NASDAQ:CMCSA - Comcast Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

Comcast declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 9th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, July 3rd will be given a dividend of $0.21 per share on Wednesday, July 24th. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.82%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, July 2nd. View Comcast's Dividend History.

Shares of Comcast split on the morning of Monday, February 20th 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, January 26th 2017. The newly minted shares were distributed 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.

Comcast Co. (NASDAQ:CMCSA) announced its earnings results on Thursday, July, 25th. The cable giant reported $0.78 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.75 by $0.03. The cable giant earned $26.86 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $27.08 billion. Comcast had a net margin of 11.64% and a return on equity of 17.50%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 23.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.65 earnings per share. View Comcast's Earnings History.

Comcast is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Comcast.

Comcast will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 24th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

24 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Comcast's shares. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $58.00. On average, they expect Comcast's share price to reach $47.1576 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Comcast.

24 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Comcast in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 20 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Comcast.

Media stories about CMCSA stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Comcast earned a news impact score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the cable giant a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Comcast.

Comcast saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totalling 81,374,800 shares, an increase of 8.9% from the July 15th total of 74,728,100 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 18,500,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.4 days. Approximately 1.8% of the company's shares are sold short. View Comcast's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Comcast include Walt Disney (DIS), Charter Communications (CHTR), Rogers Communications (RCI), Liberty Global (LBTYA), Liberty Global (LBTYB), Liberty Global (LBTYK), Liberty Broadband Corp Series C (LBRDK), Liberty Broadband Corp Series A (LBRDA), Altice USA (ATUS), Roku (ROKU), DISH Network (DISH), Discovery Communications (DISCA), Discovery Inc Series C (DISCK), Viacom (VIAB) and Shaw Communications (SJR).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Comcast investors own include AT&T (T), Intel (INTC), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Bank of America (BAC), Walt Disney (DIS), General Electric (GE), Micron Technology (MU), Verizon Communications (VZ), Alibaba Group (BABA) and NVIDIA (NVDA).

Comcast's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.63%), BlackRock Inc. (7.16%), BlackRock Inc. (7.16%), Invesco Ltd. (1.35%), Northern Trust Corp (1.21%) and Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.18%). 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 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 Veritas Asset Management LLP, Boston Partners, 3G Capital Partners LP, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Quest Capital Management Inc. ADV, Suvretta Capital Management LLC, Primecap Management Co. CA and Southpoint Capital Advisors LP. Company insiders that have sold Comcast company stock in the last year include Arthur R Block, Brian L Roberts, Daniel C Murdock, David L Cohen, David N Watson, Kenneth J Bacon and Stephen B Burke. View Insider Buying and Selling for Comcast.

CMCSA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, APG Asset Management N.V., BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., Vanguard Group Inc., Rothschild & Co Wealth Management UK Ltd, Renaissance Technologies LLC and Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CMCSA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $46.27.

Comcast has a market capitalization of $210.30 billion and generates $94.51 billion in revenue each year. The cable giant earns $11.73 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.55 on an earnings per share basis. Comcast employs 184,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Comcast.

The official website for Comcast is http://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.