Morgan Stanley analyst Benjamin Swinburne resumed coverage of Comcast (CMCSA) with an Overweight rating and $46 price target, stating that while the burden of proof is on the company to successfully execute its Sky (SKYAY) acquisition, the stock's multiple has compressed even though his expectation for Comcast's consolidated growth outlook has not materially changed. In the near-term, Sky will be accretive to that growth rate, Swinburne added. He also said that Comcast "remains first and foremost a US cable business," and he sees broadband as a secular growth driver with a long-term runway.

Scotiabank lowered the firm's price target on Comcast to $47.25 from $50 and keeps a Sector Perform rating on the shares. The company's broadband subscriber base continues to have elevated pressures, the analyst tells investors. In the upcoming quarters, broadband loading is expected to remain negative and potentially accelerate as fixed wireless access operators expand coverage in areas, the firm says. Scotiabank believes multiples will not expand until pressure on broadband subs diminish, the firm adds.

Pivotal Research analyst Jeffrey Wlodarczak lowered the firm's price target on Comcast (CMCSA) to $48 from $55 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. Comcast reported an-line Q1 results but the competitive environment appears to be intensifying, the analyst tells investors in a research note. The firm believes there is an "outside shot" that Comcast could make a play for Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) "given it can probably get the asset relatively inexpensively and it would clearly boost their scale in content," says Pivotal.

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Notable companies reporting before tomorrow's open, with earnings consensus, include Merck (MRK), consensus $1.87... Caterpillar (CAT), consensus $5.14... Comcast (CMSCA), consensus 99c... Honeywell (HON), consensus $2.17... Bristol-Myers (BMY), consensus ($4.44)... Altria (MO), consensus $1.15... Keurig Dr. Pepper (KDP), consensus 35c... GE Vernova (GEV), consensus (37c)... Royal Caribbean (RCL), consensus $1.33... Tractor Supply (TSCO), consensus $1.72... Mobileye (MBLY), consensus (6c)... Textron (TXT), consensus $1.23... LabCorp (LH), consensus $3.48... Southwest Airlines (LUV), consensus (34c)... American Airlines (AAL), consensus (29c)... Harley-Davidson (HOG), consensus $1.51.

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