Clearline Capital LP Makes New $8.60 Million Investment in Comcast Corporation $CMCSA

Posted by Francis Steltz on Jun 18th, 2026

Clearline Capital LP acquired a new position in shares of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA – Free Report) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund acquired 287,751 shares of the cable giant’s stock, valued at approximately $8,601,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in Comcast by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 369,311,219 shares of the cable giant’s stock worth $11,038,712,000 after purchasing an additional 2,160,829 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its holdings in Comcast by 3.4% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 186,805,081 shares of the cable giant’s stock worth $5,583,604,000 after purchasing an additional 6,117,946 shares during the last quarter. Capital World Investors increased its holdings in Comcast by 20.8% during the 4th quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 140,343,399 shares of the cable giant’s stock worth $4,194,929,000 after purchasing an additional 24,166,881 shares during the last quarter. Dodge & Cox increased its holdings in Comcast by 0.4% during the 4th quarter. Dodge & Cox now owns 112,967,514 shares of the cable giant’s stock worth $3,376,599,000 after purchasing an additional 399,596 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Comcast by 1.7% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 89,913,362 shares of the cable giant’s stock worth $2,680,747,000 after purchasing an additional 1,465,428 shares during the last quarter. 84.32% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price target on Comcast from $31.00 to $32.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. BNP Paribas Exane lowered their price target on Comcast from $26.00 to $25.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, April 8th. New Street Research lowered their price target on Comcast from $36.00 to $31.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Comcast in a report on Wednesday, April 8th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $29.00 price target on shares of Comcast in a report on Thursday, April 23rd. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, sixteen have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $34.52.

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Comcast Trading Down 4.1%

NASDAQ:CMCSA opened at $22.69 on Thursday. Comcast Corporation has a 12-month low of $22.55 and a 12-month high of $36.66. The firm has a market capitalization of $81.05 billion, a P/E ratio of 4.47, a P/E/G ratio of 1.93 and a beta of 0.67. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.01, a current ratio of 0.87 and a quick ratio of 0.87. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $26.05 and a 200 day simple moving average of $28.26.

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 23rd. The cable giant reported $0.79 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.73 by $0.06. Comcast had a return on equity of 15.47% and a net margin of 15.00%.The business had revenue of $31.46 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $30.42 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.09 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts predict that Comcast Corporation will post 3.53 EPS for the current year.

Comcast Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 22nd. Investors of record on Wednesday, July 1st will be given a dividend of $0.33 per share. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, July 1st. This represents a $1.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.8%. Comcast’s payout ratio is currently 25.98%.

About Comcast

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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.