Why Are People Buying CMCSA Shares?

This morning we watched Comcast rise 1.6% to a price of $40.26 per share. The Large-Cap Cable Television company is now trading -13.42% below its average target price of $46.5. Analysts have set target prices ranging from $35.0 to $57.0 per share for Comcast, and have given the stock an average rating of buy.

The stock has a very low short interest at 1.5%, and a short ratio of 2.78. The company's insiders own 0.71% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that a significant number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 88.0% of Comcast's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Comcast

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2024-06-30 Vanguard Group Inc 10% 372,370,346 $14,991,629,504
2024-06-30 Blackrock Inc. 8% 321,142,381 $12,929,191,720
2024-06-30 State Street Corporation 4% 166,558,587 $6,705,648,433
2024-06-30 Capital World Investors 3% 128,148,382 $5,159,253,644
2024-06-30 FMR, LLC 3% 111,357,670 $4,483,259,607
2024-06-30 JP Morgan Chase & Company 2% 86,410,113 $3,478,871,004
2024-06-30 Geode Capital Management, LLC 2% 85,791,380 $3,453,960,814
2024-06-30 Capital International Investors 2% 79,767,857 $3,211,453,788
2024-06-30 Dodge & Cox Inc 2% 72,739,344 $2,928,485,867
2024-06-30 Norges Bank Investment Management 2% 61,265,215 $2,466,537,453

Besides an analyst consensus of some upside potential, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on Comcast.

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