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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 bellwether spin of legacy cable networks isolates declining linear TV, forcing peers with similar portfolios to justify inaction.
4.2%
in pre-market trading to
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adding roughly
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in market capitalization before the opening bell
$7 billion
in annual revenue but facing secular declines in cable…
Comcast announced Monday it will spin off most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks into a separate publicly traded company, marking the first major structural unbundling of legacy media assets by a U.S. telecommunications conglomerate in nearly fifteen years. The stock rose 4.2% in pre-market trading to $43.15, adding roughly $7.8 billion in market capitalization before the opening bell.
The new entity will house USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, and Golf Channel—networks generating approximately $7 billion in annual revenue but facing secular declines in cable subscribers. Comcast retains NBC broadcast network, Peacock streaming, Universal theme parks, and film studios. The company expects to complete the tax-free separation within twelve months, with current shareholders receiving pro-rata stakes in both entities. No debt allocation has been disclosed, though the spun networks carry minimal capital expenditure requirements and historically generate $2.5 billion in annual EBITDA.
The move clarifies what Comcast management values and what it does not. Retaining Peacock signals the company will compete in streaming despite the platform losing $2.8 billion last year. Keeping Universal parks—EBITDA margin north of 30%—confirms management's preference for high-return physical assets over content distribution in decline. The spinoff also removes earnings volatility from linear TV, which lost 8.9% of its subscriber base in the most recent quarter, allowing investors to value broadband infrastructure and streaming separately from melting ice cubes. Comcast's broadband business serves 32 million households and maintains 57% EBITDA margins, numbers previously obscured by cable network writedowns.
Allocators should note this is the opening act, not the finale. Charter Communications and Cox—both pure-play cable operators without content arms—now face pressure to articulate why they have not pursued similar simplifications. Warner Bros. Discovery holds $42 billion in debt and a nearly identical cable network portfolio; its stock trades at 0.46x sales compared to Comcast's 1.1x. Expect Warner's board to face questions from Elliot Management and other activists within 90 days. The separated NBCUniversal cable entity will likely trade at 6-8x EBITDA, below Comcast's consolidated 8.2x, making it an acquisition target for private equity firms seeking predictable cash flows with minimal growth expectations. Apollo and Blackstone both maintain dedicated media buyout teams.
Comcast projects the spin will close in Q4 2025, subject to regulatory clearance and final board approval. The new cable networks company will be led by Mark Lazarus, current NBCUniversal Media Group chairman, with a board seat reserved for Comcast president Mike Cavanagh. No dividend policy has been announced for either entity post-separation.
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