Sprint Corp (S): 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 0.2%. By the end of trading, Sprint fell $0.23 (-3.5%) to $6.25 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 64,371,071 shares of Sprint exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 17,048,000 shares. The stock ranged in price between $6.20-$6.48 after having opened the day at $6.46 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $6.48. Other companies within the Telecommunications industry that declined today were:
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), down 23.8%,
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), down 12.5%,
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), down 8.8% and
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), down 5.2%.
Sprint Nextel Corporation, through its subsidiaries, offers a range of wireless and wireline communications products and services to individual consumers, businesses, government subscribers, and resellers in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Sprint has a market cap of $19.2 billion and is part of the technology sector. Shares are up 26.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 2 analysts that rate Sprint a buy, 2 analysts rate it a sell, and 2 rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates
Sprint
as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance and increase in net income. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including disappointing return on equity, weak operating cash flow and generally higher debt management risk.
- You can view the full Sprint Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 7.2%,
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), up 7.1%,
Trunkbow International Holdings
(
), up 6.8% and
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), up 5.5% , were all gainers within the telecommunications industry with
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) being today's featured telecommunications industry leader.
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(
) while those bearish on the telecommunications industry could consider
ProShares Ult Sht Telecommunication
(
).
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