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Comcast Corporation CMCSA
$21.57 -0.60% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $76.54B
High qualityInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Oct 22, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +10.0%).
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $3.09, down 48.8% year over year.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Communication Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 31%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 34%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 49%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 34%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 37%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 33%
- Gross marginTop 26%
- Operating marginTop 27%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 37%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 49%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 49%
- Interest coverTop 29%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 7%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 10%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 9%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 32%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 42%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 34%
- 6-month returnBottom 20%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 27%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 46%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 40%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 3%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 47%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 38%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 34%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 45%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 22%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 49%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 1.4% | 0.6% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 24.6% | -48.8% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 70.8% | 69.4% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 18.1% | 14.7% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 14.6% | 16.4% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 0.6% | 1.4% | ↓ | Bottom 31% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -48.8% | 24.6% | ↓ | Bottom 34% |
| Gross margin | 69.4% | 70.8% | ↓ | Top 26% |
| Operating margin | 14.7% | 18.1% | ↓ | Top 27% |
| Net margin | 9.0% | 18.4% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 16.4% | 14.6% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 6.1% | — | Top 33% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 0.6% | — | Bottom 34% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 2.90×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -8.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.9%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +6.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.42×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 4.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 6.35%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 7.31%
- Shareholder yield
- 13.67%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -5.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -5.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 23, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 14
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +10.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $27.68
- Target vs current price
- +28.3%
- Analysts with a rating
- 61
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 56%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | +7.2% | -6.8% | +4.6% | +13.1% | — |
| Apr 23, 2026 | +9.0% | +7.7% | -8.9% | -15.3% | -19.0% |
| Jan 29, 2026 | +15.2% | +2.9% | +7.4% | +8.6% | -3.0% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | +8.7% | -4.2% | -2.1% | -6.9% | +0.6% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | +7.8% | +2.2% | -1.0% | +4.0% | -9.8% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | +10.4% | -3.7% | -0.8% | +1.8% | +1.6% |
| Jan 30, 2025 | +11.4% | -11.0% | -9.2% | -5.3% | -9.3% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | +5.7% | +3.4% | +6.9% | +0.8% | -11.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | $1.04 | $0.97 | +7.2% | $29.94B |
| Apr 23, 2026 | $0.79 | $0.73 | +9.0% | $31.46B |
| Jan 29, 2026 | $0.84 | $0.73 | +15.2% | $32.31B |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $1.12 | $1.03 | +8.7% | $31.20B |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $1.25 | $1.16 | +7.8% | $30.31B |
| Apr 24, 2025 | $1.09 | $0.99 | +10.4% | $29.89B |
| Jan 30, 2025 | $0.96 | $0.86 | +11.4% | $31.91B |
| Oct 31, 2024 | $1.12 | $1.06 | +5.7% | $32.07B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 7.0× | 11.7× | 19th | Top 7% |
| P/E (forward) | 6.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 4.7× | — | — | Top 9% |
| EV / Sales | 1.28× | — | — | Top 32% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 26.71% | — | — | Top 10% |
| Earnings yield | 14.33% | — | — | Top 7% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 4.5× – 34.2× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -30.3%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -48.8%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +28.9%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -12.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -19.2%
- RSI (14)
- 27.1
- Relative volume
- 0.65×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 35.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 88th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.54
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.31
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -33.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -53.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 2021 | Oct 2, 2026 | -65.1% | 1275 days | Not yet recovered |
| Sep 28, 2020 | Nov 2, 2020 | -11.5% | 25 days | 5 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $76.54B
- P/E (TTM)
- 7.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $3.09
- Revenue (TTM)
- $124.91B
- Dividend yield
- 6.12%
- 52-week range
- $21.28 – $32.85
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $116.39B | $121.43B | $121.57B | $123.73B | $123.71B |
| Gross profit | $77.94B | $83.21B | $84.81B | $86.70B | $88.76B |
| Operating income | $20.82B | $22.62B | $23.31B | $23.30B | $20.67B |
| Net income | $14.16B | $5.37B | $15.39B | $16.19B | $20.00B |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.04 | $1.21 | $3.71 | $4.14 | $5.39 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $32.07B | $31.91B | $29.89B | $30.31B | $31.20B | $32.31B | $31.46B | $29.94B |
| Net income | $3.63B | $4.78B | $3.38B | $11.12B | $3.33B | $2.17B | $2.17B | $3.53B |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.94 | $1.24 | $0.89 | $2.97 | $0.90 | $0.60 | $0.60 | $0.99 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $29.15B | $26.41B | $28.50B | $27.67B | $33.64B |
| Capital expenditure | -$12.06B | -$13.77B | -$15.54B | -$12.30B | -$11.75B |
| Free cash flow | $17.09B | $12.65B | $12.96B | $15.38B | $21.89B |
| Dividends paid | -$4.53B | -$4.74B | -$4.77B | -$4.81B | -$4.89B |
| Net share buybacks | -$4.67B | -$13.33B | -$11.29B | -$9.10B | -$7.16B |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $7.66B
- Total assets
- $257.52B
- Total liabilities
- $167.79B
- Total debt
- $90.38B
- Net debt
- $82.72B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $89.77B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 23, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 2026 | $0.33 | Oct 28, 2026 |
| Jul 1, 2026 | $0.33 | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | $0.33 | Apr 22, 2026 |
| Jan 14, 2026 | $0.33 | Feb 4, 2026 |
| Oct 1, 2025 | $0.33 | Oct 22, 2025 |
| Jul 2, 2025 | $0.33 | Jul 23, 2025 |
| Apr 2, 2025 | $0.33 | Apr 23, 2025 |
| Jan 8, 2025 | $0.31 | Jan 29, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 79,928,949
- Days to cover
- 3.14
- Change vs previous report
- -3.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Feb 21, 2017
- 2-for-1
- Feb 22, 2007
- 3-for-2
- May 6, 1999
- 2-for-1
- Feb 3, 1994
- 3-for-2
- Oct 25, 1989
- 3-for-2