Comcast Corp. (CMCSA – Free Report) reported strong financial results in the fourth quarter of 2016 wherein both the top line and bottom line outpaced the respective Zacks Consensus Estimate. Importantly, the company witnessed impressive subscriber gains in the video segment along with the persistence of strong performance in the high-speed Internet segment. In addition, management announced a series of measures to raise shareholders’ wealth.
GAAP net income in the fourth quarter of 2016 came in at $2,296 million or 95 cents per share compared with $1,971 million or 79 cents in the prior-year quarter. However, quarterly adjusted earnings per share of 89 cents surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 87 cents.
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Quarterly total revenue was $21,025 million, up 9.2% year over year and ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $20,616 million.
Operating costs and expenses totaled $14,265 million, surging 10% year over year. Operating income came in at $4,264 million, up 6.5% year over year. Operating margin dropped to 20.3% compared with 30.8% in the year-ago quarter. During the fourth quarter, Comcast repurchased 19.3 million common shares for $1,200 million and paid dividends of $658 million.
In the fourth quarter of 2016, Comcast generated $5,743 million of cash from operations compared with $4,965 million in the year-ago quarter. Free cash flow was $2,607 million compared with $1,588 million in the prior-year quarter.
Cash and cash equivalents, at 2016 end, were $3,301 million up from $2,295 million at the end of 2015. Total debt at 2016 end was $61,046 million compared with $52,621 million at the end of 2015. The debt-to-capitalization ratio at 2016 end was 0.50 compared with 0.48 at 2015-end.
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Quarterly total revenue of $12,843 million reflected a 7.1% year-over-year rise. Operating cash flow was $5,186 million, advancing 6.4% year over year. Within this segment, Video revenues were $5,647 million, up 4.3% from the prior-year quarter. High-Speed Internet revenues totaled $3,483 million, up 9.0% year over year. Voice revenues were $878 million, declining 2.4% year over year. Advertising revenues totaled $873 million, down 3.0% from the year-ago quarter. Business Services revenues were $1,444 million, rising 14.5% year over year. Other revenues were $668 million, up 13.6% from the prior-year quarter.
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