Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) earnings on April 23, 2026
More Comcast Corporation earnings
Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Missed
The stock surged over 7% after its earnings report, showing a strong positive reaction. This suggests the market is more optimistic about the company's future.
CMCSA price around the earnings
31.61
Change: +7.8%
2026-04-23, 19:59 UTC
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Prior thesis
Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Missed
Analysts cautious — risk outweighs reward.
Experts are cautious because the stock's recent price movement has been weak, and many retail investors seem overly optimistic. While analysts see some potential upside, it's not enough to overcome the current technical weaknesses.
Context analyzed before publication
- Summary
- Analysts cautious — risk outweighs reward.
- Reasoning
- Experts are cautious because the stock's recent price movement has been weak, and many retail investors seem overly optimistic. Analysts cite some optimistic scenario elements, though technical weaknesses remain a key factor.
- Playbook
- The weak technical contexts and crowded retail sentiment present a cautious scenario. A clearer technical picture and stronger underlying strength would be key factors for a shift in the outlook.
- Trend
- Outlook consistently cautious over past five sessions.
Analysts
Drivers
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Analysts
Neutral
Analysts generally recommend holding the stock, with price targets cited at a modest level above the current price. This modest scenario doesn't strongly contradict current technical levels.
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Hold
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 2.67
- Analysts covering the stock
- 22
- Average price target
- 32.68
- Lowest price target
- 23
- Highest price target
- 44
- Upside to price target
- 12.5%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- -54.6%
- Revenue growth
- 1.2%
- Forward EPS
- 3.84
- Trailing EPS
- 5.39
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 1
- Strong buy: 2
- Buy: 6
- Hold: 16
- Sell: 2
- Strong sell: 1
- Strong buy
- 2
- Buy
- 6
- Hold
- 16
- Sell
- 2
- Strong sell
- 1
- April 1, 2026 · Scotiabank: Maintains rating (Sector Perform → Sector Perform)
News and sentiment
Drivers
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News & sentiment
Negative
Despite weak price trends and mixed news, most retail investors are very optimistic. This extreme optimism, especially on low market review volume, is a warning sign because it doesn't align with the stock's current technical condition.
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Constructive
- Mention volume
- Low
- Normalized volume
- 33%
News
Sources (2)
- Super Mario Dominates Box Office: Will Nintendo, Comcast Or AMC Stock Be The Biggest Winner? — Benzinga
- Scotiabank Maintains Sector Perform on Comcast, Lowers Price Target to $34 — Benzinga
Technicals
Drivers
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Technical
Negative
The stock's recent price trend is weak, showing a negative 30-day momentum. It has also performed significantly worse than the overall market, indicating a lack of buying interest.
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Technical
Negative
The average price target from analysts is higher than the stock's immediate resistance level. This suggests that the price level cited by analysts might face selling pressure near current resistance, indicating a potentially unfavorable risk-reward balance.
Evidence
- Average true range (ATR)
- 2.4%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -15.4%
- 14-day change (14d)
- +3.6%
- 30-day change
- -6.5%
- 30-day relative strength
- -10.3%
- Benchmark change
- +3.8%
- Nearest support
- 27.49
- Nearest resistance
- 31.33
- Volume accumulation ratio
- 0.85
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +4.8%
- January 29, 2026: actual EPS 0.84 vs estimate 0.76 (surprise +10.8%)
- October 30, 2025: actual EPS 0.9 vs estimate 0.97 (surprise -7.2%)
- July 31, 2025: actual EPS 1.25 vs estimate 1.18 (surprise +5.9%)
- April 24, 2025: actual EPS 1.09 vs estimate 0.99 (surprise +9.9%)
Expected move
There is no implied-move data available for this event.
Reactions over its last 19 earnings
- Median move
- 3.4%
- 75th percentile move
- 6%
- 90th percentile move
- 9.3%
- Up / down moves
- 9 / 10
- Average up move
- +3.3%
- Average down move
- -5.3%
Monitoring and close
What Comcast Corporation reported
There is no monitoring data available for this event.
Pre-market second reading after the results
There is no second reading available for this event.
How the stock reacted
- Outcome
- Missed
- Consolidated
- +7.8%
- Max favorable move (MFE)
- 0%
- Max adverse move (MAE)
- 9.4%