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Comcast Says Vamos! to Spanish Website

Comcast logoComcast (CMCSA) is making a significant push to target Spanish-speaking viewers by rolling out a website with Spanish language content. Comcast competes with satellite pay-TV providers like DirecTV (DTV) and Dish Network (DISH), cable companies like Time Warner Cable (TWX), and telecom operators like AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ).

Our price estimate for Comcast stands at $29.57, implying a roughly 23% premium to market price. Below we present our quick take on this.

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New Support Service from Comcast Could Bolster Market Share

Comcast (CMCSA) is the biggest U.S. cable provider with a nearly 21% market share of the U.S. pay-TV market. Comcast competes with satellite pay-TV providers like Dish Network (DISH) and DirecTV (DTV), cable companies like Time Warner Cable (TWC), and telecom operators like AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ) in the pay-TV and broadband businesses.

Our price estimate for Comcast stands at $29.57, implying a roughly 20% premium to market share.

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Comcast Could Benefit from Reduced Capital Intensity

Comcast (CMCSA) is the biggest U.S. cable provider with nearly 21% of the U.S. pay-TV market share. Comcast competes with satellite pay-TV providers like Dish Network (DISH) and DirecTV (DTV), cable companies like Time Warner Cable (TWX), and telecom operators like AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ) in the pay-TV and broadband businesses.

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Analyst Calls: AMZN, CMCSA, FTO, HUM, MRX, PG, STX, WLP, WWW ...

Analyst Upgrades

  • Medicis (MRX) to overweight from neutral at Piper Jaffray, to outperform from market perform at Bernstein, to outperform from sector perform at RBC Capital and to overweight from neutral at JPMorgan.
  • Wellpoint (WLP) to buy from neutral at Davenport.
  • Humana (HUM) to buy from hold at Jefferies.
  • Frontier Oil (FTO) to equal weight from underweight and Resources Connection (RECN) to overweight from equal weight at Barclays.

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Tell-Tale Stat: Buffett's Berkshire Divests Bank of America, Nike Stakes

Warren BuffettThe past week's data-point-of-consequence for investors had to be investment decisions by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A).

Buffett ended positions in several stocks in the fourth quarter, including the Bank of America (BAC), Nike (NKE), Fiserv (FISV), Becton Dickinson (BDX), Comcast Corp. (CMCSA), Lowe's Co.s (LOW), Nalco (NLC) and Nestle (NSRGY), according to a filing, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Berkshire added to a holding of only one stock in the fourth quarter: Wells Fargo (WFC).

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Comcast Attracts Bullish Sentiment Following Latest Report

Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) reported earnings for the fourth quarter on Wednesday. Today, the company's shares hit a new 52-week high of $25.39 during the intraday session (there's still more than two hours left until the closing bell rings, so that high point could eventually change).

The 52-week low for the cable business is $15.55. The one-year chart tracks the positive momentum of the equity. Will the stock break out to new heights from this juncture?

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CBS Tops Estimate in Q4: Buy the Stock?

CBS Corporation (CBS) issued its fourth-quarter report after the bell today. The results should make shareholders happy. Adjusted net income rose an incredible 77% to 46 cents per share, according to the press release. That number went beyond the estimate by two pennies as indicated by TheFly.

Considering how the stock has fared over the past twelve months, one would have expected a good earnings report. The 52-week low for the shares is $12.26 while the 52-week high is $22.25. The chart communicates a company backed by some solid momentum.

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Closing Bell: A Double From Lows (CAGC, CMCSA, DELL, DSCO, FDO, GENZ, SNY)

The FOMC Minutes offered a slight economic upgrade today. A large draw in oil inventories and word that Iran was sending two warships through the Suez canal to go to the Mediterranean spooked investors for a bit. The S&P is now up 100% from the lows of March 2009.

Here were today's unofficial closing bell levels:

Dow Jones 12,288.17 +61.53 (0.50%)
S&P 500 1,336.32 +8.31 (0.63%)
Nasdaq 2,825.56 +21.21 (0.76%)

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Comcast Continues to Rise

Comcast (CMCSA) logoThe shares of cable and communications giant Comcast Corp. (CMCSA), which I first wrote about on April 22, 2009, at a price of $14.05, have put in a decent rally this winter, rising to about $24. Now may be a good time to consider taking some profits if you're in near $14.

However, those investors who can tolerate the risk can maintain their full position with CMCSA and go for an even bigger gain, but keep in mind the journey to $30 probably will not be completed in 2011.

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Viacom's Bieber Film Gives Sony's Sandler Project a Fight

Justin Bieber Never Say NeverBased on what I was reading going into the weekend, I thought the multiplex was going to be an unexciting place. I was therefore rather surprised to see what I thought were relatively impressive numbers attached to the top films.

According to early estimates for domestic grosses at Box Office Mojo, Sony's (SNE) Just Go With It, starring Adam Sandler, is so far credited with a first-place showing; the movie is believed to have made about $31 million for the Friday-through-Sunday period. But Viacom's (VIA.B) Justin Bieber: Never Say Never product isn't giving up without a fight. At the time of writing, it was in second place with $30.3 million. Essentially, it's a tie.

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Closing Bell: Markets Shake Off Tech Concerns (AAPL, C, CMCSA, GE, EMC, DANG, TEX)

Despite some concerns out of China about putting on the brakes too hard, international market strength helped the U.S. markets today. There is also a continued hope of higher guidance coming from companies reporting this week during earnings season.

Here are today's unofficial closing bell levels:

Dow Jones: 11,837.93 +50.55 (0.43%)
S&P 500: 1,295.02 +1.78 (0.14%)
Nasdaq: 2,765.85 +10.55 (0.38%)

Top Analyst Calls

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Analyst Calls: AMGN, CMCSA, GDP, FAST, FLR, KBR, PGR, RIMM, SLE, WAG ...

Analyst Upgrades

  • Amgen (AMGN) to overweight from neutral at Piper Jaffray.
  • Goodrich Petroleum (GDP) to outperform from market perform at Wells Fargo.
  • Tutor Perini (TPC) to buy from neutral at UBS.
  • Covidien (COV) to buy from neutral at Goldman.
  • Sara Lee (SLE) and Comcast (CMCSA) to outperform from market perform at Bernstein.
  • Research In Motion (RIMM) to outperform from sector perform at FBN Securities.

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Comcast's Slow Climb Continues

Cable/communications giant Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) took the long way home, to quote Supertramp, to get to $20, but it's arrived.

Comcast, which I first wrote about on April 22, 2009 at a price of $14.05 will likely post a 2010 revenue increase of 5-7%, with a similar increase in 2011, propelled higher by increased multi-service customers, higher video services revenue, and a rebound in advertising revenue. Margins should improve slightly.

Comcasts' most compelling metric? Subscribers: 22.9 million video, 16.7 million high speed internet, and 8.4 million digital phone. Comcast has also formalized its plan to buy a 51% joint-venture stake in NBC Universal (GE), which will contribute programming.

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Comcast Could Rise to Xfinity

Comcast (CMCSA) logoPeter Lynch always said you should be able to explain your reasons for investing in a company to a 5th grader. With that in mind, here's why you should buy Comcast Corporation (CMCSA): people love to watch TV.

Comcast seems to be making all of the right moves to get as much content as possible in front of as many eyes as possible. Recognizing that more and more people are consuming media on devices other than their televisions, Comcast has ramped up its efforts to distribute its content online -- through its new Xfinity platform -- and on mobile devices, like the iPad.

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Comcast Near 52-Week High After Q3 Release

Comcast logo Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) is pretty close to the 52-week high of $20.56, at least at the time of this writing. I saw a quote of $20.34 go by on my screen, a price that represents a gain of 3.6% from yesterday's close. Volume is strong.

The one-year chart shows some sideways action, but it also displays a stock that has been strong during the past twelve months. One does get the sincere impression that it wants to break out of its current levels sooner rather than later. It is difficult, however, to buy stocks that are at their highs of the year, especially with the way the economy and the markets have been acting.

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