MetroPCS Communications Inc (PCS): Today's Featured Telecommunications Winner
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eOn Communications Corporation
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MetroPCS Communications, Inc., a wireless telecommunications carrier, together with its subsidiaries, provides wireless broadband mobile services in the United States. MetroPCS Communications has a market cap of $3.7 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 8.2, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 17.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are four analysts that rate MetroPCS Communications a buy, two analysts rate it a sell, and 13 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates MetroPCS Communications as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth, compelling growth in net income, revenue growth and attractive valuation levels. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated.
- You can view the full MetroPCS Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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