NASDAQ:CMCSA - Comcast Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Comcast declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 24th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, January 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.21 per share on Wednesday, January 29th. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.84%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, January 7th. 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 created shares were distributed 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.

Comcast Co. (NASDAQ:CMCSA) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The cable giant reported $0.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.75 by $0.04. The cable giant had revenue of $26.83 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $26.77 billion. Comcast had a return on equity of 17.97% and a net margin of 11.45%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 21.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.65 EPS. View Comcast's Earnings History.

Comcast is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Comcast.

21 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Comcast's stock. Their forecasts range from $21.00 to $64.00. On average, they expect Comcast's stock price to reach $51.05 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Comcast.

21 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Comcast in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 18 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Comcast.

News headlines about CMCSA stock have been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Comcast earned a daily sentiment score of -3.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news 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 News Stories for Comcast.

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).

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), Intel (INTC), Bank of America (BAC), Verizon Communications (VZ), Alibaba Group (BABA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Micron Technology (MU) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

Comcast's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include PGGM Investments (0.07%), Hexavest Inc. (0.06%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.04%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.04%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.04%) and Calamos Advisors LLC (0.04%). 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 Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, PGGM Investments, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Baxter Bros Inc., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Boston Trust Walden Corp and Hexavest Inc.. 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, Kenneth J Bacon, Sheldon M Bonovitz and Stephen B Burke. View Insider Buying and Selling for Comcast.

CMCSA stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DAVENPORT & Co LLC, United Services Automobile Association, LGT Capital Partners LTD., Huntington National Bank, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Empire Life Investments Inc., SPF Beheer BV and Coronation Fund Managers Ltd.. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of CMCSA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $45.76.

Comcast has a market capitalization of $208.16 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.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.