| Earnings Scorecard |
| Actual | Estimated* | Year-Ago |
| $0.62 | $0.61 | $0.65
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Alltel(AT Quote - Cramer on AT - Stock Picks) reported fourth-quarter earnings today that beat Wall Street's slightly lowered estimates by a penny.
For the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, Alltel earned $195.3 million, or 62 cents a share, down from $206.3 million, or 65 cents a share, in the same period a year ago. Seventeen analysts surveyed by
First Call/Thomson Financial expected the company to report earnings of 61 cents a share.
Alltel, a provider of wireline and wireless communications services based in Little Rock, Ark., also posted fourth-quarter revenue of $1.8 billion, up 12% from $1.6 billion in the same period last year.
Alltel closed
New York Stock Exchange trading yesterday at $67.88, but this morning traded down $3.94, or 5.8%, to $63.94.
Erica Berardi
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