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SPRINT NEXTEL CORP (NYSE)
S 3.81 0.06 (1.60%) Vol.  19,854,285 12:43 ET

Day Low - High 3.78 - 3.87
52wk Low - High 1.57 - 5.94
Avg Volume 73,199,616
Industry TELECOMM SVCS
Market Cap 10.78 B
Div - Yield 0.00 - 0.00
PE (forward)
PEG Ratio N/A
Current Year Est. -.67
EPS Last Year -0.28
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#2 Buy 16.63%
#3 Hold 7.53%
#4 Sell 2.01%
#5 Strong Sell -0.07%
S&P 500 8.70%
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Top Peers Ticker Zacks Rank
SPRINT NEXTEL CORP S PREMIUM
8X8 INC EGHT PREMIUM
VERIZON COMM VZ PREMIUM
TW TELECOM INC TWTC PREMIUM
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BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS
Current ABR 2.80
ABR (Last Week) 2.80
# of Recs in ABR 27
Average Target Price 4.29
Industry Rank by ABR 121 out of 217
Rank in Industry 9 out of 11
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NEWS
Sprint Received All Regulatory Approvals Needed To Acquire iPCS (NYSE:S,NASDAQ:IPCS)
Nov 25, 2009
Sprint receives regulatory approvals to acquire iPCS
Nov 25, 2009
S&P ends Virgin Mobile USA ratings on acquisition by Sprint Nextel
Nov 25, 2009
Skymark Research Initiates Independent Research Coverage on Sprint Nextel Corporation
Nov 25, 2009
Sprint Nextel Receives All Regulatory Approvals for iPCS, Inc. Acquisition
Nov 25, 2009
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EARNINGS ESTIMATES
  This Quarter
12/2009
Next Quarter
03/2010
This Year
12/2009
Next Year
12/2010
Average Estimate -0.17 -0.16 -0.67 -0.52
Number of Estimates 23 11 17 25
Low Estimates -0.29 -0.21 -0.80 -0.88
High Estimate -0.01 -0.09 -0.23 -0.17
Year Ago EPS -0.01 0.03 0.09 -0.67
EPS Growth -1647.83% -624.24% -841.83% 21.87%

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Sprint Nextel offers a comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services to consumer, business and government customers. Sprint Nextel is widely recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies, including two robust wireless networks offering industry leading mobile data services; instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities; and an award-winning and global Tier 1 Internet backbone.

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FINANCIALS
EPS TTM -.28
Sales 35635
Net Income -3077
Price/Earnings N/A
Price/Book .59
Price/Cash Flow 1.07
Price/Sales .33


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