A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.
The historical rank and industry rank for Comcast's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:
CMCSA'
s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -121.88 Med: 0.87 Max: 91.52
Current: 1.02
During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Comcast was 91.52. The lowest was -121.88. And the median was 0.87.
CMCSA's Debt-to-Equity is ranked worse than 66.95% of 351
companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 0.63
vs CMCSA: 1.02
Comcast Debt-to-Equity Historical Data
The historical data trend for Comcast's Debt-to-Equity can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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Comcast Annual Data
Trend
Dec12
Dec13
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
Debt-to-Equity
0.94
1.56
1.24
1.15
0.99
Comcast Quarterly Data
Sep17
Dec17
Mar18
Jun18
Sep18
Dec18
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Jun22
Debt-to-Equity
1.04
1.02
0.99
1.00
1.02
Competitive Comparison
For the Telecom Services subindustry, Comcast's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Comcast Debt-to-Equity Distribution
For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Comcast's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Comcast's Debt-to-Equity falls into.
Comcast Debt-to-Equity Calculation
Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.
Comcast's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.
Comcast Debt-to-Equity Related Terms
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Comcast is made up of three parts. The core cable business owns networks capable of providing television, internet access, and phone services to roughly 61 million U.S. homes and businesses, or nearly half of the country. About 57% of the homes in this territory subscribe to at least one Comcast service. Comcast acquired NBCUniversal from General Electric in 2011. NBCU owns several cable networks, including CNBC, MSNBC, and USA, the NBC broadcast network, several local NBC affiliates, Universal Studios, and several theme parks. Sky, acquired in 2018, is the dominant television provider in the U.K. and has invested heavily in exclusive and proprietary content to build this position. The firm is also the largest pay-television provider in Italy and has a presence in Germany and Austria.
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