NASDAQ:CMCSA - Comcast Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Comcast declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 24th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, April 3rd will be paid a dividend of $0.21 per share on Wednesday, April 24th. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.22%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, April 2nd. This is a positive change from Comcast's previous quarterly dividend of $0.19. View Comcast's Dividend History.

Comcast shares split on the morning of Monday, February 20th 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, January 26th 2017. The newly created 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 announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback program on Wednesday, April 12th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback $12,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 6.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Comcast Co. (NASDAQ:CMCSA) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 23rd. The cable giant reported $0.64 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.62 by $0.02. The cable giant earned $27.85 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $27.56 billion. Comcast had a net margin of 12.41% and a return on equity of 16.49%. The firm's revenue was up 26.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.49 EPS. View Comcast's Earnings History.

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

22 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Comcast's stock. Their predictions range from $36.00 to $63.00. On average, they anticipate Comcast's share price to reach $43.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Comcast.

22 Wall Street 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, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Comcast.

Media coverage about CMCSA stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Comcast earned a news impact score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the cable giant a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Comcast saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 65,823,225 shares, an increase of 2.0% from the January 15th total of 64,541,259 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 27,615,886 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.4 days. Currently, 1.5% of the company's shares are short sold. View Comcast's Current Options Chain.

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

Comcast's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.90%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (3.11%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.37%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.15%), Northern Trust Corp (1.14%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.06%). 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, Neil Smit 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 Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Lakewood Capital Management LP, Harris Associates L P, Boston Partners, First Manhattan Co., Paloma Partners Management Co, DNB Asset Management AS and Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc.. 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 and Kenneth J Bacon. View Insider Buying and Selling for Comcast.

CMCSA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Geode Capital Management LLC, Sound Shore Management Inc. CT, Legal & General Group Plc, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Two Sigma Advisers LP, BlackRock Inc. and Northern Trust Corp. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CMCSA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $37.77.

Comcast has a market capitalization of $175.42 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.

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.