Comcast Mihir Patel and Matt Bergman
Details ●Owns Xfinity, AT&T, NBC, Weather Channel, Universal Studios, Fandango, 1/3 of Hulu, Golf Channel ●Largest TV provider in US, 21 million customers
Competitors ●Verizon o high prices, marketing as upper end service ●Sprint o poorer service and smaller range ●Time Warner (Cable), o low customer happiness, falling behind industry ●Dish, o 14 million subscribers, no plans for growt
Recent Events ●Merger with Time Warner o FTC Pending ●HR Improvement o rated top 2014 workplace by Washington Post, o rated highest diversity workplaces by Black Enterprise ●NASCAR returning to NBC
Recent Events ●Super Bowl o Comcast Owned NBC-TV network will broadcast the game for an audience that could top 100 million ●4% revenue increase o 50% profit increase o Forbes predicting 5.1% increase in 4th quarter
Stats Price: $ wk Range: $47.74-$59.30 Market Cap: billion P/E: EPS: 3.18 Beta: 0.81
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Reasons to Buy ●Strong income increase ●Potential merger benefits ●Improving customer relations and workplace ●Sports expansion
Buying ●2 shares at $56