Comcast (CMCSA) Sends $1.17 Billion to Shareholders on October 28

As seen on the 24/7 Wall St. homepage on October 7, 2026.

Biggest dividend payouts · Oct 7
CMCSA Comcast
$1.2B $0.33 per share
  • 2GNTXGentex$0.12/sh$25.3M

Comcast is paying out about $1.17 billion to shareholders, at 33 cents a share, with the money arriving October 28. Gentex follows with roughly $25 million at 12 cents a share.

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Comcast's ex-dividend date of October 7 locked in who qualifies for the $0.33-per-share payment, with the cash scheduled to land in accounts on October 28.

For income-focused investors, the payment date matters as much as the per-share amount. Anyone who was not holding shares before October 7 will not receive this distribution, making that date the hard cutoff for participation in this particular payout cycle.

Gentex shares the same ex-dividend date, paying $0.12 per share with its payment arriving sooner on October 21. Both companies are returning cash to shareholders on the same qualifying date, giving dividend investors two data points from a single trading day.

Comcast's $1.17 billion distribution dwarfs Gentex's payout, reflecting the gap in size between a major cable and media conglomerate and a specialty auto-parts supplier. Investors tracking dividend flow into the market will find Comcast's payout the more consequential of the two this cycle.

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