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Dec 31, 2021

Comcast Q4 2021 Earnings Report

Comcast's Q4 2021 performance was marked by strong growth in revenue and adjusted EPS, driven by the Cable Communications and Theme Parks segments.

Key Takeaways

Comcast Corporation reported a 9.5% increase in revenue to $30.3 billion for the fourth quarter of 2021. Adjusted EPS increased by 37.5% to $0.77. The company highlighted strong performance in its Cable Communications and Theme Parks segments, with significant growth in broadband and wireless customer additions.

Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA increased 17.0% to $8.4 billion.

Adjusted EPS increased 37.5% to $0.77.

Cable Communications added 169,000 total customer relationships and 212,000 broadband customers.

Theme Parks delivered its most profitable fourth quarter on record.

Total Revenue
$30.3B
Previous year: $27.7B
+9.5%
EPS
$0.77
Previous year: $0.56
+37.5%
Total Customer Relation Add
169K
Previous year: 455K
-62.9%
Res. Broadband Net Adds
194K
Previous year: 515K
-62.3%
Total Video Cust Net Losses
-373K
Gross Profit
$30.3B
Previous year: $27.7B
+9.5%
Cash and Equivalents
$8.71B
Previous year: $11.7B
-25.8%
Free Cash Flow
$3.78B
Previous year: $1.7B
+122.6%
Total Assets
$276B
Previous year: $274B
+0.7%

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Forward Guidance

Comcast remains focused on organic growth opportunities across all businesses, including increasing network capacity, producing premium content, expanding the reach of its technology platform, and increasing the dividend for the 14th consecutive year.

Positive Outlook

  • Increasing the capacity of our network in the U.S.
  • Further improving our world-class broadband experience.
  • Producing more of the premium content that our viewers love.
  • Ramping construction of Epic Universe and welcoming even more guests to our Theme Parks.
  • Expanding the reach of our proprietary global technology platform and addressable customer base, starting with Sky Glass and XClass TV.

Challenges Ahead

  • Ongoing negative impacts of COVID-19 on international guest attendance at Theme Parks.
  • Decline in subscribers at our networks.
  • Higher programming costs at Peacock.
  • Lower content revenue due to a change in sports programming licensing agreements in Italy and Germany.
  • Decrease in customer relationships and average revenue per relationship in Italy due to the reduction in Sky's broadcast rights to Serie A.

Revenue & Expenses

Visualization of income flow from segment revenue to net income