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DIRECTV CL A (NASD)
DTV 44.92 N/A (N/A%) Vol.  677 N/A ET

Zacks Rank: 3 - Hold

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Zacks Rank Definition Annualized Return
# 1Strong Buy26.83%
# 2Buy18.69%
# 3Hold9.7%
# 4Sell4.03%
# 5Strong Sell1.63%
S&P5009.43%
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Day Low - High N/A - N/A
52wk Low - High 39.82 - 53.40
Avg Volume 5,707,415
Industry SATELLITE COMMUNICATION
Market Cap 31.69 B
Div - Yield 0.00 - 0.00
PE (forward) 10.3
PEG Ratio .54
Current Year Est. 4.36
EPS Last Year 3.17
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# 3Hold9.7%
# 4Sell4.03%
# 5Strong Sell1.63%
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Top Peers Ticker Zacks Rank
DIRECTV CL A DTV 3
CHARTER COMM-A CHTR 3
DIGITALGLOBE DGI 3
EUTELSAT COMMUN EUTLF 3
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BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS
Current ABR 2.12
ABR (Last Week) 2.12
# of Recs in ABR 21
Average Target Price 54.84
Rank in Industry 11 out of 11
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4 stars Buy 20%
3 stars Hold 40%
2 stars Sell 20%
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ZACKS COMMENTARY FOR DTV
Zacks Blog: Are Telecom ETFs In Trouble?
Jan 26, 2012
Zacks Blog: Buffett Adds Hometown Newspaper
Dec 01, 2011
Zacks Blog: DIRECTV Remains Neutral
Nov 28, 2011
Zacks Equity Research: Report for DTV
Nov 25, 2011
Zacks Blog: Earning Scorecard: DIRECTV
Nov 23, 2011
Zacks Blog: TiVo's Loss Continues to Widen
Nov 23, 2011
Zacks Blog: Second Blow to AT&T/T-Mobile Merger
Nov 23, 2011
Zacks Blog: DIRECTV to Streamline Expenses
Nov 22, 2011
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NEWS
Bearish Moving Average Cross by DIRECTV (DTV) - Story Title - Comtex
Feb 08, 2012
Shares of Cablevision Systems Underperformed its Peers in the Cable & Satellite Industry (CVC, VMED, DTV, CMCSK, DISH) - Story Title - Comtex
Feb 08, 2012
Sirius XM Radio has the Highest Revenue Per Employee in the Cable & Satellite Industry (SIRI, DTV, DISH) - Story Title - Comtex
Feb 08, 2012
Potential DirecTV (DTV) Trade Has 6.03% Downside Protection - Story Title - Comtex
Feb 07, 2012
Time Warner Cable Ranks the Highest in Terms of Sales per Share in the Cable & Satellite Industry (TWC, LBTYA, DTV) - Story Title - Comtex
Feb 07, 2012
Eli`s coming: Super Bowl QB to cash in - CNNMoney
Feb 06, 2012
RRSat Global Communications Network is Among the Companies in the Cable & Satellite Industry With the Lowest Forward P/E Ratio (RRST, DTV, DISH) - Story Title - Comtex
Feb 06, 2012
Lowest Enterprise Value to Sales Ratio in the Cable & Satellite Industry Detected for RRSat Global Communications Network (RRST, DISH, DTV) - Story Title - Comtex
Feb 03, 2012
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EARNINGS ESTIMATES
  This Quarter
12/2011
Next Quarter
03/2012
This Year
12/2011
Next Year
12/2012
Average Estimate 0.90 1.05 3.38 4.36
Number of Estimates 14 7 17 17
Low Estimates 0.79 0.96 3.24 3.91
High Estimate 1.07 1.12 3.52 4.64
Year Ago EPS 0.74 0.82 2.48 3.38
EPS Growth 21.72% 28.05% 36.15% 29.16%

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION
DIRECTV is a provider of digital multichannel television entertainment in the United States and Latin America. The Company operates in two direct-to-home (DTH) segments, DIRECTV U.S. and DIRECTV Latin America, which are differentiated by their geographic location. These are engaged in acquiring, promoting, selling and/or distributing digital entertainment programming via satellite to residential and commercial subscribers. In addition, the Company owns and operates regional sports networks, or RSNs, and owns interest in Game Show Network, LLC, or GSN, a basic television network dedicated to game-related programming and Internet interactive game playing. DIRECTV offers its customers HD channels and Dolby-Digital? 5.1 theater-quality sound (when available), access to exclusive sports programming such as NFL SUNDAY TICKET, and many more. The Company is based in El Segundo, California.

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FINANCIALS
EPS TTM 3.17
Sales 24102
Net Income 2509
Price/Earnings 14.17
Price/Book N/A
Price/Cash Flow 7.8
Price/Sales 1.2


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