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) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, January, 23rd. The cable giant reported $0.79 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.75 by $0.04. The cable giant had revenue of $28.40 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $28.18 billion. Comcast had a net margin of 11.98% and a return on equity of 18.25%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 2.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.72 EPS. View Comcast's earnings history.

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

Comcast shares split before market open 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 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.

25 brokers have issued 12 month price objectives for Comcast's shares. 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.

Media headlines about CMCSA stock have trended positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Comcast earned a news sentiment score of 2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the cable giant a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near 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 number of retail and institutional 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 purchased 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.