America Movil S.A.B. De C.V. (AMX): 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 down 0.5%. By the end of trading, America Movil S.A.B. de C.V fell 40 cents (-1.6%) to $25.32 on average volume. Throughout the day, 7.3 million shares of America Movil S.A.B. de C.V exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of six million shares. The stock ranged in price between $25.06-$25.72 after having opened the day at $25.71 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $25.72. Other companies within the Telecommunications industry that declined today were:
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), down 24.3%,
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), down 9%,
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America Movil, S.A.B. de C.V. provides telecommunications services primarily in the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean. The company offers mobile and fixed voice services, including airtime, local, long-distance, public telephony, and network interconnection services. America Movil S.A.B. de C.V has a market cap of $100.36 billion and is part of the
sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 14.5, below the average telecommunications industry P/E ratio of 17.3 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 16.1% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are five analysts that rate America Movil S.A.B. de C.V a buy, two analysts rate it a sell, and five rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates America Movil S.A.B. de C.V as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its expanding profit margins, notable return on equity and increase in stock price during the past year. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.
- You can view the full America Movil S.A.B. de C.V Ratings Report.
On the positive front,
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), up 10.7%,
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), up 9.1%,
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), up 5.3%, and
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), up 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
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