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The head office of Comcast is situated in Philadelphia. Comcast is active in the cable companies/telecom services sector. Brian L. Roberts is operating by ' CEO. The CFO of the company is Michael J. Angelakis. Between 2006 and 2016 the global telecommunications companies gained around 7 percent. Since 2011 the sector is 18 percent higher and over the past year minus 7 percent.

Past year was a negative year for Comcast investors

The period between December 2015 and December 2016 was a profitable period for the investors in Comcast. The stock gained around 27 percent. The period between August 2011 and August 2016 was a good period for the investors. The stock rose around 200 percent. Comcast's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were very constant and moved between 62,57 billion dollars and 74,51 billion dollars. Comcast's net results between 2011 and 2015 were very fluctuating and moved between 5,16 billion dollars and 8,41 billion dollars.

The American company paid out dividends in the past 5 years. On average Comcast's dividend yield over the past 5 years was around 3,78 percent annually. Over the past 5 years Comcast raised her dividends share each year. Based on the raising dividend payments Comcast can be seen as a kind of dividend aristocrat.

Comcast had about 139 thousand employees at the end of 2015.

Comcast financed with relatively low debt

At the end of 2015 the American company's balance sheet was worth 166,57 billion dollars. The total debt was around 114,31 billion dollars. This is 68,62 percent of the total balance sheet. Last year the telecommunications company's price/earnings-ratio (PE) was around 18. So the investors valued the stock at 18 times 2015' earnings per share. We could say that based on it's price/earnings-ratio and dividend yield the American stock can be seen as a value stock.

The telecommunications company's market capitalization (the number of shares outstanding times the market value) equaled around 134,15 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 the American company had around 2,43 billion stocks listed on the exchanges.

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