Although not completely immune from the current global economic slowdown, many telecom services companies are currently yielding higher amounts than tobacco companies and the Utilities Select Sector SPDR (XLU). Although many of the foreign telecom companies included in the ETFI Global Telco Services Dividend Income Index issued special one-time dividends over the past year which inflates their trailing 12-month yield; both Verizon (VZ) and AT&T (T) are currently yielding over 6% each while trading at multi-year lows.
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There's always been a groupthink in Europe about currencies. The companies that want to buy American companies have, at times, seemed to care more about the currency, or at least not buying a company in a country whose currency is in decline, than they care about the actual target.
We have some news and comments on Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) that make the stock a short in my book despite the upgrade from Cowen & Co:
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- Banc of America notes they don't view a declaration that one or another party is looking to the investment merits of Sprint as news. They'd be dismayed if every private equity and telecom concern, foreign and domestic, wasn't constantly assessing the M&A and competitive landscape. This said, their initial response is that the hash of three different technologies might represent looks more like Sprint Nextel 2.0 in the making than anything else. T
4/21 - "Based on the intrinsic value of its spectrum holdings and its business operations, Sprint (S) is still a steal at its current market cap."
"A rough calculation valuing Sprint's spectrum holdings at $1 per MHz - pop for iDEN spectrum at 800 / 900 MHz, $.75 per MHz - pop for PCS spectrum at 1.9 GHz, and $.50 per MHz - pop for WiMAX spectrum at 2.5GHz, easily yields an intrinsic value of over $10B. By being even more conservative and downgrading the value of Sprint's spectrum holdings by 20% to $8B still leaves one to argue that, with current debt being factored in, the remaining bri...
5/5 - "While Sprint Nextel (S) shares are higher this morning on reports that T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom (DT) is mulling an acquisition offer, the Street is skeptical about the prospects for such a deal."
"Phil Cusick, Bear Stearns: “While the U.S. market needs consolidation, this deal is unlikely to happen in 2008,” he writes. Cusick thinks Sprint holders would be unlikely to sell below $10 without giving management a chance to turn the business around...He has a Peer Perform rating on the stock."
"Michael Rollins, Citigroup: “The problems at Sprint still seem deep-rooted and may d...
TheStreet.com's Jim Cramer says there's some reason for caution, but no reason to get out of the market here.
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"Despite a host of near-term issues, Sprint (NYSE: S) has many of the attributes we look for in a turnaround stock: a solid core business, well-known brands, new management, manageable cash flow and even an activist shareholder to stir things up," notes George Putnam, III.
In his industry-leading The Turnaround Letter, the advisor looks expert at the firm, which he notes traces it roots back to the Brown Telephone Company in Kansas in 1899.
"When the long-distance market was opened to competition in the early 1980's, Sprint moved
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- Banc of America notes they don't view a declaration that one or another party is looking to the investment merits of Sprint as news. They'd be dismayed if every private equity and telecom concern, foreign and domestic, wasn't constantly assessing the M&A and competitive landscape. This said, their initial response is that the hash of three different technologies might represent looks more like Sprint Nextel 2.0 in the making than anything else. T
