Comcast Sees Unusually High Options Volume (NASDAQ:CMCSA)

Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) was the recipient of unusually large options trading activity on Thursday. Traders acquired 80,692 call options on the company. This is an increase of approximately 48% compared to the typical volume of 54,522 call options.

Key Comcast News

Here are the key news stories impacting Comcast this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q4 adjusted earnings beat Wall Street: Comcast reported $0.84 EPS vs. consensus ~$0.75, surprising on profitability and driving investor relief. Comcast (CMCSA) Tops Q4 Earnings and Revenue Estimates
• Positive Sentiment: Dividend maintained: Board kept the annualized dividend at $1.32 (quarterly $0.33), supporting yield-focused holders. Comcast Maintains Dividend on an Annualized Basis in 2026
• Positive Sentiment: Theme parks and streaming helped revenue growth: Attractions (Epic Universe) and Peacock subscriber gains contributed to a 1.2% Y/Y revenue increase, partially offsetting declines in legacy lines. Comcast’s Q4 Earnings Surpass Estimates, Revenues Increase Y/Y
• Neutral Sentiment: Revenue slightly missed expectations: Q4 revenue was $32.31B vs. street ~$32.35B — a marginal shortfall that tempers the upside from the EPS beat. Comcast posts slight Q4 revenue miss, shares move higher on earnings beat
• Neutral Sentiment: Full earnings call/transcript and slide deck available — useful for investors wanting detail on segment trends, cost actions and management commentary. Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
• Negative Sentiment: Broadband subscriber losses persist and outpaced expectations, citing stronger offers from wireless competitors — this remains the biggest near-term structural risk to Comcast’s core cash flow. Comcast sheds more broadband customers as wireless competition mounts
• Negative Sentiment: Peacock added subscribers (reported ~44M) but losses widened, partly due to the NBA rights deal — streaming profitability remains a near-term drag. Peacock Hits 44 Million Subscribers But Losses Widen On NBA Deal

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Moffett Nathanson reduced their price target on shares of Comcast from $58.00 to $53.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, November 13th. Bank of America raised Comcast from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their target price for the company from $31.00 to $37.00 in a research report on Monday, January 12th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Comcast in a research note on Friday, January 9th. UBS Group set a $37.00 price objective on Comcast in a research note on Monday, January 12th. Finally, Evercore ISI decreased their price objective on Comcast from $40.00 to $35.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Friday, October 31st. Eleven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eighteen have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $35.47.

Comcast Trading Up 3.5%

Shares of Comcast stock traded up $1.00 on Thursday, reaching $29.41. 39,888,746 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 36,669,621. Comcast has a fifty-two week low of $25.75 and a fifty-two week high of $37.97. The firm has a market capitalization of $107.15 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 4.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.02 and a beta of 0.81. The company has a current ratio of 0.88, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.96. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $28.31 and a 200-day moving average price of $30.40.

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The cable giant reported $0.84 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.75 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $32.31 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $32.35 billion. Comcast had a net margin of 18.33% and a return on equity of 18.06%. The company’s revenue was up 1.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.96 EPS. On average, analysts expect that Comcast will post 4.33 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Comcast

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Argyle Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Comcast by 0.5% during the second quarter. Argyle Capital Management LLC now owns 61,186 shares of the cable giant’s stock worth $2,184,000 after buying an additional 300 shares during the last quarter. Cape Investment Advisory Inc. boosted its holdings in Comcast by 2.6% in the 2nd quarter. Cape Investment Advisory Inc. now owns 12,275 shares of the cable giant’s stock valued at $438,000 after purchasing an additional 307 shares during the period. Coign Capital Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Comcast by 2.1% in the 2nd quarter. Coign Capital Advisors LLC now owns 15,919 shares of the cable giant’s stock valued at $568,000 after purchasing an additional 324 shares during the period. Live Oak Investment Partners grew its position in Comcast by 1.2% in the 2nd quarter. Live Oak Investment Partners now owns 28,392 shares of the cable giant’s stock worth $1,013,000 after purchasing an additional 328 shares during the last quarter. Finally, OneAscent Family Office LLC increased its holdings in shares of Comcast by 4.9% during the 2nd quarter. OneAscent Family Office LLC now owns 7,048 shares of the cable giant’s stock worth $252,000 after purchasing an additional 332 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.32% of the company’s stock.

About Comcast

Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) is a diversified global media and technology company headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its principal operations are organized around Comcast Cable, which provides broadband internet, video, voice and wireless services to residential and business customers in the United States under the Xfinity and Comcast Business brands, and NBCUniversal, a media and entertainment group that develops, produces and distributes content across broadcast and cable networks, film, and streaming platforms.

NBCUniversal’s assets include the NBC broadcast network, a portfolio of cable channels, Universal Pictures and other film and television production businesses, and the Peacock streaming service.