Comcast A Dividend yield

Comcast A is part of Media business, which is part of Consumer Services industry. Comcast A is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Comcast A stock dividend

Comcast A paid a total dividend of 4,824 million USD last year, for a market value of 194,475 millions (Market Cap 193,117 millions). Comcast A dividend per share is 1.16 USD, and his stock market price 46.76 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Comcast A has a dividend yield of 2.48%, which is lower than the amount offered by the market average , but bigger than Consumer Services industry. Dividend yields are similar among companies from the same industry, so it is a positive sign for the company.

In addition, you should compare Comcast A stocks dividend with other Media companies or other of the best USA dividend stocks list.

Comcast A Dividend Payout

About the ability of Comcast A to maintain his current dividend of USD 1.16 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.48%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Comcast A payout on ernings is currently 46.40%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Consumer Services industry, which are 39.34% and 31.45% respectively. Both figures show that Comcast A can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Comcast A is USD 6.32 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 1.16, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Comcast A, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Consumer Services industry and Media sector companies.

Comcast A Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Comcast A's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	2.48%	1.16	46.40%	4,159
2022	3.09%	1.08	24.11%	4,314
2021	1.99%	1.00	30.03%	4,585
2020	1.76%	0.92	24.21%	4,555
2019	1.87%	0.84	26.33%	4,529
2018	2.23%	0.76	28.36%	4,592
2017	1.57%	0.63	27.39%	4,664
2016	1.58%	1.10	31.16%	2,402
2015	1.64%	1.00	27.25%	2,123

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of Comcast A dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Media stocks.

Comcast A Stock performance

Finally, last moth Comcast A showed a return of 3.30% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -3.06% of Consumer Services firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a 29.20% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Media firms.