Fantasy Football Stocks for the 2010 Season

Sirius XM Radio(SIRI) is another stock that's taken heat from shareholders for the last few years. The company, which delivers satellite-based radio content, has seen a nearly 70% rally in shares but still sits in penny stock territory. Uncomfortably thin margins have been the main reason for that, with the high-cost structure of the entertainment industry (and contracts for the NFL and talent such as Howard Stern ringing in at hundreds of millions of dollars).

But while the company's content has been expensive to acquire, it's done a good job of luring subscribers to the service. The company counted more than 19 million subscribers at the beginning of 2010. That subscriber growth has helped pull the company up to profitability for the last three consecutive quarters, a trend that battle-weary investors would like to see continue for the rest of the year.

With more bandwidth than terrestrial radio operators, Sirius XM is able to broadcast games to a national market -- a deal that helps cement the company's subscribers and keeps recurring subscription fees rolling in.

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-- Written by Jonas Elmerraji in Baltimore.

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