33.

Comcast has a market capitalization of $183.62 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.

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.