Calamos Advisors LLC Reduces Stock Position in Comcast Corporation $CMCSA

Calamos Advisors LLC cut its stake in Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) by 3.9% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 794,217 shares of the cable giant’s stock after selling 32,201 shares during the period. Calamos Advisors LLC’s holdings in Comcast were worth $23,739,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Imprint Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Comcast in the third quarter valued at approximately $26,000. United Financial Planning Group LLC acquired a new position in Comcast in the third quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Olistico Wealth LLC acquired a new position in Comcast in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Richardson Financial Services Inc. lifted its holdings in Comcast by 212.6% in the fourth quarter. Richardson Financial Services Inc. now owns 1,016 shares of the cable giant’s stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 691 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Lodestone Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in Comcast in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $33,000. 84.32% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms recently commented on CMCSA. BNP Paribas Exane decreased their price objective on Comcast from $26.00 to $25.00 and set an “underperform” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, April 8th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut Comcast from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $34.00 price objective on the stock. in a report on Friday. Bank of America upgraded Comcast from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their price objective for the company from $31.00 to $37.00 in a report on Monday, January 12th. Arete Research set a $23.00 price objective on Comcast in a report on Tuesday, January 6th. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on Comcast from $31.00 to $33.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Comcast currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $34.94.

Comcast Stock Down 12.8%

Shares of NASDAQ CMCSA opened at $27.60 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $99.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 5.43, a PEG ratio of 2.63 and a beta of 0.80. The company has a current ratio of 0.87, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.01. Comcast Corporation has a 12-month low of $25.75 and a 12-month high of $36.66. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $29.73 and its 200-day simple moving average is $29.08.

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 23rd. The cable giant reported $0.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.73 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $31.46 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $30.42 billion. Comcast had a return on equity of 15.47% and a net margin of 15.00%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.09 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts predict that Comcast Corporation will post 3.46 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Comcast Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 22nd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, April 1st were paid a $0.33 dividend. This represents a $1.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.8%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, April 1st. Comcast’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 24.58%.

Insider Activity

In other news, CEO Michael J. Cavanagh sold 57,947 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, February 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $32.66, for a total value of $1,892,549.02. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 622,336 shares in the company, valued at approximately $20,325,493.76. This trade represents a 8.52% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Insiders own 1.32% of the company’s stock.

Comcast News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Comcast this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q1 results topped expectations — Comcast beat on revenue and adjusted EPS (revenue $31.46B, adj. EPS $0.79) and cited strong advertising driven by the Winter Olympics and Super Bowl, plus improving broadband net losses and record wireless additions. Comcast beats estimates
• Positive Sentiment: Advertising and content strength appears durable in Q1 (Olympics + Super Bowl) and Peacock is moving toward profitability — near‑term ad tailwinds and streaming progress support revenue upside. Ad sales spike
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple sell‑side firms raised targets or reiterated constructive ratings after the print (Citigroup, Evercore, Scotiabank, Morgan Stanley, RBC among others), signaling analyst support and potential upside from current levels. Analyst target changes
• Neutral Sentiment: Some data items are noisy: a short‑interest note in the feed shows an anomalous “0 shares / NaN” reading (likely a data glitch), so short‑interest signals aren’t meaningful from that entry.
• Neutral Sentiment: Value/valuation debate is active — several writeups argue CMCSA may offer upside on DCF and P/E metrics, keeping the stock on value investors’ watchlists. Is Comcast offering value?
• Negative Sentiment: Sector/peer weakness: Charter’s sharp post‑earnings plunge and renewed subscriber concerns for cable peers are pressuring Comcast despite its own beat — investors are repricing risk around broadband competition (fiber/fixed wireless). Charter stock plunges — why Comcast is falling too
• Negative Sentiment: Profit‑taking and heavy trading volume after an initial ~8% post‑earnings pop, plus reported insider sales and large institutional repositioning noted in datasets, likely amplified the down‑move today.
• Negative Sentiment: Operational caveat: adjusted EPS is below last year’s ($0.79 vs $1.09), and broadband still lost customers (improved but negative net adds), leaving execution risk if competition intensifies. Broadband losses improved

About Comcast

Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) is a diversified global media and technology company headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its principal operations are organized around Comcast Cable, which provides broadband internet, video, voice and wireless services to residential and business customers in the United States under the Xfinity and Comcast Business brands, and NBCUniversal, a media and entertainment group that develops, produces and distributes content across broadcast and cable networks, film, and streaming platforms.

NBCUniversal’s assets include the NBC broadcast network, a portfolio of cable channels, Universal Pictures and other film and television production businesses, and the Peacock streaming service.