NII Holdings Inc (NIHD): Today's Featured Telecommunications Laggard
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) pushed the Telecommunications industry lower today making it today's featured Telecommunications laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 1.1%. By the end of trading, NII Holdings fell 29 cents (-3.6%) to $7.69 on light volume. Throughout the day, 3.9 million shares of NII Holdings exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5.8 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $7.61-$8.17 after having opened the day at $7.66 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $7.98. Other companies within the Telecommunications industry that declined today were:
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), down 12.3%,
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), down 11%,
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), down 7%, and
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), down 6.9%.
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NII Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides wireless communication services under the Nextel brand name to businesses and individuals in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Chile. NII Holdings has a market cap of $1.25 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of -11, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 62.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are six analysts that rate NII Holdings a buy, two analysts rate it a sell, and three rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates NII Holdings as a
. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its feeble growth in its earnings per share, deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity, weak operating cash flow and generally high debt management risk.
- You can view the full NII Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 12.2%,
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), up 11.3%,
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), up 9.8%, and
Trunkbow International Holdings
(
), up 9.3%, were all gainers within the telecommunications industry with
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) being today's featured telecommunications industry leader.
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