Deferred Revenue
Comcast Deferred Revenue decreased by 83.9% to $660.00M in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 0.6%, from $664.00M to $660.00M. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Deferred Revenue shows an upward trend with a 40.4% CAGR. This decline may warrant attention — for this metric, higher values are generally preferred.
Analysis
How to read this metric
An increase suggests strong sales of subscription-based services or bundled offerings, providing a predictable pipeline for future revenue recognition.
Detailed definition
Represents cash payments received from customers in advance of the company fulfilling its performance obligations, speci...
Peer comparison
High-growth software and services companies typically maintain larger deferred revenue balances relative to pure hardware manufacturers.
deferred_revenue_currentHistorical Data
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $719.00M | $732.00M | $695.00M | $682.00M | $665.00M | $701.00M | $735.00M | $804.00M | $781.00M | $627.00M | $618.00M | $622.00M | $703.00M | $650.00M | $3.51B | $664.00M | $719.00M | $724.00M | $4.10B | $660.00M |
| QoQ Change | — | +1.8% | -5.1% | -1.9% | -2.5% | +5.4% | +4.9% | +9.4% | -2.9% | -19.7% | -1.4% | +0.6% | +13.0% | -7.5% | +439.5% | -81.1% | +8.3% | +0.7% | +465.9% | -83.9% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -7.5% | -4.2% | +5.8% | +17.9% | +17.4% | -10.6% | -15.9% | -22.6% | -10.0% | +3.7% | +467.5% | +6.8% | +2.3% | +11.4% | +16.8% | -0.6% |
Deferred Revenue at Other Companies
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Comcast's deferred revenue?
- Comcast (CMCSA) reported deferred revenue of $660.00M in Q1 2026.
- How has Comcast's deferred revenue changed year-over-year?
- Comcast's deferred revenue decreased by 0.6% year-over-year, from $664.00M to $660.00M.
- What is the long-term trend for Comcast's deferred revenue?
- Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Comcast's deferred revenue has grown at a 40.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $750.00M to $4.10B.
- What does deferred revenue mean?
- Money collected from customers for products or services that haven't been delivered yet but will be within a year.