After a Bloomberg report implied the DOJ may try to block the merger of Comcast (CMCSA) and Time Warner Cable (TWC), FBN said it has heard that fears around Comcast having too much power in New York, Boston and Philadelphia are the real issue at hand. FBN said Comcast could possibly agree to sell TWC's Manhattan cable systems to resolve the matter, with the firm seeing Cablevision (CVC) as the likely buyer. The firm added that it would be buying all the cable names amid today’s weakness, as it doesn't believe the matter is over yet despite the cautious report.

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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