About Comcast Corporation
Comcast Corporation operates as a media and technology company worldwide. The company operates through Residential Connectivity & Platforms, Business Services Connectivity, Media, Studios, and Theme Parks segments. Its Residential Connectivity & Platforms segment provides residential broadband and wireless connectivity services, residential and business video services, sky-branded entertainment television networks, and advertising. The Business Services Connectivity segment offers connectivity services for small business locations, which include broadband, wireline voice, and wireless services; and ethernet network services for medium-sized customers and larger enterprises. Its Media segment operates NBCUniversal's national and regional cable networks; the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks and owned local broadcast television stations; and Peacock, a direct-to-consumer streaming services. The company also operates international television networks comprising the Sky Sports networks, as well as other digital properties. Its Studios segment operates NBCUniversal and Sky film and television studio production and distribution operations. The Theme Parks segment operates Universal theme parks in Orlando, Florida; Hollywood, California; Osaka, Japan; and Beijing, China. It also offers a consolidated streaming platforms under the Philadelphia Flyers and the Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Xumo. Comcast Corporation was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) is a Communication Services company in the Telecom Services industry with a market capitalisation of $89.4B. The stock trades at 8.08x trailing earnings and yields 5.24%.
- Sector
- Communication Services
- Industry
- Telecom Services
- Market cap
- $89.4B
- P/E ratio
- 8.08
- Forward P/E
- 6.95
- EPS (TTM)
- $3.12
- Revenue (TTM)
- $124.9B
- Free cash flow
- $12.7B
- Profit margin
- 9.0%
- Dividend yield
- 5.24%
- Beta
- 0.66
- Shares outstanding
- 3.5B
Financial health: Weak4.4/10
3 strengths, 4 concerns. Weakest points: current ratio, revenue growth, earnings growth and 1 more.
- Current ratio: 0.88 (Concern, benchmark > 1.5) — Short-term assets cover only 0.88x short-term liabilities — below 1.0, meaning bills due this year exceed the assets on hand to pay them. It has improved over the last 4 years.
- Return on equity: 11.5% (Watch, benchmark > 15%) — Earns 11.5% on shareholder equity, short of the > 15% mark.
- Gross margin: 69.4% (Strong, benchmark > 40%) — Keeps 69.4% of revenue after the direct cost of sales, comfortably past the > 40% mark.
- Net margin: 9.0% (Watch, benchmark > 10%) — Turns 9.0% of revenue into profit, short of the > 10% mark.
- Free cash flow: $21.9B (Strong, benchmark positive) — Generated $21.9B of free cash flow after capital spending. It has improved over the last 4 years.
- Revenue growth: -1.2% (Concern, benchmark > 10%) — Revenue changed -1.2% year on year, well short of the > 10% mark.
- Earnings growth: -66.8% (Concern, benchmark > 10%) — Earnings changed -66.8% year on year, well short of the > 10% mark.
- PEG ratio: 142.98 (Concern, benchmark < 1) — At 142.98, the price looks expensive relative to expected growth — Lynch treated 1.0 as fair value.
- Payout ratio: 42.3% (Strong, benchmark < 60%) — Pays out 42.3% of earnings as dividends, leaving room to keep paying.