Comcast Reports 3rd Quarter 2025 Results

Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA) today reported results for the quarter ended September 30, 2025.

"We're making steady progress as we reposition the company for long-term, sustained growth," said Brian L. Roberts, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Comcast Corporation. "In Connectivity, we're taking deliberate steps to strengthen our broadband foundation and accelerate wireless as a meaningful growth engine, adding a record 414,000 wireless lines this quarter – clear evidence of the value of our converged offerings. In addition, Business Services delivered another solid performance, with mid-single digit revenue and Adjusted EBITDA growth. In Content & Experiences, we're building momentum across NBC and Peacock as we head into one of the most exciting stretches of live sports in our history, including robust NBA coverage which just began last week. The early success of Epic Universe contributed to 19% revenue growth at our Theme Parks, reflecting the strength of our newest attractions and the enduring appeal of the Universal brand. We generated $4.9 billion of free cash flow this quarter and $14.9 billion year-to-date despite significant investment we're making in repositioning our company, a testament to both the durability and resilience of our underlying business."

3rd Quarter 2025 Highlights:

• Generated Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of $9.7 Billion, Adjusted EPS of $1.12, and Free Cash Flow of $4.9 Billion
• Returned $2.8 Billion to Shareholders Through a Combination of $1.2 Billion in Dividend Payments and $1.5 Billion in Share Repurchases, Reducing Shares Outstanding by 5% Compared to the Prior Year Period
• At Connectivity & Platforms, Connectivity Revenue Increased 4.2% to $11.5 Billion, Primarily Reflecting Growth in Domestic Wireless, International Connectivity and Business Services Connectivity
• Continued to Invest in Our New Go-to-Market Strategy and Tactics, Including National Internet Plans with Everyday Pricing and Everything Included; a 5-Year Internet Price Guarantee; a Free Xfinity Unlimited Mobile Line Included for 1-Year; and a Premium Unlimited Wireless Plan That Delivers Gigabit Speeds, Upgraded Features, and Significant Savings
• Domestic Wireless Customer Line Net Additions Were 414,000, the Best Quarterly Result on Record; Surpassed 14% Penetration of Our Domestic Residential Broadband Customers with a Total of 8.9 Million Lines
• Business Services Connectivity Revenue Increased 6.2% to $2.6 Billion, EBITDA Increased 4.5% to $1.5 Billion and EBITDA Margin Was 56.4%
• Media EBITDA Increased 28.0% to $832 Million, Driven by Peacock. Peacock EBITDA Losses of $217 Million Improved by $219 Million Compared to the Prior Year Period
• Jurassic World Rebirth Premiered in July and Grossed Nearly $900 Million in Worldwide Box Office Year-to-Date, Pushing the Jurassic Franchise's Cumulative Total to $7 Billion
• Theme Parks EBITDA Increased 13.1% to $958 Million; Fueled by the Opening of Epic Universe in Orlando in May

3rd Quarter Consolidated Financial Results

Revenue decreased 2.7% reflecting an unfavorable comparison to the prior year period, which included incremental revenue from the Paris Olympics. Net Income Attributable to Comcast decreased 8.2%. Adjusted Net Income decreased 4.9%. Adjusted EBITDA was consistent with the prior year period.

Earnings per Share (EPS) decreased to 3.4% to $0.90. Adjusted EPS of $1.12 was consistent with the prior year period.

Capital Expenditures increased 5.4% to $3.1 billion. Connectivity & Platforms' capital expenditures increased 19.5% to $2.3 billion, primarily reflecting higher spending on scalable infrastructure and customer premise equipment. Content & Experiences' capital expenditures decreased 19.9% to $714 million, reflecting the opening of Epic Universe in May 2025.

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities was $8.7 billion. Free Cash Flow was $4.9 billion.

Dividends and Share Repurchases. Comcast paid dividends totaling $1.2 billion and repurchased 46.0 million of its shares for $1.5 billion, resulting in a total return of capital to shareholders of $2.8 billion.

Connectivity & Platforms

Revenue for Connectivity & Platforms was consistent with the prior year but decreased when excluding the impact of foreign currency. Adjusted EBITDA decreased due to declines in Residential Connectivity & Platforms Adjusted EBITDA, partially offset by growth in Business Services Adjusted EBITDA. Residential Connectivity & Platforms revenue and Adjusted EBITDA reflect the investment in our new go-to-market strategy. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 39.7%.

Total Customer Relationships for Connectivity & Platforms decreased by 210,000 to 50.9 million, primarily reflecting decreases in Residential Connectivity & Platforms customer relationships. Total domestic broadband customer net losses were 104,000, total domestic wireless line net additions were 414,000 and total domestic video customer net losses were 257,000.

Residential Connectivity & Platforms

Revenue for Residential Connectivity & Platforms decreased compared to the prior year period, primarily reflecting decreases in video, advertising and other revenue, partially offset by increases in domestic wireless and international connectivity revenue. Domestic broadband revenue was consistent due to higher average rates, offset by a decline in the number of domestic broadband customers. Domestic wireless revenue increased due to an increase in the number of customer lines and device sales. International connectivity revenue increased due to increases in broadband revenue from higher average rates and in wireless revenue, reflecting higher sales of wireless services, which includes the positive impact of foreign currency. Video revenue decreased due to a decline in the number of video customers, partially offset by an overall increase in average rates and the positive impact of foreign currency. Advertising revenue decreased primarily due to lower domestic political and nonpolitical 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 and consistent operating expenses. Programming expenses decreased primarily due to a decline in the number of domestic video customers, partially offset by rate increases under our domestic programming contracts, an increase in programming expenses for our international sports networks and the impact of foreign currency. Non-programming expenses increased primarily due to an increase in direct product costs mainly due to higher mobile device sales, the impact of foreign currency and higher marketing and promotion costs driven by our new broadband and mobile offers introduced in April 2025, partially offset by lower fees paid to third-party channels relating to advertising sales. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 37.2%.

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 increases in direct product costs, which include the results from a recent acquisition. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 56.4%.

Content & Experiences

Revenue for Content & Experiences decreased due to an unfavorable comparison to the prior year period, which included $1.9 billion of incremental revenue from the Paris Olympics included in the Media segment. Adjusted EBITDA for Content & Experiences increased primarily due to growth in Media and Theme Parks, partially offset by a decline in Studios.

Media

Revenue for Media decreased primarily due to lower domestic advertising and domestic distribution revenue, reflecting the comparison to the Paris Olympics in the prior year period. Excluding $1.9 billion of incremental revenue from this event, Media revenue increased 4.2%. Domestic advertising revenue decreased primarily reflecting the Paris Olympics in the prior year period. Excluding the incremental revenue from this event, domestic advertising revenue increased 2.6%, primarily due to an increase in revenue at Peacock. Domestic distribution revenue decreased primarily reflecting the Paris Olympics in the prior year period. Excluding the incremental revenue from this event, domestic distribution revenue increased 1.5%, primarily due to higher revenue at Peacock, partially offset by lower revenue at our linear television networks. International networks revenue increased primarily due to an increase in revenue associated with the distribution of sports networks and the positive impact of foreign currency.

Adjusted EBITDA for Media increased due to lower operating expenses, which more than offset lower revenue. The decrease in operating expenses was primarily due to lower sports programming costs associated with the Paris Olympics in the prior year period and a decrease in other sports programming costs for our domestic television networks, mainly reflecting lower sports volumes compared to the prior year period, partially offset by an increase in sports costs for our international networks. Media results include $1.4 billion of revenue and an Adjusted EBITDA⁶ loss of $217 million related to Peacock, compared to $1.5 billion of revenue and an Adjusted EBITDA⁶ loss of $436 million in the prior year period, which included amounts attributable to the Paris Olympics.

Studios

Revenue for Studios increased primarily 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, partially offset by the timing of when content was made available by our film studios. Theatrical revenue increased primarily due to higher revenue from an increased number of releases in the current quarter, including the successful release of Jurassic World Rebirth.

Adjusted EBITDA for Studios decreased due to higher operating expenses, which more than offset higher revenue. The increase in operating expenses was primarily driven by higher programming and production expenses, mainly due to higher costs associated with content licensing sales, and higher marketing and promotion expenses due to increased spending on recent and upcoming theatrical film releases.

Theme Parks

Revenue for Theme Parks increased primarily due to higher revenue at domestic theme parks, 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 third quarter was $271 million, compared to a loss of $200 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 $580 million, compared to $758 million in the prior year period, and Adjusted EBITDA eliminations were a benefit of $69 million, compared to a benefit of $38 million in the prior year period.

Corporate, Other and Eliminations

Corporate & Other

Corporate & Other primarily includes overhead and personnel costs; our Sky-branded video services and television networks in Germany; Comcast Spectacor, which owns the Philadelphia Flyers and the Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Xumo. Corporate & Other Adjusted EBITDA increased primarily due to decreased marketing associated with the Paris Olympics in the prior year period.

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, consistent with the prior year period, and Adjusted EBITDA eliminations were a loss of $19 million compared to a loss of $59 million in the prior year period. Prior year amounts reflect an increase in eliminations associated with the Paris Olympics.

Conference Call and Other Information

Comcast Corporation will host a conference call with the financial community today, October 30, 2025, 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, October 30, 2025, 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; 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

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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.