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Comcast$CMCSA · filed: saw revenue fall 0.0% in FY2025 to $123.7BNew shipTrillion Score 482Fall Risk LowNext year $112.3B–$128.4B sealedCheck ▾Close ▴
What Comcast filed
Saw revenue fall 0.0% in FY2025 to $123.7 billion, operating margin 16.7% against a 5.8% median for cable & other pay television services, equity 35.5% of assets, and dividend per share up 10 years running. Every figure links to the filing it came from on Comcast’s card. New ship: no warning signs. Trillion Score 482, #9 of 12 in its field; Fall Risk Low (how it is measured).
What the house said in advance
Revenue for the fiscal year after 2025-12-31 between $112.3B and $128.4B, an 80% range sealed on 26 Sept 2026 · receipt #81b903 · graded in public by the revenue in Comcast’s next annual report.
Figures as filed with the SEC. Ranges, scores and boats are statistical descriptions of past filings, not ratings or recommendations. Reporting, not advice.
In plain words
Comcast isolates **$7B** in declining linear TV and Sky into a standalone entity, unlocking **$3B** in buyback capacity and M&A optionality.
7%
in pre-market trading to
$43.20
The spinoff isolates roughly
$7 billion
in annual revenue from USA Network
20 million
European subscribers into a standalone entity
Comcast announced Monday it will separate NBCUniversal's cable networks and its Sky European operations into a new publicly traded company, sending shares up 7% in pre-market trading to $43.20. The spinoff isolates roughly $7 billion in annual revenue from USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, and Sky's 20 million European subscribers into a standalone entity. Comcast shareholders will receive tax-free stock in the new company, expected to trade independently by mid-2025.
The move cleaves legacy linear television assets from Comcast's streaming and theme park operations. NBCUniversal's Peacock streaming service, NBC broadcast network, Bravo, Universal Studios, and the theme parks remain with Comcast. Sky's cash flow — still profitable despite subscriber erosion — provides the spinoff with immediate distribution leverage in the UK, Germany, and Italy. Comcast retains 100% voting control through a dual-class structure during the first 18 months, then converts to single-class shares. The new entity will carry roughly $2.8 billion in net debt and an estimated enterprise value near $12 billion.
This is surgical capital allocation. Comcast isolates declining linear TV revenue while keeping Peacock and Xfinity broadband under one roof. The spinoff trades at an estimated 1.7x revenue multiple, materially cheaper than Warner Bros. Discovery at 2.1x or Paramount Global at 0.9x, creating immediate arb opportunities. Sky's regulated distribution in Europe gives the new company pricing power even as cord-cutting accelerates. The separated entity can pursue M&A without Comcast's balance sheet constraints — a likely bidder for Paramount's CBS or NBCUniversal's orphaned Oxygen and E! channels. More important: this structure lets Comcast buy back its own stock without subsidizing a shrinking asset base. Wireless expansion and broadband densification now command the full attention of a $150 billion market cap.
Second-order effects matter here. The spinoff competes directly with Comcast for sports rights — NBCU's remnant broadcast arm bids against USA Network for Premier League or NHL packages. Carriage negotiations with Charter, DirecTV, and Fubo turn adversarial when the spinoff lacks Comcast's bundling leverage. Advertisers will demand separate upfront commitments, fragmenting what was once a $10 billion combined ad market. Talent deals reset: producers who signed multi-year pacts with NBCUniversal must now renegotiate with two entities, likely at lower per-project rates. The tax-free distribution also unlocks $3 billion in Comcast buyback capacity within 90 days of the spin, targeting retirement of 6.5% of shares outstanding.
Allocators should watch the proxy filing in December for exact debt allocation and management equity stakes. Sky's UK broadcast license renews in March 2026 — any regulatory pushback delays the entire structure. The new company's name and ticker will surface in January, setting the IPO comp universe. Comcast's next earnings call in late January will detail the wireless subscriber ramp and whether Xfinity Mobile can replace linear TV ARPU. Charter and Altice bonds will trade wider if cable peers follow Comcast's playbook.
The spinoff entity will trade as a leveraged bet on European pay-TV consolidation and US linear advertising stabilization. That's a $12 billion short-duration option on whether traditional television monetizes its own decline before private equity does.
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For the principal
Watch the proxy for debt-to-EBITDA and management incentive structure — this becomes a Euro pay-TV consolidator within eighteen months.
For the operator
Long Comcast equity, short Warner Bros. Discovery credit — the arb widens once Charter and DirecTV renegotiate carriage in Q1.
For the house
Rotate Laurel Canyon account out of Comcast converts into spinoff equity at distribution, hedge with Sky Italia put spreads expiring March twenty-six.
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