Comcast Stock Forecast, Price & News

22 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Comcast in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 15 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Comcast stock.
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Comcast is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 29th 2021.
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Comcast Co. (NASDAQ:CMCSA) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 28th. The cable giant reported $0.56 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.48 by $0.08. The cable giant had revenue of $27.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $26.79 billion. Comcast had a net margin of 9.90% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.45%. Comcast's revenue was down 2.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.79 earnings per share.
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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. Since then, CMCSA shares have increased by 45.3% and is now trading at $55.09.
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Comcast announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 28th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, April 7th will be given a dividend of $0.25 per share on Wednesday, April 28th. This represents a $1.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.82%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, April 6th. This is an increase from Comcast's previous quarterly dividend of $0.23.
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Comcast pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.71%. Comcast has been increasing its dividend for 10 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Comcast is 29.39%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Comcast will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.29% next year. This indicates that Comcast will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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 minted shares were payable 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.

22 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Comcast's stock. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $70.00. On average, they expect Comcast's share price to reach $54.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.0%.
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4,762 employees have rated Comcast CEO Brian L. Roberts on Glassdoor.com. Brian L. Roberts has an approval rating of 85% among Comcast's employees.

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 Inc. (LORL).
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Comcast trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "CMCSA."

Comcast's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (1.95%), Dodge & Cox (1.75%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (1.55%), Northern Trust Corp (1.15%), Norges Bank (1.13%) and Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.04%). 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, Maritza Gomez Montiel, 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 Clearbridge Investments LLC, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Dodge & Cox, Mawer Investment Management Ltd., Nordea Investment Management AB, and Vontobel Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Comcast company stock in the last year include Daniel C Murdock, David N Watson, Jeff Shell, and Maritza Gomez Montiel.
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CMCSA stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, FMR LLC, Trian Fund Management L.P., NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Principal Financial Group Inc., Bessemer Group Inc., Morgan Stanley, and Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI.
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One share of CMCSA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $55.09.

Comcast has a market capitalization of $252.35 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.

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Comcast was founded in 1963.

The official website for Comcast is corporate.comcast.com.

Comcast is headquartered at One Comcast Center, Philadelphia PA, 19103.

Comcast's mailing address is One Comcast Center, Philadelphia PA, 19103. The cable giant can be reached via phone at 215-286-1700.