Comcast Corporation vs Fastly Inc — how do they compare? Comcast Corporation trades at $25.65 (market cap $91.02B), while Fastly Inc trades at $28.5 (market cap $4.58B). The key difference: Comcast Corporation is far larger — about 19.9× Fastly Inc's market cap, and Comcast Corporation pays a 5.15% dividend while Fastly Inc pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| CMCSA | FSLY | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $91.02B | $4.58B |
Sector | Media | Technology |
52-Week High | $32.50 | $33.50 |
52-Week Low | $21.92 | $6.85 |
Enterprise Value | $173.74B | $4.65B |
Dividend Yield | 5.15% | — |
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Comcast is made up of three parts. The core cable business owns networks capable of providing television, internet access, and phone services to roughly 61 million U.S. homes and businesses, or nearly half of the country. About 56% of the homes in this territory subscribe to at least one Comcast service. Comcast acquired NBCUniversal from General Electric in 2011. NBCU owns several cable networks, including CNBC, MSNBC, and USA, the NBC broadcast network, several local NBC affiliates, Universal Studios, and several theme parks. Sky, acquired in 2018, is the dominant television provider in the U.K. and has invested heavily in exclusive and proprietary content to build this position. The firm is also the largest pay-television provider in Italy and has a presence in Germany and Austria.
Read more on CMCSA →Fastly operates a content delivery network, which is necessary for entities to provide faster and more reliable online content. Fastly's strategy differs from traditional CDNs, which focused on locating servers in as many locations as possible to store copies of files that consumers most use. Fastly has far fewer sites than traditional CDNs, but it houses servers in the most network-dense data centers. Instead of simply storing static content, it allows its customers to program on its platform, enabling edge computing and better service of the more dynamic content that was traditionally not well served by CDNs. Fastly gears its service to the largest, most sophisticated enterprises rather than small companies and generated about two thirds of its revenue in the United States in 2020.
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