Comcast Valuation

Is CMCSA undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of CMCSA when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CMCSA ($42.8) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($81.33)

Significantly Below Fair Value: CMCSA is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for CMCSA?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

CMCSA key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue2x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA6.5x
PEG Ratio3.7x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does CMCSA's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for CMCSA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average8.9x
CHTR Charter Communications
8.5x4.6%US$44.7b
SIRI Sirius XM Holdings
9x0.8%US$11.6b
LSXM.K Liberty SiriusXM Group
9.4x5.5%US$8.0b
LBRD.K Liberty Broadband
8.9x-1.8%US$7.7b
CMCSA Comcast
10x2.7%US$154.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CMCSA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10x) compared to the peer average (8.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does CMCSA's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the Global Media Industry?

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Industry Avg.n/a0%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CMCSA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10x) compared to the Global Media industry average (16.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CMCSA's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

CMCSA PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio10x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate CMCSA's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst CMCSA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$42.80
US$48.00
+12.1%
8.8%US$56.00US$40.00n/a28
May ’25US$42.80
US$48.15
+12.5%
8.3%US$56.00US$41.00n/a29
Apr ’25US$42.80
US$50.52
+18.0%
8.3%US$60.00US$42.00n/a29
Mar ’25US$42.80
US$50.59
+18.2%
8.4%US$60.00US$42.00n/a29
Feb ’25US$42.80
US$50.47
+17.9%
8.5%US$60.00US$42.00n/a28
Jan ’25US$42.80
US$49.86
+16.5%
8.9%US$60.00US$42.00n/a28
Dec ’24US$56.30
US$49.31
-12.4%
8.9%US$60.00US$42.00n/a29
Nov ’24US$56.30
US$49.19
-12.6%
9.1%US$60.00US$42.00n/a29
Oct ’24US$56.30
US$49.65
-11.8%
8.5%US$60.00US$39.00n/a27
Sep ’24US$56.30
US$49.77
-11.6%
8.5%US$60.00US$39.00n/a28
Aug ’24US$56.30
US$49.10
-12.8%
9.7%US$60.00US$39.00n/a29
Jul ’24US$56.30
US$45.63
-19.0%
10.9%US$60.00US$36.00n/a30
Jun ’24US$56.30
US$45.48
-19.2%
11.2%US$60.00US$36.00n/a29
May ’24US$56.30
US$45.14
-19.8%
11.2%US$60.00US$35.00US$42.8029
Apr ’24US$56.30
US$43.38
-22.9%
13.1%US$60.00US$33.00US$42.8029
Mar ’24US$56.30
US$43.42
-22.9%
13.0%US$60.00US$33.00US$42.8029
Feb ’24US$56.30
US$43.20
-23.3%
14.8%US$60.00US$33.00US$42.8031
Jan ’24US$56.30
US$42.17
-25.1%
21.3%US$70.00US$29.00US$42.8032
Dec ’23US$56.30
US$41.85
-25.7%
22.2%US$70.00US$29.00US$56.3032
Nov ’23US$56.30
US$42.09
-25.2%
21.8%US$70.00US$29.00US$56.3032
Oct ’23US$56.30
US$47.24
-16.1%
19.9%US$70.00US$33.00US$56.3034
Sep ’23US$56.30
US$48.68
-13.5%
18.3%US$70.00US$33.00US$56.3034
Aug ’23US$56.30
US$49.52
-12.1%
18.2%US$70.00US$33.00US$56.3033
Jul ’23US$56.30
US$53.82
-4.4%
16.8%US$70.00US$40.00US$56.3033
Jun ’23US$56.30
US$55.41
-1.6%
14.8%US$70.00US$40.00US$56.3032
May ’23US$56.30
US$56.69
+0.7%
13.5%US$70.00US$40.00US$56.3032

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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