Comcast Corp (NASDAQ: CMCSA) – Time For Strategy Change?

Comcast Corp (NASDAQ:CMCSA) currently has a daily average trading volume of 21.59M but it saw 20444401 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 154.86B USD, the company’s current market price of $38.99 came falling about -0.33 while comparing to the previous closing price of $39.12. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $47.46 and as low as $36.38.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Comcast Corp (CMCSA) gives us an average price of $41.28, while its current price level is -17.84% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 7.16% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $41.95 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $43.35. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.67% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 1.63%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 26.76 which implies that the stock is in oversold territory.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Exane BNP Paribas which downgraded the stock as “Neutral” in its note to investors issued on April 09, 2024, recommending a price target of $45 for it. Redburn Atlantic downgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Neutral” from “Buy” on February 15, 2024 while assigning a price target range of $50-$44. Pivotal Research Group issued its recommendations for the stock as it reiterated the price target for the stock in the range of between $55 and $58.

Over the week, CMCSA’s stock price is moving -1.84% down while it is -9.58% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -11.08% down and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 2.36%.

Currently, Comcast Corp’s total number of outstanding shares is 3.97B. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 8.38% and return on equity (ROE) at 18.81%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 10.52 while having a 8.50 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.98. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.88 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.27. Its return on asset (ROA) is 5.89% on average.