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. Since then, CMCSA stock has increased by 14.5% and is now trading at $43.39.
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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) posted its earnings results on Thursday, July, 30th. The cable giant reported $0.69 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.55 by $0.14. The cable giant earned $23.72 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $23.56 billion. Comcast had a return on equity of 16.66% and a net margin of 10.91%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 11.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.78 earnings per share.
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Comcast declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 31st. Investors of record on Wednesday, October 7th will be given a dividend of $0.23 per share on Wednesday, October 28th. This represents a $0.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.12%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, October 6th.
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Comcast's stock split on Monday, February 20th 2017. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, January 26th 2017. The newly issued 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.

26 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Comcast's shares. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $58.00. On average, they anticipate Comcast's share price to reach $48.88 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.6% from the stock's current price.
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Media headlines about CMCSA stock have trended negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Comcast earned a news impact score of -2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles 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 company's share price in the next few days.
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Comcast saw a increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 83,930,000 shares, an increase of 5.4% from the July 15th total of 79,660,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 20,480,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.1 days. Approximately 1.9% of the company's stock 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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (1.95%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.96%), Nordea Investment Management AB (0.91%), First Eagle Investment Management LLC (0.71%), Viking Global Investors LP (0.62%) and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.43%). Company insiders that own Comcast stock include Arthur R Block, Brian L Roberts, Daniel C Murdock, David L Cohen, David N Watson, Jeff Shell, 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 FMR LLC, Toronto Dominion Bank, Rockefeller Capital Management L.P., Tesco Pension Investment Ltd, Jennison Associates LLC, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Alleghany Corp DE, and Prudential Financial Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Comcast company stock in the last year include Brian L Roberts, Daniel C Murdock, David N Watson, Jeff Shell, Kenneth J Bacon, and Sheldon M Bonovitz.
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CMCSA stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nordea Investment Management AB, Viking Global Investors LP, Senator Investment Group LP, SG Americas Securities LLC, Ensign Peak Advisors Inc, Metropolis Capital Ltd, LSV Asset Management, and RNC Capital Management LLC.
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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 $43.39.

Comcast has a market capitalization of $198.21 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.