Comcast (CMCSA) Stock Forecast & Price Target

$35.59 +0.15 (+0.42%)

As of 05/20/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Comcast - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2025)

MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0 to .5 = Strong Sell, .5 to 1 = Sell, 1 to 1.5 = Reduce, 1.5 to 2.5 = Hold, 2.5 to 3.0 = Moderate Buy, 3.0 to 3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.

Consensus Rating

Moderate Buy

Based on 22 Analyst Ratings

Sell
2

Hold
9

Buy
11

Based on 22 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for Comcast in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy." Out of the 22 analysts, 2 have given a sell rating, 9 have given a hold rating, 9 have given a buy rating, and 2 have given a strong buy rating for CMCSA.

Consensus Price Target

$42.10
18.28% Upside

According to the 22 analysts' twelve-month price targets for Comcast, the average price target is $42.10. The highest price target for CMCSA is $55.00, while the lowest price target for CMCSA is $31.00. The average price target represents a forecasted upside of 18.28% from the current price of $35.59.

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CMCSA Analyst Ratings Over Time

Type	Current Forecast 5/21/24 to 5/21/25	1 Month Ago 4/21/24 to 4/21/25	3 Months Ago 2/21/24 to 2/20/25	1 Year Ago 5/22/23 to 5/21/24
Strong Buy	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	9 Buy rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)
Hold	9 Hold rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)
Sell	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$42.10	$42.50	$43.83	$49.33
Forecasted Upside	18.28% Upside	26.49% Upside	20.37% Upside	25.81% Upside
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy

CMCSA Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.

CMCSA Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.

Comcast Stock vs. The Competition

Type	Comcast	Consumer Discretionary Companies	S&P 500
Consensus Rating Score	2.50	2.59	2.54
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	18.28% Upside	117.62% Upside	13.03% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Positive News See Recent CMCSA News	Positive News	Positive News

Recent Analyst Forecasts and Stock Ratings

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst Name	Action	Rating	Price Target	Upside/Downside on Report Date
5/6/2025	Argus 3 of 5 stars	J. Bonner Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold
4/28/2025	Barclays 3 of 5 stars	Kannan Venkateshwar Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$37.00 ➝ $35.00	+2.71%
4/28/2025	Rosenblatt Securities 4 of 5 stars	Barton Crockett Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$36.00 ➝ $36.00	+6.19%
4/25/2025	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Set Target		$44.50	+31.77%
4/25/2025	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	M. Yaghi Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Sector Perform ➝ Sector Perform	$45.00 ➝ $44.50	+32.54%
4/25/2025	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Benjamin Swinburne Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target		$37.00	+9.58%
4/25/2025	Oppenheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Timothy Horan Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$55.00 ➝ $38.00	+12.81%
4/25/2025	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Michael Rollins Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$44.00 ➝ $39.00	+16.27%
4/14/2025	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Bradley Thomas Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$47.00 ➝ $45.00	+32.91%
4/14/2025	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Steven Cahall Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Equal Weight ➝ Underweight	$37.00 ➝ $31.00	-8.07%
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4/10/2025	BNP Paribas Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	S. Mchugh Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Neutral ➝ Underperform	$31.00	-11.88%
1/31/2025	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Laurent Yoon Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target		$38.00	+4.81%
1/31/2025	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Sebastiano Petti Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$45.00 ➝ $39.00	+16.47%
1/31/2025	Macquarie Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Tim Nollen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$42.00 ➝ $36.00	+6.90%
1/31/2025	Benchmark Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Matthew Harrison Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$57.00 ➝ $55.00	+62.87%
1/31/2025	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Michael Ng Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$50.00 ➝ $44.00	+32.33%
1/31/2025	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Jessica Reif Cohen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$50.00 ➝ $38.00	+14.29%
1/2/2025	Loop Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Lower Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$54.00 ➝ $53.00	+40.40%
12/11/2024	Seaport Res Ptn Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	D. Joyce Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy
11/21/2024	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	K. Maral Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong-Buy
11/1/2024	Pivotal Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$47.00 ➝ $54.00	+23.88%
11/1/2024	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$49.00 ➝ $50.00	+13.77%
11/1/2024	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Lower Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$50.00 ➝ $48.00	+9.22%
2/15/2024	Redburn Atlantic Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$50.00 ➝ $44.00	+4.71%
8/2/2023	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Underperform ➝ Peer Perform
7/27/2023	Credit Suisse Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target		$50.00 ➝ $54.00	+19.07%

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Should I Buy Comcast Stock? CMCSA Pros and Cons Explained

These pros and cons were generated based on recent news and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate insights. They were last updated on Thursday, May 15, 2025. Please send any questions or comments about these Comcast pros and cons to contact@marketbeat.com.

Comcast
Bull Case

Here are some ways that investors could benefit from investing in Comcast Co.:

The current stock price is around $34.79, which may present a buying opportunity for investors looking for value in a media and technology company.
Comcast Co. reported earnings per share of $1.09, exceeding analysts' expectations, indicating strong financial performance and potential for future growth.
The company has a market capitalization of approximately $129.90 billion, reflecting its significant presence and stability in the media industry.
With a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" from analysts, there is a positive outlook for the stock, suggesting potential for appreciation.
Comcast Co. operates across multiple segments, including media and theme parks, which diversifies its revenue streams and reduces reliance on any single market.

Comcast
Bear Case

Investors should be bearish about investing in Comcast Co. for these reasons:

The company has experienced a slight decline in quarterly revenue compared to the same period last year, which may raise concerns about its growth trajectory.
Analysts have set varying target prices, with some as low as $31.00, indicating uncertainty about the stock's future performance.
Comcast Co. has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.09, suggesting a relatively high level of debt compared to equity, which could pose risks in a rising interest rate environment.
Recent downgrades from investment firms, including a shift to an "underperform" rating, may signal caution among analysts regarding the company's prospects.
The company's net margin of 13.09% may be lower than some competitors, indicating potential challenges in maintaining profitability.

CMCSA Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

: According to the research reports of 22 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for Comcast is $42.10, with a high forecast of $55.00 and a low forecast of $31.00.
: 22 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Comcast in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings, 9 buy ratings and 2 strong buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" CMCSA shares.
: According to analysts, Comcast's stock has a predicted upside of 18.28% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.
: Over the previous 90 days, Comcast's stock had 3 downgrades by analysts.
: Comcast has been rated by research analysts at Argus, Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citigroup, KeyCorp, Morgan Stanley, Oppenheimer, Rosenblatt Securities, Scotiabank, UBS Group, and Wells Fargo & Company in the past 90 days.
: Analysts like Comcast less than other "consumer discretionary" companies. The consensus rating score for Comcast is 2.50 while the average consensus rating score for "consumer discretionary" companies is 2.59. Learn more on how CMCSA compares to other companies.

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Comcast (CMCSA) Stock Forecast & Price Target