Company Analysis

Comcast Corporation (CMCSA)

Nasdaq: CMCSA · Cable & Other Pay Television Services · Philadelphia, PA · filing with the SEC since 2002
Grade6.5
◀ Past 7.6● Present 6.6▶ Future 5.7

The grade of Comcast Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.5/10
◀ Past7.625% of the headline
● Present6.635% of the headline
▶ Future5.740% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.6/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
8.1/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 22% of this tense · 81st percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Comcast Corporation's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+0.6% a year over 4 filed years; profitable in 4 of 4.

weight 45% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Comcast Corporation's 4 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $121 billion in fiscal 2022 to $124 billion in fiscal 2025, up 0.6% a year; it rose in 2 of 3 years; the deepest fall was 0% from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 4 of 4 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span0.6%bottom 22% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 47% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 16% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 9% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
9.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 5.7% a year. 47% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 3 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 91st percentile among 13 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Comcast Corporation's diluted share count shrank about 5.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 47% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 3 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-02 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 16% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 3% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.6/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 21%: 21¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 64%: owes 64¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 68th percentile among 18 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Comcast Corporation earned about 21 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 64 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 5.1% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 47% of its family
  • return on equitytop 22% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 22% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.1/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 29% of 18 in its family; net margin 16.2%.

weight 33% of this tense · 71st percentile among 18 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Comcast Corporation's standing among 18 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $124 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 3% by size; a net margin of 16.2% ranks in the top 31%; revenue growth of 0.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 47% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$123.7Btop 3% of its family
  • net margin16.2%top 31% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth0.6%bottom 47% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 44% of 14 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2026.

weight 22% of this tense · 56th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Comcast Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Cavanagh, Michael J (Co-CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2026-01-06, 10 months (bottom 18% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 9.7 years (top 29%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (top 22%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge7 in three years among 16 peopletop 22% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed9.7 yearstop 29% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record11 monthsbottom 18% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.7/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 37% of 16 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 63rd percentile among 16 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Comcast Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $9.5 billion against debt of $93 billion leaves -30.6% of its assets as net cash, bottom 47% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 17.7% of revenue (top 22%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-30.6%bottom 47% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue17.7%top 22% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.8/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 42% of 16 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 58th percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Comcast Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 0.6% a year over the last three filed years against 0.6% over all 4, speeding up (top 22% of its family); the newest year grew -0% (bottom 47%); capital spending grew 3.4% a year (top 50%) (its annual reports). Comcast Corporation reported 5 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Residential Connectivity and Platforms at $71 billion, Media at $27 billion, Studios at $11 billion, and 2 more. 3 of 5 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 55% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+0.0 points a yeartop 22% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth0.0%bottom 47% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending3.4%top 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.1/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 49% of 16 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 51st percentile among 16 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Comcast Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $124 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 1% below the $125 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 28% of its family); net income of $20 billion against a prior three-year average of $12 billion (top 41%); a net margin of 16.2% against 10.1% before (top 34%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-1.0%bottom 28% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+62%top 41% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+6.1 pointstop 34% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton CMCSA · research, not advice