NASDAQ:CMCSAComcast Stock Price, Forecast & News

Comcast's stock was trading at $37.91 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CMCSA shares have increased by 14.3% and is now trading at $43.34.
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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, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.55 by $0.14. The cable giant earned $23.72 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $23.56 billion. Comcast had a return on equity of 16.66% and a net margin of 10.91%. Comcast's revenue for the quarter was down 11.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.78 EPS.
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Comcast announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, July 31st. Shareholders 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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Shares of Comcast split on the morning of 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.

26 brokers 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 share price to reach $48.88 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.8% from the stock's current price.
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News articles about CMCSA stock have been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news 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 coverage optimism score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave 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 effect on the company's share price in the near future.
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Comcast saw a increase in short interest during 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. Currently, 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include First Eagle Investment Management LLC (0.71%), Viking Global Investors LP (0.62%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.43%), Swiss National Bank (0.41%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (0.40%) and New York State Common Retirement Fund (0.30%). 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 Toronto Dominion Bank, Rockefeller Capital Management L.P., Tesco Pension Investment Ltd, Jennison Associates LLC, Alleghany Corp DE, Prudential Financial Inc., Prudential PLC, and Victory Capital Management 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 Viking Global Investors LP, SG Americas Securities LLC, Metropolis Capital Ltd, LSV Asset Management, RNC Capital Management LLC, ProShare Advisors LLC, Principal Financial Group Inc., and St. James Investment Company 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 $43.34.

Comcast has a market capitalization of $197.98 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.