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.
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