Comcast - CMCSA Stock Forecast, Price & News

24 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Comcast in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings and 13 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" CMCSA shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in CMCSA, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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24 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Comcast's shares. Their CMCSA share price forecasts range from $33.00 to $60.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $44.29 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 21.5% from the stock's current price.
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Comcast's stock was trading at $34.97 at the beginning of the year. Since then, CMCSA stock has increased by 4.3% and is now trading at $36.46.
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Comcast saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 47,330,000 shares, an increase of 12.9% from the February 28th total of 41,940,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 19,980,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.4 days. Approximately 1.1% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 27th 2023.
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Comcast will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, April 27th at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Comcast Co. (NASDAQ:CMCSA) issued its earnings results on Thursday, January, 26th. The cable giant reported $0.82 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.78 by $0.04. The cable giant had revenue of $30.55 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $30.36 billion. Comcast had a net margin of 4.42% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.40%. The business's revenue was up .7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.77 EPS.
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Comcast declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 26th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, April 5th will be given a dividend of $0.29 per share on Wednesday, April 26th. This represents a $1.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.18%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, April 4th. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.27.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) stock in their portfolio include iShares U.S. Telecommunications ETF (IYZ), Roundhill IO Digital Infrastructure ETF (BYTE), Invesco BuyBack Achievers ETF (PKW), FPA Global Equity ETF (FPAG), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Communication Services ETF (EWCO), Vanguard Communication Services Index Fund (VOX), iShares Global Comm Services ETF (IXP) and Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLC).

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.01%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 16 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 90.76%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, CMCSA will have a dividend payout ratio of 27.20% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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 distributed to shareholders after the market closes on Friday, February 17th 2017. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

4,762 employees have rated Comcast Chief Executive Officer Brian L. Roberts on Glassdoor.com. Brian L. Roberts has an approval rating of 85% among the company's employees.

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

Comcast's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Geode Capital Management LLC (1.91%), Morgan Stanley (1.27%), Norges Bank (1.22%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.94%), Clearbridge Investments LLC (0.89%) and First Eagle Investment Management LLC (0.76%). Insiders that own company stock include Brian L Roberts, Corp Comcast, Daniel C Murdock, David N Watson, Jeff Shell, Kenneth J Bacon, Kenneth J Bacon and Maritza Gomez Montiel.
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Shares of CMCSA stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of CMCSA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $36.46.

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) has a market capitalization of $153.72 billion and generates $121.43 billion in revenue each year. The cable giant earns $5.37 billion in net income (profit) each year or $1.19 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 186,000 workers across the globe.

Comcast's mailing address is One Comcast Center, Philadelphia PA, 19103. The official website for the company is corporate.comcast.com. The cable giant can be reached via phone at (215) 286-1700.