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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 splits **$120B** NBCUniversal into standalone public company, isolating content from cable distribution in largest media restructuring since AT&T-WarnerMedia.
$120 billion
in content assets from its cable distribution business in…
$28 billion
in allocated debt
22%
year-over-year in the most recent quarter
4.2x
forward EBITDA
Comcast announced Thursday it will spin NBCUniversal into a standalone public company, separating $120 billion in content assets from its cable distribution business in what marks the largest media restructuring since the AT&T-WarnerMedia unwind. The transaction requires regulatory approval and is expected to close within twelve months.
The spinoff isolates NBCUniversal's film studios, television networks, streaming platform Peacock, and theme parks into a single entity while Comcast retains its cable and broadband infrastructure. Comcast shareholders will receive pro-rata equity in the new NBCUniversal, which will carry approximately $28 billion in allocated debt. The structure mirrors the tax-free spinoff mechanics used in the Liberty Media separations, preserving capital efficiency while enabling independent capital allocation. Comcast CEO Brian Roberts will retain voting control over both entities through a dual-class share structure.
The move acknowledges what allocators have priced in for eighteen months: vertical integration no longer commands a premium in media. Disney's linear television revenue declined 22% year-over-year in the most recent quarter. Warner Bros. Discovery trades at 4.2x forward EBITDA, below pure-play cable at 5.8x. Comcast itself has underperformed the S&P 500 by 34 percentage points over three years as investors penalized the conglomerate structure. The spinoff allows NBCUniversal to pursue streaming partnerships, licensing deals, and content sales without prioritizing Comcast's distribution interests. It also insulates Comcast's cable business—still generating $32 billion in annual revenue at 40% margins—from content production volatility.
Regulatory approval is the single execution risk. The Department of Justice under current leadership has opposed vertical de-integration in telecoms when it reduces competitive pressure, though this separation increases content availability across distribution platforms. The FCC review will focus on whether the spinoff affects retransmission consent negotiations, where NBCUniversal's leverage as a Comcast subsidiary has drawn scrutiny. Approval timing depends on whether the administration fast-tracks the filing as a pro-competitive action or subjects it to extended review. Comparable transactions—Viacom-CBS separation, Fox-News Corp—cleared within nine months.
Allocators should track three items. First, the S-1 filing expected within sixty days will reveal NBCUniversal's standalone debt capacity and whether the company immediately refinances or operates within existing covenants. Second, management commentary on Peacock's unit economics post-separation; the platform loses an estimated $2.8 billion annually and requires 18 million additional subscribers to reach breakeven at current pricing. Third, Comcast's capital return policy once the dividend obligation splits; the company currently yields 2.9% and bought back $3.2 billion in stock over the trailing twelve months.
The separation hands NBCUniversal's incoming management a clean mandate: build a content company that operates independent of distribution economics, or position for acquisition by a platform with global reach.
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