CMCSA · Comcast Corporation

Comcast Corp CMCSA

Provides cable broadband, video, and phone services and owns NBCUniversal's TV, film, and theme park businesses.

Industry
Telecommunication
Listed on
Nasdaq NMS
IPO
1972-06-29
Website
corporate.comcast.com

Daily brief

Comcast gains as media strength offsets broadband customer losses

+3.44% to $22.84 from $22.08

What moved CMCSA

  • Comcast reported adjusted EPS of $1.07, above the roughly $0.98 analysts expected, even as total revenue fell 6.1% year-over-year to $29.3 billion.
  • The company lost 144,000 domestic residential broadband customers in the quarter, compared with a loss of 91,000 a year earlier.
  • Peacock, Comcast’s streaming service, posted a second consecutive profitable quarter, helping offset weakness in the connectivity business.
  • Free cash flow was about $4.2 billion for the quarter.
  • Management said it expects underlying performance to strengthen through 2027, with broadband returning to growth in the second half of next year.

Sources: CNBC · Quartz · Yahoo Finance · Investing.com

Daily brief

Comcast slides after CFO calls rival fiber pricing 'irrational'

-6.61% to $24.59 from $26.33

What moved CMCSA

  • Comcast CFO Jason Armstrong told the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference that fiber-broadband pricing from rivals has become ‘irrational.’
  • Armstrong said the company expects no improvement in third-quarter broadband subscriber losses, sending Comcast shares down as much as 8%.
  • The comments dragged down cable peers, with Charter Communications falling roughly 6% and T-Mobile slipping about 3% in sympathy.
  • In its most recent quarter, Comcast’s domestic broadband revenue was down 5.5% year over year amid intensifying competition from fiber and fixed-wireless providers.

Sources: Bloomberg · 24/7 Wall St. · Investing.com

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