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Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

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Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Market Information

Comcast’s Class A common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC under the symbol CMCSA. There is no established public trading market for Comcast’s Class B common stock. The Class B common stock can be converted, on a share for share basis, into Class A common stock.

Holders

Record holders as of January 15, 2025 are presented in the table below.

Stock ClassRecord Holders
Class A Common Stock303,127
Class B Common Stock1

Holders of Class A common stock in the aggregate hold 662/3% of the combined voting power of our common stock. The number of votes that each share of Class A common stock has at any given time depends on the number of shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock then outstanding, with each share of Class B common stock having 15 votes per share. The Class B common stock represents 331/3% of the combined voting power of our common stock, which percentage is generally non-dilutable under the terms of our articles of incorporation. Mr. Brian L. Roberts beneficially owns all outstanding shares of Class B common stock. Generally, including as to the election of directors, holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock vote as one class except where class voting is required by law.

Dividends

We expect to continue to pay quarterly dividends, although each dividend is subject to approval by our Board of Directors. Refer to Liquidity and Capital Resources in Item 7: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for additional information.

Share Repurchases

The table below summarizes Comcast’s common stock repurchases during 2024.

PeriodTotal Number of Shares PurchasedAverage Price Per ShareTotal Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced AuthorizationTotal Dollar Amount Purchased Under the Publicly Announced AuthorizationMaximum Dollar Value of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased Under the Publicly Announced Authorization(a)
First Quarter 202455,961,536$43.0355,961,536$2,408,046,377$13,186,952,831
Second Quarter 202456,381,926$39.2956,381,926$2,214,999,556$10,971,953,275
Third Quarter 202449,913,271$39.4449,913,271$1,968,792,051$9,003,161,225
October 1-31, 202416,562,668$41.6616,562,668$689,999,638$8,313,161,586
November 1-30, 202412,943,713$43.2612,943,713$559,999,640$7,753,161,946
December 1-31, 202420,002,768$39.8920,002,768$797,999,685$6,955,162,262
Total211,765,882$40.80211,765,882$8,639,836,946$6,955,162,262

(a)In September 2022, our Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program authorization of $20 billion and in January 2024, our Board of Directors terminated the existing program and approved a new program authorization of $15 billion effective as of January 26, 2024, which had no expiration date. In January 2025, our Board of Directors terminated this existing program and approved a new program authorization of $15 billion, which has no expiration date. We expect to repurchase additional shares of our Class A common stock under this authorization in the open market or in private transactions, subject to market and other conditions.

Comcast 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K28

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Stock Performance Graph

The following graph compares the annual percentage change in the cumulative total shareholder return on Comcast’s Class A common stock during the five years ended December 31, 2024 with the cumulative total returns on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index and a select peer group consisting of us and other companies engaged in the transmission and distribution and media industries. This peer group consists of our Class A common stock and the common stock of AT&T Inc., Charter Communications, Inc., Fox Corp. (Class A), Lumen Technologies, Inc., Paramount Global (Class B), T-Mobile US, Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. and The Walt Disney Company.

The comparison assumes $100 was invested on December 31, 2019 in our Class A common stock and in each of the following indices and assumes the reinvestment of dividends.

Comparison of 5 Year Cumulative Total Return

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20202021202220232024
Comcast Class A$119$117$83$107$95
S&P 500 Stock Index$118$152$125$157$197
Peer Group$112$103$79$87$103

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