NASDAQ:CMCSA - Comcast Stock Price, Forecast & News

Comcast's stock was trading at $37.91 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CMCSA stock has decreased by 8.8% and is now trading at $34.57. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

25 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Comcast in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 19 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Comcast.

Comcast is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Comcast.

Comcast Co. (NASDAQ:CMCSA) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January, 23rd. The cable giant reported $0.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.75 by $0.04. The cable giant earned $28.40 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $28.18 billion. Comcast had a net margin of 11.98% and a return on equity of 18.25%. The business's revenue was up 2.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.72 EPS. View Comcast's earnings history.

Comcast announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 23rd. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 1st will be given a dividend of $0.23 per share on Wednesday, April 22nd. This represents a $0.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.66%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 31st. This is a boost from Comcast's previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. View Comcast's dividend history.

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 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.

25 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Comcast's stock. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $64.00. On average, they anticipate Comcast's share price to reach $50.04 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 44.7% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Comcast.

Press coverage about CMCSA stock has been trending somewhat positive on Sunday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Comcast earned a media sentiment score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the cable giant a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutComcast.

Some companies that are related to Comcast include Charter Communications (CHTR), Sirius XM (SIRI), Liberty Global (LBTYA), DISH Network (DISH), Amc Networks (AMCX) and Loral Space & Communications Ltd. (LORL).

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

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

Comcast's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (3.83%), Capital International Investors (2.94%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.86%), FMR LLC (2.81%), Capital World Investors (1.96%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.48%). 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. View institutional ownership trends for Comcast.

CMCSA stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, FMR LLC, Investec Asset Management LTD, Boston Partners, 1832 Asset Management L.P., DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, and Prudential Financial Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Comcast company stock in the last year include Brian L Roberts, Daniel C Murdock, David L Cohen, David N Watson, Kenneth J Bacon, Sheldon M Bonovitz, and Stephen B Burke. View insider buying and selling activity for Comcast.

CMCSA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Capital International Investors, Parnassus Investments CA, Capital World Investors, M&G Investment Management Ltd., Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., and LSV Asset Management. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $34.57.

Comcast has a market capitalization of $157.40 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. 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.