Telefonica Brasil S.A. (VIV): 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 0.8%. By the end of trading, Telefonica Brasil S.A fell 27 cents (-1.2%) to $22.93 on average volume. Throughout the day, 1.6 million shares of Telefonica Brasil S.A exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.8 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $22.60-$22.93 after having opened the day at $22.78 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $23.20. Other companies within the Telecommunications industry that declined today were:
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), down 19.6%,
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), down 10.3%,
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), down 6.5%, and
RRSat Global Communications Network
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), down 5.5%.
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Telefonica Brasil, S.A. provides fixed-line telecommunications services to residential and commercial customers in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Telefonica Brasil S.A has a market cap of $25.95 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 6.5, below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 15.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are five analysts that rate Telefonica Brasil S.A a buy, one analyst rates it a sell, and two rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Telefonica Brasil S.A as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and attractive valuation levels. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including feeble growth in the company's earnings per share, unimpressive growth in net income and a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself.
- You can view the full Telefonica Brasil S.A Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
eOn Communications Corporation
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), up 17.9%,
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), up 11.2%,
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), up 10.3%, and
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), up 10.2%, were all gainers within the telecommunications industry with
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) being today's featured telecommunications industry leader.
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