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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's 27-year unbroken A-grade rating faces first serious downgrade risk as SpinCo separation removes **$22bn** revenue cushion Moody's relied on.
$91 billion
in outstanding debt across the parent and subsidiary structures
$121 billion
annual revenue stream
$68.4 billion
broadband services
$27.9 billion
NBCUniversal entertainment
Moody's Investors Service placed Comcast Corporation under review for downgrade Tuesday, citing reduced revenue diversification following the company's announced plan to separate its cable and entertainment businesses into two independent entities. The review affects Comcast's existing A3 senior unsecured rating and applies to approximately $91 billion in outstanding debt across the parent and subsidiary structures. The rating agency's action arrives eight weeks after Comcast disclosed the separation framework, which allocates the legacy cable networks and regional sports holdings into a new publicly traded company while retaining NBCUniversal's broadcast assets, Peacock streaming, and the theme parks under the original entity.
The separation mechanics fragment what Moody's had long treated as a unified $121 billion annual revenue stream. Comcast's fiscal 2025 results showed cable communications contributing $68.4 billion, broadband services $27.9 billion, NBCUniversal entertainment $18.2 billion, and theme parks $6.5 billion. The planned structure moves roughly $22 billion in cable network revenue into the SpinCo entity, leaving the parent company with a narrower earnings base concentrated in residential broadband and studio operations. Moody's report specifically flags the loss of cross-segment cash flow offsets that cushioned leverage metrics during prior cyclical downturns, including the 2020 theme park closures and the 2023 advertising recession. The review period typically runs 90 days, with resolution expected before the September bondholder call schedule.
The downgrade risk matters because Comcast has carried investment-grade ratings without interruption since 1999, a span that included the $54 billion AT&T Broadband acquisition, the $30 billion Sky plc purchase, and the $39 billion NBCUniversal buildout. Institutional credit investors priced Comcast bonds on the assumption of diversified cash generation across infrastructure, content, and experiential assets. A one-notch downgrade to Baa1 would raise the company's weighted average cost of debt by an estimated 18 to 22 basis points, adding roughly $164 million in annual interest expense at current debt levels. More consequentially, certain investment mandates restrict holdings below single-A ratings, forcing mechanical selling that could widen spreads beyond the agency action itself. Comcast's $8.2 billion in bonds maturing between Q4 2026 and Q2 2027 would refinance into a weaker rating environment, compressing the financial flexibility management relies on for network infrastructure upgrades and content acquisition.
Allocators should monitor three developments over the next 12 weeks. First, whether Comcast pre-emptively adjusts the separation terms to retain certain revenue-smoothing assets within the parent structure, particularly the higher-margin regional sports networks that contribute $2.1 billion annually. Second, the company's response to Moody's specific concern about "reduced financial flexibility in a period of heightened competitive pressure from fiber overbuilders and fixed wireless access." Management has until the August 15 earnings call to articulate a leverage reduction path that might forestall the downgrade. Third, whether S&P Global Ratings and Fitch follow Moody's review stance, which would compound refinancing pressure and potentially trigger cross-default provisions in certain subsidiary credit facilities.
The Moody's review arrives as Comcast faces $14.7 billion in capital expenditure commitments for 2026, split between DOCSIS 4.0 network upgrades and theme park expansion projects already under construction. The company's net debt to EBITDA stood at 2.4x in Q1 2026, within investment-grade ranges but offering limited cushion if the separation compresses consolidated EBITDA by the $1.8 billion Moody's estimates as dis-synergy impact. Bond traders have already moved: Comcast's 2035 notes widened 14 basis points since the review announcement, though the bonds still trade 89 basis points inside comparable Baa1-rated media credits.
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Review existing Comcast bond holdings for mandate compliance if downgrade to Baa1 materializes; September maturity window creates exit optionality.
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Watch August 15 earnings call for leverage reduction commitments; dis-synergy estimates of $1.8bn EBITDA may force capital allocation pivot.
For the house
Short September 2035 notes against Charter 2036s; separation mechanics create 90-day spread dislocation before institutional forced selling resolves.
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