CMCSA vs WBD vs IDT Stock Comparison

Comcast, Warner Bros. Discovery and Idt Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
CMCSA Comcast Corp
$22.05 +0.6% 1M -24.7% 1Y
Market cap
$78.10B
P/E
6.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$123.01B
Div. yield
–
Broadband and Cable Communication Services
7 wins
WBD Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
$30.98 +9.7% 1M +62.4% 1Y
Market cap
$77.70B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$36.12B
Div. yield
–
Television Broadcasting Communication Services
1 win
IDT Idt Corp
$81.90 +21.6% 1M +61.6% 1Y
Market cap
$2.01B
P/E
23.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.30B
Div. yield
–
Broadband and Cable Communication Services
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Comcast leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Comcast 7, Idt 3, Warner Bros. Discovery 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionCMCSAWBDIDTLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $78.10B $77.70B $2.01B CMCSA
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 6.9x -24.6x 23.2x CMCSA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 6.5x — 18.4x CMCSA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -0.2% -6.1% +5.4% IDT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 9.2% -8.8% 6.7% CMCSA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 7.8% -1.6% — CMCSA
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.4x 7.5x — CMCSA
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -24.7% +62.4% +61.6% WBD
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -15.9%/yr +3.2%/yr +12.0%/yr IDT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 34.3% 26.7% 26.5% IDT
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 66/100 31/100 58/100 CMCSA

Percentile Scorecard

CMCSAWBDIDT

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisCMCSAWBDIDT
Valuation 94 #4 of 49 23 #42 of 54 38 #31 of 49
Growth 23 #35 of 45 25 #34 of 45 73 #13 of 45
Profitability 68 #15 of 45 36 #28 of 43 61 #18 of 45
Financial Health 60 #20 of 49 41 #37 of 62 92 #5 of 49
Shareholder Returns 86 #6 of 37 – 28 #27 of 37
Overall 66 31 58
  • CMCSA ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications
  • WBD ranked among 62 companies in Advertising and Media
  • IDT ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodCMCSAWBDIDTSPY
1 month +0.6%+9.7%+21.6% -0.8%
3 months -3.3%+18.6%+24.5% +3.5%
6 months -19.8%+13.2%+56.1% +7.0%
Year to date -26.2%+7.5%+59.9% +12.2%
1 year -24.7%+62.4%+61.6% +13.0%
3 years -44.4%+201.4%+194.7% +86.3%
3 years, per year -17.8%+44.5%+43.4% +23.1%
5 years -58.0%+17.1%+76.1% +68.6%
5 years, per year -15.9%+3.2%+12.0% +11.0%
10 years -29.5%+11.3%+438.1% +258.0%
10 years, per year -3.4%+1.1%+18.3% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureCMCSAWBDIDTSPY
Volatility, 1Y 34.3%26.7%26.5% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 40.1%18.6%24.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.020.500.26 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.722.342.32 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -61.9%-78.5%-66.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -32.1%0.0%-3.0% -1.8%
52-week high $32.48$30.98$84.47 $779.14
52-week low $20.66$17.10$47.25 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleCMCSAWBDIDT
P/E now vs peer median 6.9xmedian 11.8x -24.6xmedian 18.4x 23.6xmedian 11.8x
P/S now vs peer median 0.6xmedian 1.1x 2.2xmedian 0.6x 1.5xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 4.7xmedian 6.8x 28.0xmedian 11.0x 11.5xmedian 6.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 4.0xmedian 5.7x 35.6xmedian 9.1x 28.0xmedian 5.7x
P/B now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 1.3x 2.3xmedian 1.6x 4.8xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median -1.51median 0.24 -1.04median 0.44 0.79median 0.24

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsCMCSAWBDIDT
Revenue $123.01B $36.12B $1.30B
Gross profit – $17.06B $496.79M
Operating income $18.10B -$1.27B $121.17M
Net income $11.32B -$3.15B $95.09M
Free cash flow $19.67B $2.18B $67.96M
R&D – – $55.74M
EPS (diluted) $3.18 $-1.23 $3.46
Cash & equivalents $7.60B $3.37B $220.69M
Total debt $87.40B $32.02B –
Shares (diluted) 3.56B 2.58B 25.02M
Enterprise value $43.89B $63.36B $1.06B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricCMCSAWBDIDT
P/E 6.9x -24.6x 23.6x
P/FCF 4.0x 35.6x 28.0x
P/Operating cash flow 2.5x 22.7x 20.9x
P/S 0.6x 2.2x 1.5x
P/B 0.8x 2.3x 4.8x
P/Tangible book 2.4x 9.6x 4.9x
EV/EBITDA 4.7x 28.0x 11.5x
EV/EBIT 8.7x -83.6x 13.6x
EV/Revenue 1.3x 2.9x 1.3x
EV/FCF 8.0x 48.8x 24.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 5.0x 31.1x 18.1x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.51 -1.04 0.79

Growth

14 metrics
MetricCMCSAWBDIDT
Revenue growth (1Y) -0.2% -6.1% 5.4%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 0.6% -4.8% 1.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 2.6% 11.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 2.2% 11.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) -18.4% -675.6% 20.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -8.1% 38.8% 25.9%
Net income growth (1Y) -49.9% -595.1% 17.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -9.3% 22.3% 28.9%
EPS growth (1Y) -48.2% -500.2% 15.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -4.6% 23.6% 29.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -3.5% -32.9% -28.3%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 3.7% -7.7% 20.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -6.2% -46.4% -36.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 7.2% -10.9% 30.7%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricCMCSAWBDIDT
Gross margin – 47.2% 38.3%
EBITDA margin 27.3% 10.5% 11.0%
Operating margin 14.7% -3.5% 9.3%
Pretax margin 11.3% -10.4% 10.0%
Net margin 9.2% -8.8% 6.7%
FCF margin 16.0% 6.0% 5.2%
Operating cash flow margin 25.8% 9.5% 7.0%
Return on equity 11.9% -9.3% 24.6%
Return on assets 4.2% -3.2% 13.0%
Return on invested capital 7.8% -1.6% –
Return on capital employed 8.0% -1.6% 31.9%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.4x 1.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 2.8x -1.1x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue 1.1% 2.3% 0.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricCMCSAWBDIDT
Debt / assets 33.9% 32.9% –
Debt / equity 0.9x 0.9x –
Net debt / EBITDA 2.4x 7.5x –
Debt / FCF 4.4x 14.7x –
Liabilities / assets 64.1% 65.0% 48.2%
Equity / assets 35.9% 35.0% 51.8%
Interest coverage 4.3x -0.6x –
Current ratio 0.8x 0.8x 1.9x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.5x 1.1x
Cash ratio 0.2x 0.2x 0.7x
Altman Z-score 1.31 0.82 6.24

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricCMCSAWBDIDT
Dividend yield 6.0% – 0.3%
Net buyback yield 5.2% – 1.1%
Shareholder yield 11.2% 0.0% 1.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusCMCSAWBDIDT
Forward P/E 6.5xFY2026 – 18.4xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $3.38FY2026 $-1.08FY2026 $4.45FY2027
EPS growth, next FY -21.6%FY2026 -472.4%FY2026 +16.5%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +11.8% – -4.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $114.88BFY2026 $34.48BFY2026 $1.41BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY -7.1%FY2026 -7.6%FY2026 +8.2%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +4.7% +11.6% -1.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersCMCSAWBDIDT
Held by institutions 88.0% 77.8% 60.0%
Institutions holding 1,884 1,319 197
Change in shares held, QoQ +2.7% +10.9% +5.5%
Institutions buying 832 628 108
Institutions selling 858 436 65
Buyers to sellers 0.97 1.44 1.66

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

CMCSAWBDIDT
CMCSA 1.00 0.02 0.25
WBD 0.02 1.00 -0.08
IDT 0.25 -0.08 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, CMCSA, WBD and IDT?

Comcast (CMCSA) is the largest by market capitalisation: Comcast (CMCSA) $78.10B, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) $77.70B, Idt (IDT) $2.01B.

Which stock is cheaper, CMCSA, WBD and IDT?

Comcast (CMCSA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Comcast (CMCSA) 6.9x, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) -24.6x, Idt (IDT) 23.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Comcast (CMCSA) is cheapest (Comcast (CMCSA) 6.5x, Idt (IDT) 18.4x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Idt (IDT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Comcast (CMCSA) -0.2%, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) -6.1%, Idt (IDT) +5.4%.

Which company is more profitable?

Comcast (CMCSA) has the highest net margin (Comcast (CMCSA) 9.2%, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) -8.8%, Idt (IDT) 6.7%). On return on invested capital, Comcast (CMCSA) leads (Comcast (CMCSA) 7.8%, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) -1.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) returned the most: Comcast (CMCSA) -24.7%, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) +62.4%, Idt (IDT) +61.6%. Over five years, Idt (IDT) compounded fastest (Comcast (CMCSA) -15.9%/yr, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) +3.2%/yr, Idt (IDT) +12.0%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Idt (IDT) has been the steadiest (Comcast (CMCSA) 34.3%, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) 26.7%, Idt (IDT) 26.5%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, CMCSA, WBD and IDT?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Comcast (CMCSA) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.