Comcast Corporation

NasdaqGS:CMCSA Stock Report

Market Cap: US$145.1b

Comcast Valuation

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

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • 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 ($37.39) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($98.03)

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?

Key metric: As CMCSA is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for CMCSA. This is calculated by dividing CMCSA's market cap by their current earnings.
What is CMCSA's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio9.7x
EarningsUS$14.68b
Market CapUS$145.14b

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
10.4x6.4%US$55.5b
LBRD.K Liberty Broadband
13.6x32.2%US$10.8b
DISH DISH Network
2.5x-71.9%US$3.1b
CABO Cable One
9.1x-9.5%US$2.1b
CMCSA Comcast
9.7x1.9%US$145.1b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CMCSA is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.7x) 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 US Media Industry?

8 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
DISH DISH Network
2.5x-71.9%US$3.08b
GTN Gray Television
2x-28.2%US$314.17m
SGRP SPAR Group
3.4x-89.1%US$42.49m
ANTE AirNet Technology
0.3xn/aUS$5.85m
CMCSA 9.7xIndustry Avg. 13.6xNo. of Companies8PE01632486480+
8 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CMCSA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.7x) compared to the US Media industry average (13.6x).

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 Ratio9.7x
Fair PE Ratio24x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CMCSA is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (9.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24x).

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$37.39
US$47.92
+28.2%
9.3%US$57.00US$37.00n/a28
Dec ’25US$43.19
US$48.25
+11.7%
9.8%US$60.00US$37.00n/a27
Nov ’25US$43.56
US$47.62
+9.3%
11.0%US$60.00US$35.00n/a27
Oct ’25US$41.70
US$46.44
+11.4%
10.4%US$55.00US$35.00n/a27
Sep ’25US$39.57
US$46.59
+17.7%
10.0%US$55.00US$35.00n/a27
Aug ’25US$40.26
US$46.46
+15.4%
10.2%US$55.00US$35.00n/a27
Jul ’25US$38.17
US$46.98
+23.1%
10.5%US$56.00US$34.00n/a27
Jun ’25US$40.03
US$47.90
+19.7%
8.9%US$56.00US$40.00n/a27
May ’25US$38.20
US$48.15
+26.1%
8.3%US$56.00US$41.00n/a29
Apr ’25US$42.28
US$50.52
+19.5%
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$46.73
US$50.47
+8.0%
8.5%US$60.00US$42.00n/a28
Jan ’25US$43.85
US$49.86
+13.7%
8.9%US$60.00US$42.00n/a28
Dec ’24US$42.21
US$49.31
+16.8%
8.9%US$60.00US$42.00US$43.1929
Nov ’24US$41.82
US$49.19
+17.6%
9.1%US$60.00US$42.00US$43.5629
Oct ’24US$44.34
US$49.65
+12.0%
8.5%US$60.00US$39.00US$41.7027
Sep ’24US$45.73
US$49.77
+8.8%
8.5%US$60.00US$39.00US$39.5728
Aug ’24US$45.31
US$49.10
+8.4%
9.7%US$60.00US$39.00US$40.2629
Jul ’24US$41.55
US$45.63
+9.8%
10.9%US$60.00US$36.00US$38.1730
Jun ’24US$39.04
US$45.48
+16.5%
11.2%US$60.00US$36.00US$40.0329
May ’24US$41.64
US$45.14
+8.4%
11.2%US$60.00US$35.00US$38.2029
Apr ’24US$37.91
US$43.38
+14.4%
13.1%US$60.00US$33.00US$42.2829
Mar ’24US$36.63
US$43.42
+18.5%
13.0%US$60.00US$33.00US$42.8029
Feb ’24US$39.97
US$43.20
+8.1%
14.8%US$60.00US$33.00US$46.7331
Jan ’24US$34.97
US$42.17
+20.6%
21.3%US$70.00US$29.00US$43.8532
Dec ’23US$36.28
US$41.85
+15.4%
22.2%US$70.00US$29.00US$42.2132

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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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/30 04:42
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/30 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Comcast Corporation is covered by 73 analysts. 29 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Andrew Charles BealeArete Research Services LLP
Joseph BonnerArgus Research Company
William PowerBaird