Comcast Corporation CMCSA

Competitive advantage analysis · communication-services

Corporate Default
Overall moat score
71/100
Moderate

About Comcast Corporation

Comcast Corporation operates as a media and technology company worldwide. The company operates through Residential Connectivity & Platforms, Business Services Connectivity, Media, Studios, and Theme Parks segments. Its Residential Connectivity & Platforms segment provides residential broadband and wireless connectivity services, residential and business video services, sky-branded entertainment television networks, and advertising. The Business Services Connectivity segment offers connectivity services for … Full CMCSA analysis →

Competitive advantage assessment

Key strengths

  • Margins Stable Across Cycles Operating margin volatility is low (stability score 0.75), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
  • ROIC Sustainably Above Peers ROIC at 64.9th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.

The dashed ring is the peer median. Defense scores are percentile ranks against peers, so 50 is roughly the typical company in this group.

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Pricing Power

Strong
75

Where CMCSA ranks in Telecom Services

Comcast Corporation ranks #9 of 56 scored companies in Telecom Services by moat score — the top 16%. The widest moat in the group is Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM) at 76/100.

Moat scores for companies ranked near CMCSA in Telecom Services
# Company Moat score Rating
5 Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. CHT 74/100 Moderate
6 TIM S.A. TIMB 73/100 Moderate
7 IHS Holding Limited IHS 71/100 Moderate
8 BCE, Inc. BCE 71/100 Moderate
9 Comcast Corporation CMCSA 71/100 Moderate
10 America Movil, S.A.B. de C.V. AMX 69/100 Moderate
11 VEON Ltd. VEON 69/100 Moderate
12 Telefonica Brasil S.A. VIV 69/100 Moderate
13 Charter Communications, Inc. CHTR 67/100 Moderate

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How CMCSA scores on the Corporate Default defenses

Pricing Power

Score 75 · 20% of the moat score

Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.

Cost Advantage

Score 85 · 15% of the moat score

A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.

Customer Stickiness

Score 64 · 15% of the moat score

Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.

Capital Efficiency

Score 71 · 18% of the moat score

Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.

Resilience

Score 60 · 17% of the moat score

Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.

Scale & Market Position

Score 70 · 15% of the moat score

Scale matters only when it converts into economics.

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Understanding CMCSA's moat

What is Comcast Corporation's moat score?

Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) scores 71 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #9 of 56 scored companies in Telecom Services, the top 16%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 59 companies in Telecom Services. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (85/100) and its weakest is Resilience (60/100).

How does Comcast Corporation compare with other Telecom Services companies?

Comcast Corporation ranks #9 of 56 scored companies in Telecom Services by moat score. The widest moat in Telecom Services is Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM) at 76/100. The companies ranked closest are BCE, Inc. (BCE) at 71 just above it and America Movil, S.A.B. de C.V. (AMX) at 69 just below it.

How is the moat score calculated?

Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 59 companies in Telecom Services. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.

Why is Comcast Corporation scored with the Corporate Default template?

Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.

Which competitive defenses are measured for Comcast Corporation?

The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and CMCSA scores: Pricing Power (75), Cost Advantage (85), Customer Stickiness (64), Capital Efficiency (71), Resilience (60), Scale & Market Position (70). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.

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