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 13.1% and is now trading at $42.88.
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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) announced its earnings results on Thursday, July, 30th. The cable giant reported $0.69 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.55 by $0.14. The cable giant earned $23.72 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $23.56 billion. Comcast had a net margin of 10.91% and a return on equity of 16.66%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 11.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.78 earnings per share.
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Comcast declared 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.15%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, October 6th.
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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 Comcast stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

26 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Comcast's stock. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $58.00. On average, they expect Comcast's stock price to reach $48.63 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.4% from the stock's current price.
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News articles about CMCSA stock have been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Comcast earned a news impact score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the cable giant a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.
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Comcast saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 83,930,000 shares, an increase of 5.4% from the June 30th total of 79,660,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 20,480,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.1 days. Approximately 1.9% of the company's shares 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.43%), Rothschild & Co Wealth Management UK Ltd (0.19%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.15%), Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH (0.08%), Scharf Investments LLC (0.07%) and ProShare Advisors LLC (0.07%). 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.
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CMCSA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential PLC, Hexavest Inc., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Huntington National Bank, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., UMB Bank N A MO, M&G Investment Management Ltd., and Calamos Advisors 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.
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CMCSA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including SG Americas Securities LLC, Metropolis Capital Ltd, RNC Capital Management LLC, ProShare Advisors LLC, Pacer Advisors Inc., Vantage Investment Partners LLC, Stone Ridge Asset Management LLC, and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V..
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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 $42.88.

Comcast has a market capitalization of $195.71 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.