DIRECTV (DTV): Today's Featured Media Loser

DIRECTV (DTV) pushed the Media industry lower today making it today's featured Media loser. The industry as a whole closed the day down 1.2%. By the end of trading, DIRECTV fell 66 cents (-1.4%) to $46.82 on average volume. Throughout the day, 5.3 million shares of DIRECTV exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5.3 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $46.37-$47.15 after having opened the day at $47.01 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $47.48. Other company's within the Media industry that declined today were: Dial Global (DIAL), down 8.8%, LodgeNet Interactive Corporation (LNET), down 6.6%, Tudou Holdings (TUDO), down 6.3%, and Monster Worldwide (MWW), down 6.2%.

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DIRECTV provides digital television entertainment primarily in the United States and Latin America. The company engages in acquiring, promoting, selling, and distributing digital entertainment programming primarily via satellite to residential and commercial subscribers. DIRECTV has a market cap of $30.59 billion and is part of the services sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 12.7, equal to the average media industry P/E ratio and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 9.2% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 12 analysts that rate DIRECTV a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and seven rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates DIRECTV as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its impressive record of earnings per share growth, revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, good cash flow from operations and increase in net income. Although the company may harbor some minor weaknesses, we feel they are unlikely to have a significant impact on results.

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On the positive front, NTN Buzztime (NTN), up 12.7%, Spanish Broadcasting System (SBSA), up 9.1%, KIT Digital (KITD), up 8.8%, and A.H. Belo Corporation (AHC), up 8.3%, were all gainers within the media industry with Virgin Media (VMED) being today's featured media industry winner.

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