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What Happened?
Shares of telecommunications and media company Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) fell 12.5% in the morning session after the company reported weak fourth-quarter results, with key demand growth indicators, including broadband and video customers, continuing to decline year on year, with the former missing expectations. On the other hand, it was encouraging to see Comcast beat analysts' EPS expectations this quarter. Overall, this was a mixed yet weaker quarter.
The shares closed the day at $33.25, down 10.9% from previous close.
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What The Market Is Telling Us
Comcast’s shares are not very volatile and have only had 3 moves greater than 5% over the last year. Moves this big are rare for Comcast and indicate this news significantly impacted the market’s perception of the business.
The biggest move we wrote about over the last year was about 2 months ago when the stock dropped 7.5% on the news that CEO Dave Watson told investors the company expects to lose over 100,000 broadband subscribers in the fourth quarter. This figure exceeds analysts' predictions of roughly 64,000. Watson blamed the weaker forecast partly on bad weather, which he said caused about 10,000 of the expected cancellations.
Comcast is down 11% since the beginning of the year, and at $33.30 per share, it is trading 28.7% below its 52-week high of $46.73 from January 2024. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of Comcast’s shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $754.42.
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