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Virgin Media Rises On Unusually High Volume (VMED)

By TheStreet Wire 03/03/11 - 03:52 PM EST

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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Virgin Media (Nasdaq:VMED) is trading at unusually high volume Thursday with 13.5 million shares changing hands. It is currently at four times its average daily volume and trading up 59 cents (+2.2%) at $27.37 as of 3:27 p.m. ET.

Virgin Media has a market cap of $8.5 billion and is part of the services sector and media industry. Shares are down 1.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday.

Virgin Media Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides of entertainment and communications services in the United Kingdom. The company operates through three segments: Consumer, Business, and Content.

TheStreet Ratings rates Virgin Media as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth and compelling growth in net income. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including generally poor debt management and weak operating cash flow. You can view the full Virgin Media Ratings Report.

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