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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 separates infrastructure from content, freeing **$50B** in assets to pursue scale through merger or monetization.
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Comcast announced Monday it will spin NBCUniversal and Sky into a separate publicly traded company, severing the broadcast networks and European pay-TV operation from its cable infrastructure business. The combined entity carries an estimated enterprise value north of $50 billion. Comcast stock rose 7.2% in pre-market trading on volume 3.4x the thirty-day average.
The new company will house NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, USA Network, Oxygen, E!, Syfy, Golf Channel, and the full Sky portfolio across the UK, Italy, and Germany. Comcast retains Peacock, the film studios, the theme parks, and the 57 million cable subscribers that generate $32 billion in annual revenue. The spinoff is structured as a tax-free distribution to existing shareholders, expected to close in twelve months pending regulatory clearance. Brian Roberts remains chairman and CEO of the legacy Comcast entity. Management has not yet named the leadership team for the spun company.
The move reflects two structural admissions. First, traditional broadcast and pay-TV assets no longer command the multiple premium they did when Comcast acquired NBCUniversal for $30 billion in 2011 or Sky for $39 billion in 2018. Linear advertising revenue across the NBCUniversal cable networks fell 11% year-over-year in the most recent quarter. Second, the capital intensity of broadband infrastructure and the capital efficiency of content licensing no longer belong on the same balance sheet. Separating them allows Comcast to reinvest cable free cash flow into fiber and wireless expansion without subsidizing a declining broadcast footprint. The spun entity gains the freedom to pursue its own M&A without the leverage constraints of a $180 billion parent.
Allocators should watch three follow-on events. First, whether the new company immediately explores a merger with Warner Bros. Discovery or Paramount Global, both of which trade below 5x EBITDA and face similar scale deficits in streaming. Second, whether Comcast uses the freed balance sheet capacity to acquire a regional fiber operator or accelerate fixed-wireless rollout, targeting the 40 million U.S. homes still outside its footprint. Third, whether the spun company's board approves an accelerated content sale program to Netflix, Amazon, or Apple, converting owned IP into licensing revenue that supports a dividend yield above 6%. Management has telegraphed that decision framework in the past four earnings calls. Expect clarity on strategic direction within 90 days of the spin close.
The announcement arrives six weeks after Warner Bros. Discovery wrote down $9.1 billion in linear TV assets and three weeks after Disney reported its first yearly profit from streaming. Comcast is exiting the middle ground.
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For the principal
Monitor whether spun entity pursues Warner or Paramount merger within six months—consolidation creates negotiating leverage for content licensing.
For the operator
Watch freed Comcast balance sheet for fiber M&A or fixed-wireless capex acceleration—infrastructure plays outperform legacy media through 2027.
For the house
Initiate coverage on SpinCo at spin close, long infrastructure RemainCo against short linear media peer basket, six-month horizon.
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