Comcast shares gain for a second straight session on Friday, services being restored after fiber cut incidents, company says

Two separate incidents of fiber cuts at Comcast Corporations (CMCSA) network providers CenturyLink Inc and Zayo Group Holdings Inc were reported to have caused services interruptions last week. However, the media giant said that services to its business and residential Internet, video and voice clients were in a process of recovery.

Comcast shares closed higher for a second consecutive trading session on NASDAQ on Friday. The stock went up 0.55% ($0.18) to $32.81, after touching an intraday high at $33.60, or a price level not seen since June 25th ($34.11).

Shares of Comcast Corp have retreated 17.88% so far in 2018 compared with a 1.67% gain for the underlying index, S&P 500 (SPX).

In 2017, Comcast’s stock surged 16.02%, thus, it again underperformed the S&P 500, which registered a 19.42% return.

“While the CenturyLink network continues to operate normally, on June 29, we experienced two isolated fiber cuts in North Carolina affecting some customers that by themselves did not cause the issues experienced by other providers”, CenturyLink said in a statement, cited by Reuters.

According to Comcasts annual filing, as of December 31st, the company had 25.9 million high-speed Internet clients, 22.4 million video clients and 11.6 million voice clients.

According to CNN Money, the 20 analysts, offering 12-month forecasts regarding Comcast Corporation’s stock price, have a median target of $43.50, with a high estimate of $55.00 and a low estimate of $34.00. The median estimate represents a 32.58% upside compared to the closing price of $32.81 on June 29th.

The same media also reported that 15 out of 22 surveyed investment analysts had rated Comcast Corporation’s stock as “Buy”, while 5 – as “Hold”.

Daily and Weekly Pivot Levels

With the help of the Camarilla calculation method, today’s levels of importance for the Comcast stock are presented as follows:

R1 – $32.91
R2 – $33.01
R3 (Range Resistance – Sell) – $33.11
R4 (Long Breakout) – $33.42
R5 (Breakout Target 1) – $33.77
R6 (Breakout Target 2) – $33.92

S1 – $32.71
S2 – $32.61
S3 (Range Support – Buy) – $32.51
S4 (Short Breakout) – $32.21
S5 (Breakout Target 1) – $31.85
S6 (Breakout Target 2) – $31.70

By using the traditional method of calculation, the weekly levels of importance for Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) are presented as follows:

Central Pivot Point – $33.00
R1 – $33.92
R2 – $35.03
R3 – $35.95
R4 – $36.87

S1 – $31.89
S2 – $30.97
S3 – $29.86
S4 – $28.75