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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
First serious credit review in fourteen years signals structural risk as **$91B** debt splits across two operationally distinct, less diversified entities.
Baa2
long-term issuer rating under review for downgrade Tuesday
$91 billion
in outstanding debt across the consolidated entity
127 basis points
up from
89 basis points
three weeks ago when the split was first detailed…
Moody's Ratings placed Comcast Corporation's Baa2 long-term issuer rating under review for downgrade Tuesday, citing material changes to the company's capital structure and revenue base ahead of its pending separation into two distinct operating entities. The review affects approximately $91 billion in outstanding debt across the consolidated entity, marking the first negative credit action on Comcast since the NBCUniversal acquisition integration in 2011.
The ratings agency identified reduced revenue diversification as the primary concern. Comcast's current structure blends high-margin broadband infrastructure with content production and distribution assets. The planned split isolates cable and broadband operations in one entity while moving NBCUniversal properties—including film studios, theme parks, and the Peacock streaming platform—into a separate publicly traded company. Moody's noted that the broadband-focused entity will inherit a mature, capital-intensive business with subscriber attrition in legacy video and mounting competitive pressure from fiber overbuilders. The content entity assumes execution risk in streaming and cyclical theme park revenue without the cable division's historically stable cash generation.
The review arrives as Comcast management finalizes the structural mechanics of the separation, expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026. Each entity will carry its own debt load, though the exact allocation remains undisclosed. Moody's specifically flagged uncertainty around leverage ratios post-split and the potential for reduced financial flexibility if either company encounters sector-specific stress. The broadband entity faces secular headwinds from fixed wireless competition and municipal fiber projects. The content entity contends with streaming profitability timelines that remain measured in years, not quarters. Moody's also questioned whether either standalone company will maintain the scale advantages that historically supported Comcast's investment-grade rating through multiple sector downturns.
Operators and allocators should monitor three developments in the next sixteen weeks. First, the finalized debt allocation between entities, likely disclosed in an 8-K filing within sixty days. Second, any pre-separation dividend recapitalization or asset transfers that might signal management's confidence in each entity's standalone credit profile. Third, the proposed board composition and capital allocation policies for each company—particularly whether either entity adopts a more aggressive buyback posture or shifts to yield-focused distribution. Moody's will complete its review within ninety days of receiving full separation documentation.
The broadband entity is already trading in the credit default swap market at 127 basis points, up from 89 basis points three weeks ago when the split was first detailed in investor presentations.
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Consider pre-positioning in the content entity's eventual debt issuance if theme park cash flow proves more durable than streaming losses.
For the operator
Watch the debt allocation 8-K for clues on which entity inherits the majority of fixed-rate, longer-dated maturities and refinancing flexibility.
For the house
Named accounts lightened Comcast bonds by twelve percent last quarter; we hold until the debt split details clarify standalone coverage ratios.
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