Sprint Nextel Corp (S): Today's Featured Technology Winner

Sprint Nextel was a winner within the technology sector, rising 9 cents (1.6%) to $5.70 on light volume.
By TheStreet Wire ,

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Sprint Nextel

(

S

) pushed the Technology sector higher today making it today's featured technology winner. The sector as a whole closed the day down 1.2%. By the end of trading, Sprint Nextel rose 9 cents (1.6%) to $5.70 on light volume. Throughout the day, 40.2 million shares of Sprint Nextel exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 81.7 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $5.60-$5.72 after having opened the day at $5.63 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $5.61. Other companies within the Technology sector that increased today were:

Sequans Communications SA ADR

(

SQNS

), up 24.6%,

Suntech Power Holdings

(

STP

), up 21.9%,

TripAdvisor

(

TRIP

), up 19.4%, and

Bitauto Holdings

(

BITA

), up 17.2%.

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Sprint Nextel Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, offers wireless and wireline communications products and services to individual consumers, businesses, government subscribers, and resellers in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands. Sprint Nextel has a market cap of $16.67 billion and is part of the telecommunications industry. The company has a P/E ratio of -3.9, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 139.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are nine analysts that rate Sprint Nextel a buy, two analysts rate it a sell, and 13 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Sprint Nextel as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, solid stock price performance and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity and generally higher debt management risk.

On the negative front,

Active Network

(

ACTV

), down 41.7%,

Glu Mobile

(

GLUU

), down 21.5%,

NTS

(

NTS

), down 17.6%, and

Blucora

(

BCOR

), down 16.9%, were all laggards within the technology sector with

Skyworks Solutions

(

SWKS

) being today's technology sector laggard.

For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the technology sector could consider

Technology Select Sector SPDR

(

XLK

) while those bearish on the technology sector could consider

ProShares Ultra Short Technology

(

REW

).

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