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Comcast (CMCSA) Increases Despite Market Slip: Here's What You Need to Know
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Comcast (CMCSA - Free Report) closed the most recent trading day at $41.55, moving +0.01% from the previous trading session. This move outpaced the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.92%. Meanwhile, the Dow experienced a drop of 0.96%, and the technology-dominated Nasdaq saw a decrease of 1.6%.
Shares of the cable provider witnessed a gain of 0.47% over the previous month, trailing the performance of the Consumer Discretionary sector with its gain of 3.47% and the S&P 500's gain of 2.68%.
Analysts and investors alike will be keeping a close eye on the performance of Comcast in its upcoming earnings disclosure. The company's earnings report is set to go public on October 31, 2024. The company is predicted to post an EPS of $1.06, indicating a 1.85% decline compared to the equivalent quarter last year. Meanwhile, our latest consensus estimate is calling for revenue of $31.8 billion, up 5.59% from the prior-year quarter.
For the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of $4.24 per share and revenue of $123.21 billion, which would represent changes of +6.53% and +1.35%, respectively, from the prior year.
Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for Comcast. These revisions typically reflect the latest short-term business trends, which can change frequently. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the company's business and profitability.
Our research shows that these estimate changes are directly correlated with near-term stock prices. To utilize this, we have created the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model that integrates these estimate changes and provides a functional rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, stretching from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has a noteworthy track record of outperforming, validated by third-party audits, with stocks rated #1 producing an average annual return of +25% since the year 1988. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 0.15% higher. Comcast is holding a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold) right now.
From a valuation perspective, Comcast is currently exchanging hands at a Forward P/E ratio of 9.8. Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 10.55, so one might conclude that Comcast is trading at a discount comparatively.
One should further note that CMCSA currently holds a PEG ratio of 1.1. This popular metric is similar to the widely-known P/E ratio, with the difference being that the PEG ratio also takes into account the company's expected earnings growth rate. As the market closed yesterday, the Cable Television industry was having an average PEG ratio of 0.84.
The Cable Television industry is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 72, putting it in the top 29% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
Be sure to use Zacks.com to monitor all these stock-influencing metrics, and more, throughout the forthcoming trading sessions.
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Comcast (CMCSA) Increases Despite Market Slip: Here's What You Need to Know
Comcast (CMCSA - Free Report) closed the most recent trading day at $41.55, moving +0.01% from the previous trading session. This move outpaced the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.92%. Meanwhile, the Dow experienced a drop of 0.96%, and the technology-dominated Nasdaq saw a decrease of 1.6%.
Shares of the cable provider witnessed a gain of 0.47% over the previous month, trailing the performance of the Consumer Discretionary sector with its gain of 3.47% and the S&P 500's gain of 2.68%.
Analysts and investors alike will be keeping a close eye on the performance of Comcast in its upcoming earnings disclosure. The company's earnings report is set to go public on October 31, 2024. The company is predicted to post an EPS of $1.06, indicating a 1.85% decline compared to the equivalent quarter last year. Meanwhile, our latest consensus estimate is calling for revenue of $31.8 billion, up 5.59% from the prior-year quarter.
For the full year, the Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of $4.24 per share and revenue of $123.21 billion, which would represent changes of +6.53% and +1.35%, respectively, from the prior year.
Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for Comcast. These revisions typically reflect the latest short-term business trends, which can change frequently. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the company's business and profitability.
Our research shows that these estimate changes are directly correlated with near-term stock prices. To utilize this, we have created the Zacks Rank, a proprietary model that integrates these estimate changes and provides a functional rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, stretching from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has a noteworthy track record of outperforming, validated by third-party audits, with stocks rated #1 producing an average annual return of +25% since the year 1988. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus EPS estimate has moved 0.15% higher. Comcast is holding a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold) right now.
From a valuation perspective, Comcast is currently exchanging hands at a Forward P/E ratio of 9.8. Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 10.55, so one might conclude that Comcast is trading at a discount comparatively.
One should further note that CMCSA currently holds a PEG ratio of 1.1. This popular metric is similar to the widely-known P/E ratio, with the difference being that the PEG ratio also takes into account the company's expected earnings growth rate. As the market closed yesterday, the Cable Television industry was having an average PEG ratio of 0.84.
The Cable Television industry is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 72, putting it in the top 29% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
Be sure to use Zacks.com to monitor all these stock-influencing metrics, and more, throughout the forthcoming trading sessions.