- Prev close
- $25.36
- Day range
- $24.94 – $25.50
- From 52-wk high
- -22.8%
- Next earnings
- in 81 days
Comcast’s 2026-08-03 close was a stock-specific 2.5% gain against a 1.4% S&P 500 and 1.8% Nasdaq 100 rise, with peers up less and no clear sector catalyst. The move sits alongside weak EPS growth of -49.0% YoY TTM and a low 7.8 PE, so the setup looks mixed rather than clearly benign or deteriorating.
CMCSA
COMCAST CORP-CLASS A
As of Aug 4, 2026
58/100
Worth keeping an eye onHealth ScoreWhat drove the move
Comcast rose 2.5% on 2026-08-03, while the S&P 500 gained 2.5% and the Nasdaq 100 gained 2.5%; that makes the move larger than the broad market. Peer telecom names were also positive but smaller — VZ +1.2%, T +1.5%, and IDT +0.8% — so this looks primarily stock-specific rather than a pure sector move. The intraday path was strong too: it opened at $24.43, traded as high as $24.895, and closed at $24.56, which points to steady buying rather than a reversal.
Is the move unusual?
The move is not extreme for a low-beta stock, but it is more than routine noise because the business picture is only partly healthy. Comcast shows revenue +0.6% YoY (TTM), latest quarter -1.2% YoY, and EPS -49.0% YoY (TTM), while margins remain respectable at gross +69.4%, operating +14.7%, and net +9.0%. Valuation is low at PE 7.8 and forward PE 6.6, but PEG -1.46 is not meaningful here because EPS growth is negative, so the multiple is not backed by positive earnings growth. Beta is 0.65, which usually means the stock should move less than the market, yet this session’s 2.5% rise was larger than the broad indices and therefore more idiosyncratic than ordinary index-driven volatility.
Earnings outlook
The next earnings date is 2026-10-28. The facts here do not include consensus revenue or EPS growth expectations for that print, so I cannot quote a Street forecast for the upcoming quarter. What the market is likely watching is whether wireless additions and premium plan uptake can keep offsetting domestic broadband softness, whether the revenue trend can improve from +0.6% YoY TTM and -1.2% YoY in the latest quarter, and whether EPS can stop the -49.0% YoY TTM decline. The recent event notes also point to execution around the NBCUniversal split, where a new CFO was named ahead of the spinoff, and to the broader cable mix after Disney’s A+E stake sale, which keeps attention on asset mix and industry structure.
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