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ALLENSWORTH, Calif., October 26, 2026--Comcast expanded high-speed Internet access to nearly 7,000 previously unserved Tulare County homes and businesses and supported local programs.

Recently, Zacks.com users have been paying close attention to Comcast (CMCSA). This makes it worthwhile to examine what the stock has in store.

Comcast just slipped 0.7% to US$22.69 in the first full trading session after reporting Q3 2026, a muted share reaction to earnings that were anything but quiet. The headline story is profit pressure. Net margin on a trailing 12 month view now sits at 9.2%, well below the 18.3% level a year earlier, even as free cash flow in the quarter reached US$4.2b. Short term traders are fixating on the compressed profitability. Long term holders are looking at a very different picture that mixes a low...

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Comcast has seen its share price under pressure in recent years, and a fresh round of restructuring plans has pushed investors to focus squarely on whether the current US$22.84 quote is properly supported by its earnings power. With the stock still reacting to shifting expectations around broadband, media and future cash generation, the key issue is how much of the business's profit story is already in the price. Over the past 5 years Comcast shares have fallen 44.1%, which raises the...

Telecommunications and media company Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) met Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q3 2026, but sales were flat year on year at $29.3 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.07 per share was 8.6% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

Comcast shares fell after Q3 results amid broadband losses and parks weakness. Analysts maintain Buy ratings; TD Cowen cuts target.

Comcast's Q3 earnings beat estimates, but broadband subscriber losses and competition fuel restructuring plans as wireless expands and Peacock profitability improves.

Evercore ISI Group analyst Vijay Jayant maintains Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) with a Outperform and lowers the price target from $30 to $29.

TD Cowen analyst Gregory Williams maintains Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) with a Buy and lowers the price target from $39 to $36.

Comcast plans layoffs in its broadband and wireless business ahead of spinning off NBCUniversal, after losing 144,000 broadband customers last quarter.

Moby summary of Comcast Corporation's Q3 2026 earnings call

Peacock's path to sustained profitability and wireless bundling gains suggest the transformation charge may unlock shareholder value beyond near-term headwinds.

Wireless momentum and Peacock profitability offset broadband subscriber declines.

As part of its efforts to simplify customer interactions, Comcast has eliminated more than 30 million service interactions so far in 2026, executives said on an earnings call.
Comcast's (CMCSA) third-quarter results surpassed Wall Street's expectations Thursday even as the me

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) reported flat pro forma third-quarter revenue and approximately 1% growth in adjusted EBITDA, as investments in broadband pricing, packaging and customer experience continued to weigh on its Connectivity & Platforms segment. The company generated adjusted earnings per shar

Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA, XETRA:CTP2) reported a 4% decline in adjusted earnings per share to $1.07 in the third quarter, as pressure on its connectivity business offset stronger results from streaming and film operations. Revenue fell 6% year on year to $29.3 billion, while adjusted...

Although the revenue and EPS for Comcast (CMCSA) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended September 2026, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.

CMCSA beats Q3 earnings estimates as wireless growth and Peacock's profitability provide bright spots, while broadband pressure and weaker theme parks weigh on results.

Comcast has affirmed a quarterly cash dividend of $0.33 per share payable on January 27, 2027, and recently expanded multi gigabit broadband and business connectivity to nearly 2,000 locations in Florida’s Hardee County through a public private partnership. The Florida fiber build and broader regional investments show Comcast leaning into underserved markets, which affects capital allocation, competitive positioning, and long term connectivity demand for its converged broadband, mobile, and...

Comcast is bleeding subscribers while Spotify keeps adding them, but both stocks have sold off in 2026 and face pressure on earnings per share. Thursday's results will reveal which company actually commands the pricing power to hold onto your monthly payment.

Comcast's upcoming spinoff plans may not be the silver bullet for the stock's poor performance.

Get a deeper insight into the potential performance of Comcast (CMCSA) for the quarter ended September 2026 by going beyond Wall Street's top-and-bottom-line estimates and examining the estimates for some of its key metrics.

CMCSA heads into Q3 earnings with streaming and studio gains facing broadband weakness, softer theme park demand and elevated spending. Can it extend its earnings beat streak?

For a Comcast (CMCSA) holder, the average revenue per broadband customer is a troubling metric. That figure fell 3.8% in the second quarter of 2026. During the same period, Comcast lost 167,000 broadband customers. This leaves the company with a shrinking internet base where each remaining user generates less revenue on average. So why is Comcast collecting less from each broadband customer.

Comcast (CMCSA) is back in focus after SpaceX detailed plans to expand Starlink into mobile services using 800 MHz spectrum. This move has pressured large telecom stocks and sharpened questions around competitive risk. Over the past year, Comcast’s share price has drifted lower, with a 30 day share price return down 17.14% and a year to date move down 29.32%. The 1 year total shareholder return is down 21.70% and the 5 year total shareholder return is down 51.10%, pointing to fading momentum...
In late September 2026, Harmonic introduced Recon, a new network monitoring and measurement family built on Comcast’s XMFR fiber technology and already proven in Comcast’s own network, to help broadband operators detect, locate and resolve fiber issues faster through continuous performance monitoring and cloud-based analytics. Separately, Comcast recently extended Xfinity and Comcast Business high-speed Internet to nearly 2,000 locations in Hardee County, Florida, many of which previously...

WAUCHULA, Fla., October 14, 2026--Comcast expands Xfinity and Comcast Business services in Hardee County, making high-speed Internet available to nearly 2,000 locations.

PHILADELPHIA, September 29, 2026--Comcast today unveiled fiber sensing technology that uses fiber lines to detect and pinpoint activity happening around its network in real time. The technology analyzes vibrations traveling through fiber to identify activity such as construction near buried lines, giving Comcast an early warning of potential damage and helping teams respond faster.

NBCUniversal Local Impact Grants have provided $24.3M to 695 nonprofits since 2018NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / September 29, 2026 / NBCUniversal and NBCUniversal Local announced that a total of $2.

RICHARDSON, Texas, September 29, 2026--Aurora Networks, Vistance Networks (NASDAQ: VISN) business, announced Comcast begun field trials of its new, next generation broadband node platform.

Barclays said potential upside from earnings "is likely incremental," while emerging disruptive trends could create more significant downside.

NEW YORK & PHILADELPHIA & SAN FRANCISCO, September 28, 2026--Comcast and Fastly are working with NBCUniversal to deliver live sports and other high-demand streaming events on Peacock from infrastructure located closer to viewers. The new approach runs Fastly’s content and application delivery software directly on Comcast’s highly distributed, nationwide network – expanding capacity and improving efficiency during Peacock’s biggest live moments, including marquee sports such as the NFL, NBA, MLB,

GREEN COVE SPRINGS, Fla., September 28, 2026--Comcast announced today Xfinity and Comcast Business reliable, high-speed Internet services are now available to more than 2,300 homes and businesses in Clay County, including more than 1,600 locations that previously lacked access to broadband. The project is made possible through a public-private partnership with the state and includes locations in and around the communities of Clay Hill, Green Cove Springs, Keystone Heights, Kingsley Lake, Lake Ge
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ST. PAUL, Minn., September 21, 2026--Comcast’s Xfinity announced today that nearly 13,000 new homes and businesses in Chanhassen and Nowthen, Minnesota now have access to high-speed Internet from America’s smartest and most reliable, converged network. Xfinity brings Internet, mobile, entertainment, and smart home services together in one simple, seamless solution. Chanhassen and Nowthen join more than 65 million homes and businesses nationwide with access to a fiber-powered network that fuels i
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Netflix (NFLX) grew revenue faster over the past twelve months than Amazon, Apple, Comcast, or Disney and earned a wider operating margin than all of them except Apple. Its shares still finished those twelve months down 38.9%, the last of the five. The fall has not made the stock cheap. That is the mismatch worth explaining.
Comcast stock rises Thursday following new edge compute and enterprise software partnerships with Fastly and Equinix.
LANSING, Mich., September 02, 2026--Comcast today announced a significant construction milestone in its most recent network expansion across Jackson County, with the overall project now more than halfway complete as the company works to bring its reliable, high-speed Internet network to more than 7,400 additional homes and businesses for the first time.

In advance of the 2026 IBC Show, Comcast Technology Solutions (CTS) today unveiled a comprehensive suite of end-to-end AI-powered workflow applications for broadcasters, content owners, and operators worldwide. Building on the foundation of CTS' VideoAI™ platform, these new applications deliver AI as practical, integrated solutions to real-world content production and management challenges.

Telecommunications and media company Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) will be reporting earnings this Thursday before market hours. Here’s what you need to know.




