Don't Take a Position in Comcast Stocks Without Knowing Its Fundamentals!

By Kim Brooks • Monday, January 15 15:08 • Permanent Link

Comcast logged a -0.6% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $42.99 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 0.0%. CMCSA's trading volume is 12,742,485 compared to the stock's average volume of 18,558,100.

Comcast trades -13.41% away from its average analyst target price of $49.65 per share. The 25 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $41.0 to $58.0, and on average have given Comcast a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in CMCSA, you'll want to know the following:

Comcast's current price is 6.0% above its Graham number of $40.54, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Comcast has moved 10.4% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 19.9%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 3.59, Comcast has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 12.0 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
CMCSA has a forward P/E ratio of 10.0 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $4.28 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 1.16 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Comcast is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 2.11 compared to its sector average of 3.46
Comcast Corporation operates as a media and technology company worldwide.
Based in Philadelphia, the company has 186,000 full time employees and a market cap of $173.04 Billion. Comcast currently returns an annual dividend yield of 2.6%.

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