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

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

Comcast announced 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.18%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, April 2nd. This is an increase from Comcast's previous quarterly dividend of $0.19. View Comcast's Dividend History.

Comcast's stock split on the morning of 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 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 declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, April 12th 2017, which permits the company to repurchase $12,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 6.6% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often a sign 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 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.62 by $0.02. The cable giant earned $27.85 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $27.56 billion. Comcast had a return on equity of 16.49% and a net margin of 12.41%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 26.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.49 earnings per share. 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 1 year target prices for Comcast's stock. Their predictions range from $36.00 to $63.00. On average, they expect Comcast's stock price to reach $43.80 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.4% 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.

News coverage about CMCSA stock has trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Comcast earned a media sentiment score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the cable giant a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

Comcast saw a increase in short interest during 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 days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.4 days. Currently, 1.5% of the shares of the company are sold short. 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 C (LBRDK), Liberty Broadband Corp Series A (LBRDA), Altice USA (ATUS), Discovery Communications (DISCA), DISH Network (DISH), 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), Walt Disney (DIS), General Electric (GE), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Bank of America (BAC), Verizon Communications (VZ), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Alibaba Group (BABA) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).

Comcast's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail 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, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Lakewood Capital Management LP, Harris Associates L P, Boston Partners, First Manhattan Co., Paloma Partners Management Co and DNB Asset Management AS. 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 $38.61.

Comcast has a market capitalization of $179.32 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.