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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 broadcast revenue, protecting **39%**-margin broadband operations; debt allocation within 30 days determines spinco credit rating.
$7 billion
in annual revenue from its core broadband and cable…
$44.80
in pre-market trading
$11 billion
in market capitalization before the opening bell
23 million
subscribers across the UK
Comcast announced Monday it will separate NBCUniversal and its European pay-TV arm Sky into a new publicly traded company, carving out roughly $7 billion in annual revenue from its core broadband and cable operations. The stock rose 7.2% to $44.80 in pre-market trading, adding $11 billion in market capitalization before the opening bell. The spinoff is structured as a tax-free distribution to existing shareholders, with completion targeted for mid-2025 pending regulatory clearance and final board approval.
The new entity combines NBC's broadcast network, Bravo, MSNBC, CNBC, USA Network, and Oxygen with Sky's 23 million subscribers across the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, and Austria. Comcast retains its Peacock streaming service, Universal Studios theme parks, Universal Pictures film studio, and its 32 million U.S. broadband subscribers. The parent company also keeps its 51% stake in Hulu through the existing Disney partnership, which remains unchanged by the transaction. No debt allocation has been disclosed, but analysts expect the spun entity to carry a proportional share of Comcast's $94 billion consolidated debt load.
This is the first clean separation of a traditional media conglomerate's declining broadcast assets from its infrastructure base since AT&T divested WarnerMedia in 2022. Comcast is isolating $7 billion in revenue that carries accelerating cord-cutting headwinds and European regulatory constraints, while protecting the $65 billion broadband and cable segment that generates a 39% EBITDA margin. The move derisks Comcast's balance sheet against further erosion in linear TV advertising, which fell 8% year-over-year in Q3 2024 across the NBCUniversal portfolio. Sky's subscriber count has contracted 1.1 million since 2021, pressured by inflation in the UK and competition from Amazon Prime Video and DAZN in sports rights.
Family offices and allocators should watch the debt carve-out announcement expected within 30 days, which will clarify whether the new entity is investment-grade or falls into high-yield territory. Sky's £4.2 billion UK sports rights deal with the Premier League expires in 2025, and renewal terms will determine whether the spun company can sustain its 22% EBITDA margin. Comcast's next earnings call on January 23 will likely outline management's capital return plans for the remaining broadband-focused entity, including potential dividend increases or accelerated buybacks now that growth capital for content is off the consolidated balance sheet.
The separation gives Comcast the cleanest balance sheet among U.S. cable operators at a time when fiber overbuilders are taking 340,000 broadband subscribers per quarter from legacy providers.
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Monitor debt allocation within 30 days; if spinco falls below investment-grade, reassess Comcast equity exposure in media sleeve.
For the operator
Watch January 23 earnings call for broadband capex guidance; separation removes content drag on free cash flow conversion.
For the house
Lightening CMCSA position pre-spin; reallocating to Charter post-transaction for cleaner infrastructure play without broadcast exposure.
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