13. Verizon Communications
Like chief rival, AT&T, Verizon also missed this year's stock market rally. In the year period ending April 1, Verizon's stock was down almost 4% while the S&P 500 rose 41%. In the same period, Verizon partner Motorola came back from the dead with Droid and was up 52%. Not even the chorus of rumors saying Verizon will get an iPhone has helped. For all the nifty devices Verizon is stocking, what it can't buy is growth. Analysts project an average annual earnings growth rate of just 5% over the next few years. That's nothing to phone home about. --M.C. |
| Key financials |
$ millions |
% change
from 2008 |
| Revenues |
107,808.0 |
10.7 |
| Profits |
3,651.0 |
-43.2 |
| Assets |
227,251.0 |
— |
| Stockholders' equity |
41,606.0 |
— |
| Market value (3/26/2010) |
86,121.0 |
— |
| Profits as % of |
|
| Revenues |
3.4 |
| Assets |
1.6 |
| Stockholders' equity |
8.8 |
| Earnings per share |
|
| 2009 $ |
1.29 |
| % change from 2008 |
-42.9 |
| 1999-2009 annual growth rate % |
-6.9 |
| Total return to investors |
% |
| 2009 |
3.8 |
| 1999-2009 annual rate |
-1.5 |
| 4 | Sprint Nextel | 67 | 32,260.0 | | 5 | DirecTV Group | 116 | 21,565.0 | | 6 | Time Warner Cable | 131 | 17,868.0 | | 7 | Qwest Communications | 188 | 12,311.0 | | 8 | DISH Network | 200 | 11,664.2 | | 9 | Liberty Global | 210 | 11,110.4 | | 10 | Cablevision Systems | 292 | 7,773.3 | | 11 | Charter Communications | 332 | 6,755.0 | | 12 | Virgin Media | 359 | 6,013.6 | | 13 | Telephone & Data Systems | 416 | 5,020.7 | | 14 | CenturyTel | 423 | 4,974.2 | | 15 | NII Holdings | 468 | 4,397.6 |
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