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Reasons To Keep Verizon In Your Stock PortfolioElisa Lemmola • Wed, May 22
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Verizon Communications Inc. (Verizon, or the Company) is one of the world’s leading providers of communications services. Formerly known as Bell Atlantic Corporation, we were incorporated in 1983 under the laws of the State of Delaware. We began doing business as Verizon Communications Inc. on... More
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- Friday, May 17, 9:10 AM Leap Wireless (LEAP) -2.5% after Barclays starts coverage with an Underweight and $4 PT as part of a broader coverage launch of U.S. telecom service providers. Tower owners SBA (SBAC) and American Tower (AMT) have been started at Overweight, and so has Verizon (VZ). AT&T (T) and T-Mobile USA (TMUS) have been started at Equal Weight. Comment! [Tech, On the Move]
- Monday, May 13, 4:53 PM Verizon Wireless is making a fresh $7B cash distribution to owners Verizon (VZ) and Vodafone (VOD) - Verizon will get $3.85B, and Vodafone $3.15B. A $10B distribution was made in 2011, and an $8.5B distribution last November. CEO Lowell McAdam appeared to be hinting earlier this month Vodafone might not get a distribution this year, as Verizon Wireless focuses on paying down debt. VOD +0.5% AH. VZ +0.3%. 5 Comments [Tech, On the Move, Breaking News, Top Stories]
- Thursday, April 25, 12:36 PM If Verizon (VZ +2.2%) is serious about buying Vodafone's (VOD +2.8%) Verizon Wireless stake, $100B isn't going to cut it, thinks Jefferies. The firm values the stake at $121B based on a 7.7x estimated EV/EBITDA multiple for the March 2014 fiscal year, and notes a Sunday Times article discussed a possible valuation of $135B (others have suggested $115B). There's also the question of how keen Vodafone is on selling when its stake has been appreciating considerably, and is now yielding giant cash distributions. On the flip side, a sale could fuel a massive M&A-driven expansion into growth markets. (Reuters report) 7 Comments [Tech, M&A, On the Move]
- Wednesday, April 24, 10:44 AM AT&T (T -5.4%) gets slammed as 3 downgrades arrive in response to its Q1 revenue miss, the result of soft wireless subscriber adds and declining wireline revenue. There might also be concerns about whether lowering 2014/2015 capex targets (to fuel more buybacks?) is a bright idea in light of flagging growth. AT&T's 296K Q1 postpaid net adds (boosted by tablets) and 184K prepaid net losses are easily worse than Verizon's respective net adds of 677K and 43K. On the earnings call, AT&T mostly blamed wireline weakness on macro and government issues, rather than legacy voice service declines. VZ -1.9%. CTL -4%. WIN -2.2%. FTR -1.1%. 8 Comments [Tech, Earnings, On the Move]
- Thursday, April 18, 10:56 AM More on Verizon: Verizon Wireless' performance is taking center stage as shares rally. Service revenue rose 8.6% Y/Y, while equipment sales fell 1.4% (evidence of Verizon's efforts to lower subsidies). Retail postpaid net adds rose by 677K, and total retail net adds by 720K. Wireless operating income margin rose 430 bps Y/Y to 32.9%. Retail postpaid churn rose 6 bps Q/Q and 5 bps Y/Y to 1.01%. Vodafone (VOD +2.2%) is rallying in response to VZW's numbers, and CC comments about Verizon being "extremely confident" it can buy Vodafone's stake without taking a tax hit. 2 Comments [Tech, Earnings, On the Move]
- Monday, April 15, 10:22 AM Verizon Wireless (VZ, VOD) was the company that offered $1B-$1.5B for some of Clearwire's (CLWR -2.8%) spectrum, the WSJ reports. Meanwhile, Dish (DISH -6.4%) says it hasn't formally withdrawn its $3.30/share offer for Clearwire, but would honor Sprint's (S +14.9%) $2.97/share offer. Naturally, Dish touts the potential of a Sprint merger to enable triple/quad-play bundles - a recent Consumer Reports survey drove highlighted their popularity. CEO Charlie Ergen also talks up the implications of soaring mobile data usage, and compares Dish's strategy to a Seinfeld episode where everything comes together in the last 2 minutes. 2 Comments [Tech, M&A, On the Move]
- Tuesday, April 2, 5:30 PM Verizon (VZ) doesn't "currently have any intention to merge with or make an offer for Vodafone (VOD), whether alone or in conjunction with others," the telco announces, addressing an FT report about a possible joint bid with AT&T (T). Verizon does reiterate it "would be a willing purchaser" of Vodafone's 45% stake in Verizon Wireless, but that's pretty well-known. VOD -3.9% AH. VZ -0.8%. T -0.3%. 5 Comments [Tech, On the Move, M&A, Breaking News]
- Tuesday, April 2, 5:26 AM Verizon Communications (VZ) and AT&T (T) have reportedly been working on a $245B breakup bid for Vodafone (VOD) whereby Verizon would realize its long-held dream of gaining full control of Verizon Wireless and AT&T would obtain Vodafone's non U.S. assets. "Usually reliable people" tell the FT that Verizon and AT&T would offer 260p a share in what would be the biggest takeover in history. Vodafone shares are +4.8% at 195.64 pence in London. 7 Comments [Tech, Consumer, Top Stories, M&A, On the Move]
- Monday, March 25, 9:13 AM Vodafone (VOD) +2.6% after The Sunday Times reports the carrier is "leaning towards making a clean break" with Verizon (VZ), and that a Verizon Wireless deal could happen by summer. Talks are said to be "fluid and free-form," with Verizon shareholders standing in the way of a full-blown merger out of concerns about Vodafone's European ops. The paper also claims Vodafone execs have privately told investors they can "mitigate or eliminate" Vodafone's capital gains tax bill. (previous) 3 Comments [Tech, M&A, On the Move]
- Wednesday, March 13, 3:52 PM BlackBerry (BBRY +8.3%) has received an order for 1M BB10 phones from one of its "established partners" (exactly whom remains a mystery). The announcement has sent shares flying higher over the final hour of trading. Also: Verizon (VZ) says it will begin selling the Z10 on March 28, and will start taking pre-orders tomorrow. As was rumored, the carrier will have exclusive access to a white version of the device. 42 Comments [Tech, On the Move]
- Tuesday, March 5, 12:41 PM Verizon (VZ +0.9%) is bent on taking full control of Verizon Wireless this year, and has even discussed merging with Vodafone (VOD +3.9%) to achieve this goal, Bloomberg reports. Merger talks are said to have stalled over "disagreements on leadership and headquarters location," thus making a buyout or partial sale of Vodafone's 45% stake (estimated to be worth $115B) more likely. One source claims Vodafone is open to using the proceeds to make European acquisitions. (previous) 10 Comments [Tech, M&A, On the Move]
- Tuesday, January 22, 8:13 AM More on Verizon (VZ): Higher pension costs and the impact of Superstorm Sandy drove the company's quarterly loss to more than double last year's mark. Pension liabilities shaved off $1.55 a share and the widespread damage from the storm cut another $0.07. Verizon added a net 567K FiOS digital connections during the period, 31% less than the number added during the same period a year ago. VZ -2.0% premarket. (PR) 3 Comments [Earnings, Tech, On the Move]
- Tuesday, January 8, 1:35 PM Verizon (VZ -3%), MetroPCS (PCS -2.8%), and Leap Wireless (LEAP -3.2%) are selling off after AT&T announced it sold 10M+ smartphones in Q4. Verizon ticked higher yesterday after announcing it had 2.1M net wireless subscriber adds in Q4. Comment! [Tech, On the Move]
- Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 9:14 AM Nokia (NOK) +5.1% premarket, adding to yesterday's gains (I, II). CNET has published an interview with CEO Stephen Elop in which he says Nokia is "planning a lot of exciting things with Verizon." Verizon (VZ) currently offers the mid-range Lumia 822, but the flagship Lumia 920 is for now an AT&T exclusive in the U.S. 12 Comments [Tech, On the Move]
- Monday, November 12, 2012, 4:11 PM Verizon Wireless says it will distribute an aggregate $8.5B to 55% owner Verizon (VZ) and 45% owner Vodafone (VOD) by year's end. A $10B distribution was made last year, but Verizon had been non-committal until now about a follow-up. VOD +2.2% AH. VZ +0.2%. (PR) 7 Comments [Tech, On the Move, Breaking News, Top Stories]
- Wednesday, November 7, 2012, 10:17 AM In addition to hiking its dividend, AT&T (T -2.9%) says it plans to spend $22B on capex each of the next 3 years, up from 2011's $19B-$20B. $8B will be spent on building AT&T's 4G LTE network, which trails Verizon (VZ -1.5%) in terms of coverage, and $6B on expanding its wireline broadband network. AT&T is also guiding for mid-single-digit annual EPS growth over this time. Capex-starved telecom equipment/component names are rallying. CIEN +11.2%. ADTN +8.1%. APKT +5.8%. JNPR +2.1%. JDSU +6.8%. ALU +2.5%. (investor day: webcast, slides) 2 Comments [Tech, On the Move]
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Dividend Sheet
$T $INTC $VZ are the best yielding dogs of the dow jones -- http://stks.co/jT3S - 10 shares with 3.53% average yield $DD $CSCO $GE $PFE - View all 0 replies
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Energysystems
Talk of $VZ preparing a cash and stock offer for $VOD wireless stake. Where there's this much smoke, there's a buyout ;) - View all 0 replies
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Alerts issued this morning for $AXP, $BAX, $FITB, $UNP, and $VZ. http://bit.ly/17e4eoA - View all 0 replies
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WhisperNumber
$VZ earnings $0.68, in-line with the whisper number. Expected price reaction: http://seekingalpha.com/a/sws3 - View all 0 replies
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$NOK just be4 going to bed, take a look of Lumia 822 $VZ reviews. Speechless! http://vz.to/XljaRH - View all 16 replies
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Systembolaget: I bought 3 yellow and 7 white after release. After 1st update, no problems with any of them. Only used for calling, Office and navigation. -
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sam050787: Actually the reviews on AT&T, Best Buy, Amazon are really good and pretty much support the same points. So there must be some truth to it.
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jaych79: Right on. Let's just see what happens next week when Verizon and TMobile start selling. Long way to go yet. This is just one day of many.
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Energysystems
lol...so $VZ is going to buy out $VOD for the wireless stake and $T will buy all foreign ops from $VOD? I seriously doubt it. - View all 7 replies
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Energysystems: Still think $VOD would be better off in the long run not doing it, but would walk away with a grin if they did!
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DaLatin: How many talks an articles comments did I beg folks 2 switch NOK @ high3s&4s to 98 cent CLWR.Said % wise was a gift.My amigo~danargas too
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Ocean Man: Yep, not going too well. Thinking about adding. Multiple at historically high level.
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We're Warming Up to Windstream's 11.6% Dividend Yield: http://seekingalpha.com/a/q0tb $WIN $CTL $T $VZ - View all 1 replies
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$CSTR good short squeeze bet. Streaming deal with$VZ has better new movie mix than $NFLX. $cstr up over 5% Friday. - View all 1 replies
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Joseph Poma: Saw similar short int. 3 or 4 quarters ago. Shorts got crushed...looking for a repeat. Search analytics paint a positive picture as well!
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turtledividend: Good Morning Eld' :). I didn't miss much from my holiday i'm guessing :D
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We already know that $T and $VZ had record iPhone sales. I'll be amazed if $AAPL doesn't have a record quarter. - View all 7 replies
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realornot: likely sell the news and look for a soft landing. This stock will take off again after profits taking.