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CMCSA vs. AMZN, CHTR, GOOG, GOOGL, NFLX, PARA, ROKU, WBD, DIS, and T

Should you be buying Comcast stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Comcast include Amazon.com (AMZN), Charter Communications (CHTR), Alphabet (GOOG), Alphabet (GOOGL), Netflix (NFLX), Paramount Global (PARA), Roku (ROKU), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Walt Disney (DIS), and AT&T (T).

Comcast vs. Its Competitors

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) and Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.

84.3% of Comcast shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.2% of Amazon.com shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Comcast shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of Amazon.com shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Amazon.com had 199 more articles in the media than Comcast. MarketBeat recorded 251 mentions for Amazon.com and 52 mentions for Comcast. Comcast's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Amazon.com's score of 0.99 indicating that Comcast is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Comcast
40 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Amazon.com
163 Very Positive mention(s)
46 Positive mention(s)
27 Neutral mention(s)
8 Negative mention(s)
5 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Comcast has a beta of 0.92, meaning that its stock price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amazon.com has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Comcast presently has a consensus target price of $40.73, suggesting a potential upside of 21.22%. Amazon.com has a consensus target price of $262.87, suggesting a potential upside of 18.44%. Given Comcast's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Comcast is more favorable than Amazon.com.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Comcast
3 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.41
Amazon.com
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
46 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Comcast has a net margin of 18.44% compared to Amazon.com's net margin of 10.54%. Amazon.com's return on equity of 23.84% beat Comcast's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Comcast18.44% 18.86% 6.24%
Amazon.com 10.54%23.84%11.14%

Amazon.com has higher revenue and earnings than Comcast. Comcast is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Amazon.com, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Comcast$123.73B1.00$16.19B$6.055.55
Amazon.com$637.96B3.71$59.25B$6.5633.83

Summary

Amazon.com beats Comcast on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CMCSA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CMCSA vs. The Competition

MetricComcastCABLE TV IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$124.06B$26.45B$8.24B$9.56B
Dividend Yield3.89%1.46%3.13%4.08%
P/E Ratio5.554.1616.5725.16
Price / Sales1.003.504.7387.62
Price / Cash4.045.8116.6158.50
Price / Book1.281.274.316.21
Net Income$16.19B$3.13B$225.87M$265.38M
7 Day Performance2.13%0.70%12.48%-1.13%
1 Month Performance-4.03%-4.69%12.91%-0.71%
1 Year Performance-15.87%6.44%49.75%18.86%

Comcast Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CMCSA
Comcast
4.9794 of 5 stars
$33.60
+0.9%
$40.73
+21.2%
-16.8%$124.06B$123.73B5.55182,000Positive News
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.6381 of 5 stars
$221.25
-0.6%
$262.45
+18.6%
+25.1%$2.36T$670.04B33.721,556,000Trending News
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CHTR
Charter Communications
4.9246 of 5 stars
$258.92
+0.9%
$410.59
+58.6%
-23.2%$35.37B$55.09B7.0994,500Trending News
Analyst Forecast
GOOG
Alphabet
4.5869 of 5 stars
$201.81
-0.1%
$215.19
+6.6%
+18.5%$2.44T$350.02B21.48190,200Trending News
GOOGL
Alphabet
3.9312 of 5 stars
$201.12
-0.1%
$211.53
+5.2%
+19.2%$2.43T$350.02B21.41183,323Trending News
Analyst Forecast
NFLX
Netflix
4.0315 of 5 stars
$1,216.74
+0.4%
$1,297.66
+6.7%
+73.8%$516.81B$41.69B51.8214,000Trending News
PARA
Paramount Global
1.1896 of 5 stars
$11.04
flat
$11.70
+6.0%
N/A$7.44B$28.76B-367.8818,600
ROKU
Roku
2.7952 of 5 stars
$81.31
-2.3%
$98.96
+21.7%
+42.7%$11.99B$4.11B-193.713,340Insider Trade
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery
3.7783 of 5 stars
$10.79
-1.1%
$12.84
+19.0%
+48.5%$26.47B$38.44B35.9535,000Positive News
DIS
Walt Disney
4.8592 of 5 stars
$112.40
0.0%
$131.18
+16.7%
+30.3%$201.86B$91.36B17.60233,000Trending News
T
AT&T
4.3935 of 5 stars
$28.15
+0.2%
$29.66
+5.4%
+50.2%$201.39B$122.34B16.00140,990

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This page (NASDAQ:CMCSA) was last updated on 8/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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