Comcast Reports 1st Quarter 2026 Results

Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) today reported results for the quarter ended March 31, 2026.

"2026 is an important year of execution, and we're seeing tangible early signs our pivot is taking hold," said Brian L. Roberts and Mike Cavanagh, co-CEOs of Comcast Corporation. "Broadband subscriber losses improved by more than 100,000 year-over-year, and we delivered record wireless line additions as customers respond to simpler, more transparent offers and a better end-to-end experience. Legendary February showcased the strength of our Media portfolio, leveraging the unmatched reach of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics and the Super Bowl to drive record advertising and strong Peacock growth, while also powering our ability to market our connectivity products at scale. Importantly, we generated $3.9 billion in free cash flow and returned $2.5 billion to shareholders this quarter even as we continued to lean into investments across our core growth businesses, underscoring our disciplined approach to capital allocation."

1st Quarter 2026 Highlights:

• Generated Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of $7.9 Billion, Adjusted EPS of $0.79 and Free Cash Flow of $3.9 Billion
• Returned $2.5 Billion to Shareholders Through a Combination of $1.2 Billion in Dividend Payments and $1.3 Billion in Share Repurchases
• At Connectivity & Platforms, Connectivity Revenue Increased 1.6% to $11.6 Billion, Primarily Reflecting Growth in Domestic Wireless Equipment, Business Services Connectivity, Domestic Wireless Service and International Connectivity
• Gained Traction with Our New Go-to-Market Strategy Reflected by Domestic Residential Broadband Customer Net Losses Improving by 117,000 Year-over-Year to 65,000, and Domestic Wireless Customer Line Net Additions of 435,000 - Our Best Quarterly Result on Record; Total Wireless Lines Increased to 9.7 Million, Reaching 16% Penetration of Domestic Residential Broadband Customers
• Business Services Connectivity Revenue Increased 5.8% to $2.6 Billion, EBITDA Increased 3.8% to $1.5 Billion and EBITDA Margin Was 55.9%
• "Legendary February" Delivered Record-Setting Viewership, Reaching Over 225 Million Americans with the Milan Cortina Olympics - the Most-Watched Winter Games Since 2014 - Averaging 23.5 Million Viewers; Super Bowl LX - the Most-Watched Show in NBCU's Company History - Averaging 125 Million Viewers and the Second Most-Watched Event of All Time; and the NBA All-Star Game Delivering Its Largest Audience Since 2011
• Peacock Delivered Strong Growth with Paid Subscribers Increasing 12% Year-over-Year to 46 Million and Revenue Growth of 71%, Surpassing $2 Billion for the First Time
• Theme Parks EBITDA Increased 33% to $551 Million, Fueled by the Opening of Epic Universe in May 2025

1st Quarter Consolidated Financial Results

Revenue increased 5.3% compared to the prior year period. Net Income Attributable to Comcast decreased 35.6%. Adjusted Net Income decreased 30.7%. Adjusted EBITDA decreased 16.8%. On a pro forma basis to reflect the separation of Versant, which was completed on January 2, 2026, revenue increased 10.9% and Adjusted EBITDA decreased 8.8%.

Earnings per Share (EPS) decreased 32.6% to $0.60. Adjusted EPS decreased 27.5% to $0.79.

Capital Expenditures increased 4.4% to $2.4 billion. Connectivity & Platforms' capital expenditures increased 13.4% to $1.8 billion, primarily reflecting higher spending on customer premise equipment, scalable infrastructure and support capital. Content & Experiences' capital expenditures decreased 20.1% to $481 million, reflecting the opening of Epic Universe in May 2025.

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities was $6.9 billion. Free Cash Flow was $3.9 billion.

Dividends and Share Repurchases. Comcast paid dividends totaling $1.2 billion and repurchased 42 million of its shares for $1.3 billion, resulting in a total return of capital to shareholders of $2.5 billion.

Connectivity & Platforms

Revenue for Connectivity & Platforms decreased compared to the prior year period. Adjusted EBITDA decreased due to a decline in Residential Connectivity & Platforms, partially offset by growth in Business Services Connectivity. Residential Connectivity & Platforms revenue and Adjusted EBITDA reflect the investment in our new go-to-market strategy. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 39.6%.

Total Customer Relationships for Residential Connectivity & Platforms increased by 10,000 to 47.9 million, reflecting an increase in international residential customer relationships, offset by a decrease in domestic residential customer relationships. Total domestic broadband residential customer net losses were 65,000, total domestic wireless line net additions were 435,000 and total domestic video customer net losses were 322,000.

Residential Connectivity & Platforms

Revenue for Residential Connectivity & Platforms decreased compared to the prior year period, reflecting decreases in video, domestic broadband and other revenue, partially offset by increases in domestic wireless equipment, domestic wireless service, international connectivity and advertising revenue. Domestic broadband revenue decreased due to lower average rates and a decline in the number of domestic broadband customers. Domestic wireless service revenue increased due to an increase in the number of customer lines. Domestic wireless equipment revenue increased due to an increase in device sales. International connectivity revenue increased primarily due to the positive impact of foreign currency and an increase in broadband revenue from higher average rates. Video revenue decreased primarily due to a decline in the number of video customers, partially offset by the positive impact of foreign currency. Advertising revenue increased primarily due to higher revenue from our advanced advertising business, the positive impact of foreign currency and higher domestic political advertising. Other revenue decreased primarily due to lower residential wireline voice revenue, driven by a decline in the number of customers.

Adjusted EBITDA for Residential Connectivity & Platforms decreased due to lower revenue, partially offset by lower operating expenses when excluding the impact of foreign currency. Programming expenses decreased primarily due to a decline in the number of domestic video customers, partially offset by the impact of foreign currency. Non-programming expenses increased primarily reflecting an increase in direct product costs mainly due to higher mobile device sales, the impact of foreign currency and higher marketing and promotion costs. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 37.1%.

Business Services Connectivity

Revenue for Business Services Connectivity increased primarily due to an increase in revenue from enterprise solutions offerings, including the results from a recent acquisition.

Adjusted EBITDA for Business Services Connectivity increased due to higher revenue, partially offset by higher operating expenses. The increase in operating expenses was primarily due to an increase in direct product costs, which include the results from a recent acquisition, and higher marketing and promotion expenses. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 55.9%.

Content & Experiences

Revenue for Content & Experiences increased compared to the prior year period, including $2.2 billion of incremental revenue from the Milan Cortina Olympics and the NFL's Super Bowl included in the Media segment. Adjusted EBITDA for Content & Experiences decreased primarily due to a decline in Media, partially offset by growth in Studios and Theme Parks.

Media

Revenue for Media increased primarily due to higher domestic advertising and domestic distribution revenue. Excluding $2.2 billion of incremental revenue from the Milan Cortina Olympics and the NFL's Super Bowl, Media revenue increased 12.7% primarily due to higher domestic distribution, international networks and domestic advertising revenue. Domestic advertising revenue increased primarily reflecting the Milan Cortina Olympics and the NFL's Super Bowl. Excluding the incremental revenue associated with these events, domestic advertising revenue increased primarily due to higher revenue at Peacock, partially offset by lower revenue at our networks. Domestic distribution revenue increased including the Milan Cortina Olympics. Excluding the incremental revenue associated with this event, domestic distribution revenue increased due to higher revenue at Peacock, driven by an increase in paid subscribers and higher average rates compared to the prior year period. International networks revenue increased primarily due to the positive impact of foreign currency.

Adjusted EBITDA for Media decreased due to higher operating expenses more than offsetting higher revenue. The increase in operating expenses primarily reflects higher programming costs associated with the Milan Cortina Olympics and the NFL's Super Bowl, as well as the impact of NBA rights in the current year period. Media results include $2.1 billion of revenue and an Adjusted EBITDA¹¹ loss of $432 million related to Peacock, which includes amounts attributable to the Olympics and Super Bowl, compared to $1.2 billion of revenue and an Adjusted EBITDA¹¹ loss of $215 million in the prior year period.

Studios

Revenue for Studios increased due to higher content licensing revenue. Content licensing revenue increased primarily due to the timing of when content was made available by our television studios, primarily driven by a renewed licensing agreement for content exclusively available for streaming on Peacock. Theatrical revenue decreased primarily due to higher revenue from releases in the prior year period, including Dog Man and Nosferatu, compared to revenue from recent releases impacting the current year period.

Adjusted EBITDA for Studios increased due to higher revenue, which more than offset higher operating expenses. The higher operating expenses primarily reflected higher programming and production expenses, primarily due to higher costs associated with the renewed licensing agreement for content exclusively available for streaming on Peacock.

Theme Parks

Revenue for Theme Parks increased due to higher revenue at our theme parks in Orlando driven by the successful opening of Epic Universe in May 2025.

Adjusted EBITDA for Theme Parks increased, reflecting higher revenue, which more than offset higher operating expenses. The increase in operating expenses was primarily due to operating costs associated with Epic Universe.

Headquarters & Other

Content & Experiences Headquarters & Other includes overhead, personnel costs and costs associated with corporate initiatives. Headquarters & Other Adjusted EBITDA loss in the first quarter was $208 million, compared to a loss of $195 million in the prior year period.

Eliminations

Amounts represent eliminations of transactions between our Content & Experiences segments, the most significant being content licensing between the Studios and Media segments, which are affected by the timing of recognition of content licenses. Revenue eliminations were $1.1 billion, compared to $694 million in the prior year period, and Adjusted EBITDA eliminations were a loss of $140 million, compared to a benefit of $14 million in the prior year period. The year-over-year changes were primarily driven by the licensing of content by the Studios segment to Peacock in the Media segment.

Corporate, Other and Eliminations

Corporate & Other

Corporate & Other primarily includes overhead and personnel costs; our Sky-branded video services and television networks in Germany; our regional sports networks; and Comcast Spectacor, which owns the Philadelphia Flyers and the Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Corporate & Other Adjusted EBITDA decreased primarily reflecting higher costs related to Sky operations in Germany, lower revenue associated with our regional sports networks and higher costs related to corporate functions, including marketing associated with the Milan Cortina Olympics.

Eliminations

Amounts represent eliminations of transactions between Connectivity & Platforms, Content & Experiences and other businesses, the most significant being distribution of television network programming between the Media and Residential Connectivity & Platforms segments. Revenue eliminations were $1.5 billion, compared to $1.2 billion in the prior year period, and Adjusted EBITDA eliminations were a loss of $31 million compared to a benefit of $12 million in the prior year period. Current year amounts reflect an increase in eliminations associated with the Milan Cortina Olympics.

Conference Call and Other Information

Comcast Corporation will host a conference call with the financial community today, April 23, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time (ET). The conference call and related materials will be broadcast live and posted on our Investor Relations website at www.cmcsa.com. A replay of the call will be available today, April 23, 2026, starting at 11:30 a.m. ET on the Investor Relations website.

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Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes statements that may constitute forward-looking statements. In evaluating these statements, readers should consider various factors, including the risks and uncertainties we describe in the "Risk Factors" sections of our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, our most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements include changes in and/or risks associated with: the competitive environment; consumer behavior; the advertising market; consumer acceptance of our content; programming costs; key distribution and/or licensing agreements; use and protection of our intellectual property; our reliance on third-party hardware, software and operational support; keeping pace with technological developments; cyber attacks, security breaches or technology disruptions; weak economic conditions; acquisitions and strategic initiatives; operating businesses internationally; natural disasters, severe weather-related and other uncontrollable events; loss of key personnel; labor disputes; significant tax liability if the separation of Versant is not tax-free; laws and regulations; adverse decisions in litigation or governmental investigations; and other risks described from time to time in reports and other documents we file with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made, and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events or our actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any such forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise. The amount and timing of any dividends and share repurchases are subject to business, economic and other relevant factors.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In this discussion, we sometimes refer to financial measures that are not presented according to generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. (GAAP). Certain of these measures are considered "non-GAAP financial measures" under the SEC regulations; those rules require the supplemental explanations and reconciliations that are in Comcast's Form 8-K (Quarterly Earnings Release) furnished to the SEC.

About Comcast Corporation

Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) is a global media and technology company. From the connectivity and platforms we provide, to the content and experiences we create, our businesses reach hundreds of millions of customers, viewers, and guests worldwide. We deliver world-class broadband, wireless, and video through Xfinity, Comcast Business, and Sky; produce, distribute, and stream leading entertainment, sports, and news through brands including NBC, Telemundo, Universal, Peacock, and Sky; and bring incredible theme parks and attractions to life through Universal Destinations & Experiences. Visit www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.

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