Chart: Telecom Stocks - Normalized Net Profit Margins

Rob Zenilman submits: Normalized net profit margins in the Telecom sector for the most recently reported quarter ranged from 13.9% (BLS) down to -5.9% (TWTC), with a median value of 8.8%

Note: Normalized net income includes the effect of taxes, but excludes any unusual items.

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Data in table version -- click on a ticker for opinion and analysis of the company:

			Total	Norm. Net	Norm. Net
		Quarter	Revenue	Profit	Profit
Ticker	Company	Ending	($mm)	($mm)	Margin (%)
AT	Alltel Corp.	03/31/06	$2539.70	$310.11
12.2%
BCE	BCE Inc.	03/31/06	$4058.00	$401.81
9.9%
BLS	BellSouth Corp.	03/31/06	$5171.00	$720.63
13.9%
BT	BT Group plc	03/31/06	$8905.19	$609.26
6.8%
CHA	China Telecom Corp.	12/31/05	$5284.08	$574.76
10.9%
CN	China Netcom Group C	12/31/05	$3315.16	$335.38
10.1%
CTL	Centurytel Inc.	03/31/06	$611.65	$74.30
12.1%
CZN	Citizens Communicati	03/31/06	$506.86	$45.62
9.0%
DT	Deutsche Telekom AG	03/31/06	$17960.85	$1323.59
7.4%
FTE	France Telecom	12/31/05	$14964.64	$1476.09
9.9%
NTL	Nortel Inversora S.A	03/31/06	$523.17	-$5.07
-1.0%
NTT	Nippon Telegraph & T	03/31/06	$23947.84	$260.18
1.1%
Q	Qwest Communications	03/31/06	$3476.00	$67.50
1.9%
S	Sprint Nextel Corp.	03/31/06	$11548.00	$475.63
4.1%
T	AT&T Inc.	03/31/06	$15835.00	$1376.88
8.7%
TAR	Telefonica of Argent	09/30/05	$304.37	$22.95
7.5%
TEF	Telefonica SA	03/31/06	$14565.69	$1426.30
9.8%
TI	Telecom Italia SpA	12/31/05	$9801.07	$620.75
6.3%
TWTC	Time Warner Telecom	03/31/06	$186.19	-$11.06
-5.9%
VZ	Verizon Communicatio	03/31/06	$22743.00	$2248.75
9.9%

Data: CapitalIQ

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