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CMCSA — tear sheet

COMCAST CORP · Overweight · covers US session 2026-09-18 · Tear sheet created 11 days ago

Executive Summary

The engine's final assessment for Comcast (CMCSA) is Overweight, a stance its risk judge pairs with cautious, disclosure-gated implementation rather than reliance on the unverified quant reading. The supporting evidence is documentary: management's Q2 2026 press release reports first-ever Peacock profitability, a record wireless quarter surpassing 10 million lines with penetration below 7% of addressable footprint lines, mid-single-digit Media EBITDA growth, and continued Business Services growth, while the 10-K notes the 2026 Versant separation. The freshest datapoint, a QuantOrb snapshot for the 2026-09-17 session showing MFI 16.02 with a BUY label at strength 0.7716, is described in its own source as "a quantitative screen output, not a recommendation." Countervailing evidence includes a five-filer 13F snapshot as of 2026-03-31 showing mixed trims and adds, and missing revenue, EPS, balance-sheet, and valuation data (not available in provided documents). Sources: [EIGHTK] 8-K Item 2.02 press release (2026-07-23); [FACTS] QuantOrb snapshot (2026-09-17); [FILING] 10-K (2026-02-03); [THIRTEENF] 13F-HR (2026-03-31).

Institutional 13F Shift Synthesis

Source: SEC 13F-HR holdings (as of 2026-03-31) via quantorb filers data — quarter-end snapshots, statutory lag up to 45 days

Quarter-end 13F-HR snapshot for CMCSA as tracked in the quantorb filers dataset (5 institutional filer rows on file; positions as of 2026-03-31, a quarter-end snapshot subject to the statutory 13F reporting lag of up to 45 days). Quarter-over-quarter share changes where the dataset carries them:

FilerSharesΔ QoQΔ%
EAGLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 37,575,087 −2,335,212 -5.9%
HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 26,799,751 −968,846 -3.5%
Rothschild & Co Wealth Management UK Ltd 11,493,697 +70,767 +0.6%
First Pacific Advisors, LP 8,592,563 +192,732 +2.3%
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB 7,959,300 −45,135 -0.6%

This is the dataset's tracked top-holder snapshot, not an exhaustive list of 13F filers; it is a periodic regulatory disclosure, not real-time portfolio data.

Management Sentiment & Catalyst Highlights

Management's press release (SEC 8-K Item 2.02, dated July 23, 2026) strikes a positive tone: co-CEOs Brian L. Roberts and Mike Cavanagh cite "continued progress against our strategic priorities," a broadband "strategic pivot… gaining traction," the best wireless quarter ever with more than 10 million total lines and penetration below 7% of addressable lines — which management calls "substantial runway to deepen convergence" — industry-leading Business Services growth, mid-single-digit Media EBITDA growth, first-time Peacock profitability, and high-level Studios performance capped by The Odyssey. The same release acknowledges "some near-term softness in Theme Parks" while expressing confidence in the long-term opportunity; no numeric guidance appears in the excerpt. Catalysts visible in the record: the 2026 Versant separation referenced in the 10-K (Note 16), with mechanics, timing, and share counts not available in provided documents, and the engine's final decision tying further steps to the next quarterly print, a newer 13F, and documented Versant mechanics. Sources: [EIGHTK] 8-K Item 2.02 press release (2026-07-23); [FILING] 10-K (2026-02-03).

Key Risk Factors

The engine's risk review flags the QuantOrb MFI 16.02 reading as a single-session, single-factor screen output that could not be re-verified against a live feed, while the snapshot's source states the cause of the depressed money flow cannot be attributed; news, macro, and sentiment feeds returned no data. The 13F-HR snapshot (as of 2026-03-31, statutory lag up to 45 days) covers five tracked filers: trims by Eagle Capital Management (-5.9%) and Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management (-3.5%) against adds by First Pacific (+2.3%) and Rothschild & Co Wealth Management UK (+0.6%). Management's release notes near-term Theme Parks softness. The Q2 document is a press release without Q&A and discloses no Peacock profit magnitude or unit economics. The 10-K confirms Media's cited growth includes Versant networks pre-separation — a comparability break — and balance-sheet, leverage, valuation, revenue, and EPS figures are not available in provided documents. Sources: [FACTS] QuantOrb snapshot (2026-09-17); [THIRTEENF] 13F-HR (2026-03-31); [EIGHTK] 8-K Item 2.02 press release (2026-07-23); [FILING] 10-K (2026-02-03).

Sources

Facts (verifiable): SEC filings via the QuantOrb document corpus · QuantOrb money-flow & 13F datasets. Reading (AI-powered): AdCho’s synthesis via a multi-analyst AI engine.

Sheet schema adcho.tearsheet.v1 · rendered by AdCho · freshness day 11 (D11 day-0 rule, US-session dates only)