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, 2026 are presented in the table below.
| Stock Class | Record Holders | ||||
| Class A Common Stock | 286,748 | ||||
| Class B Common Stock | 1 |
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 2025.
| Period | Total Number of Shares Purchased | Average Price Per Share | Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Authorization | Total Dollar Amount Purchased Under the Publicly Announced Authorization | Maximum Dollar Value of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased Under the Publicly Announced Authorization(a) | |||||||||||||||
| First Quarter 2025 | 56,218,710 | $ | 35.94 | 56,218,710 | 2,020,441,339 | $ | 13,630,195,971 | |||||||||||||
| Second Quarter 2025 | 49,283,221 | $ | 34.49 | 49,283,221 | 1,700,000,362 | $ | 11,930,195,608 | |||||||||||||
| Third Quarter 2025 | 46,014,962 | $ | 33.49 | 46,014,962 | 1,540,953,870 | $ | 10,389,241,739 | |||||||||||||
| October 1-31, 2025 | 26,229,159 | $ | 29.70 | 26,229,159 | 778,980,958 | $ | 9,610,260,781 | |||||||||||||
| November 1-30, 2025 | 21,614,618 | $ | 27.25 | 21,614,618 | 588,995,965 | $ | 9,021,264,815 | |||||||||||||
| December 1-31, 2025 | 5,715,904 | $ | 27.12 | 5,715,904 | 154,997,061 | $ | 8,866,267,754 | |||||||||||||
| Total | 205,076,574 | $ | 33.08 | 205,076,574 | $ | 6,784,369,555 | $ | 8,866,267,754 |
(a)In January 2024, our Board of Directors approved a new share repurchase authorization of $15 billion, which had no expiration date. In January 2025, our Board of Directors terminated the existing program and approved a new share repurchase authorization of $15 billion effective as of January 31, 2025, 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 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K | 30 |
| 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, 2025 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 Skydance Corporation (Class B) (formerly Paramount Global prior to the merger with Skydance Media on August 7, 2025), 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, 2020 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 |

| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |||||||||||||
| Comcast Class A | $ | 98 | $ | 70 | $ | 90 | $ | 79 | $ | 66 | |||||||
| S&P 500 Stock Index | $ | 129 | $ | 105 | $ | 133 | $ | 166 | $ | 196 | |||||||
| Peer Group | $ | 92 | $ | 71 | $ | 78 | $ | 92 | $ | 96 | |||||||
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