America Movil S.A.B. De C.V. (AMX): Today's Featured Telecommunications Laggard

America Movil S.A.B. de C.V (AMX) pushed the Telecommunications industry lower today making it today's featured Telecommunications laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day down 1.6%. By the end of trading, America Movil S.A.B. de C.V fell 17 cents (-0.6%) to $26.63 on light volume. Throughout the day, 4.1 million shares of America Movil S.A.B. de C.V exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7.1 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $26.08-$26.71 after having opened the day at $26.26 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $26.80. Other company's within the Telecommunications industry that declined today were: Nexxus Lighting (NEXS), down 16.6%, Internet Gold Golden Lines (IGLD), down 11.2%, Blonder Tongue Laboratories (BDR), down 9.1%, and Vicon Industries (VII), down 7.4%.

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America Movil, S.A.B. de C.V. provides telecommunications services primarily in the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean. The company offers mobile and fixed voice services, including airtime, local, long-distance, public telephony, and network interconnection services. America Movil S.A.B. de C.V has a market cap of $103.71 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 15, below the average telecommunications industry P/E ratio of 17.8 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 18.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are five analysts that rate America Movil S.A.B. de C.V a buy, two analysts rate it a sell, and five rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates America Movil S.A.B. de C.V as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its increase in net income, revenue growth, notable return on equity, solid stock price performance and growth in earnings per share. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally poor debt management on most measures that we evaluated.

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On the positive front, Phazar Corporation (ANTP), up 19.5%, Frequency Electronics (FEIM), up 15%, Elephant Talk Communications (ETAK), up 10.4%, and Nokia Oyj (NOK), up 7%, were all gainers within the telecommunications industry with Research in Motion (RIMM) being today's featured telecommunications industry leader.

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