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CenturyLink, Inc. (CTL)



$22.33
52 Week Low
$25.67
2017-04-28 15:45:26 MDT
$33.45
52 Week High

Basic Info

Technology
Sector
Telecom Services - Domestic
Industry
NYSE
Stock Exchange
United States
Country

Market Cap: $13,970,000,000Large Cap (Between $10B and $100B)
Analyst Recommendation:2.6Analysts say: Neutral+. (1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell)
Beta: 0.83 Low Volatility Stock (beta under 1). Stock will go up less when the market goes up, and go down less when the market goes down. Beta of 1 means stock would match the S&P 500 Index.

Fundamentals

ForwardPE: 12.18
5 Yr Est Growth: 0.03%
Yield: 8.47%
PEG-Y Ratio: 1.43
Good Growth at a reasonable rate. A PEGY Ratio of less than 1 is ideal. A PEGY Ratio 1.5 or lower is still decent.

Technicals

% Above 50 DayMA: 7.90%
% Above 200 DayMA: 3.18%
CTL Performance 52 Weeks: -18.79%
S&P 500 Performance 52 Weeks: 12.50%
Uptrend is still intact: CTL is above both 50 and 200 day Moving Averages. Currently beyond technical death cross because 50 Day MA is below 200 Day MA. Stock is closer to 52 Week Low than 52 Week High.
CTL underperforming S&P 500 by -31.29% the last 52 Weeks.

Profile


More Valuation

Price To Book: 1.03
Great Value. Low Price to Book means better value.
EV to EBITDA: 5.13
Great Value! A low EV to EBITDA ratio is great. Ideally, under 10. Under 17 is okay.

More Info

Field Value Average Comments
% Held By Insiders0.48% 17.28%Held by fewer than average Insiders.
% Held By Institutions76.50% 62.07%Institutional percentage greater than average. Institutional buying and selling can really move stock price.
Short % Of Float16.11% 07.02% Shorted by greater than average percent. Investors and traders do not believe in stock. But watch out for short squeezes pushing stock upwards.
Debt to Equity1.47 1.08 More Aggressive Financing. Each industry has different Debt/Equity standard. Higher than 1 means company is taking on more leverage.
Profit Margin %3.58%-00.18% Profit Margin is better than the average! Good job.
Operating Margin %14.72%-05.28% Operating Margin greater than average percent. Good.
Return on Equity %4.56%-08.79% Return on Equity greater than average percent. Good.
Return on Assets %3.40%-01.29% Return on Assets greater than average percent. Good.
Revenue Per Employee $436,750.00 $883,096.70 Less than average Revenue Per Employee. This stock (or industry) might not be as efficient as others? Each industry might have a different standard.
Price to Cash 62.61 5.52 Higher than average Price to Cash. Meaning that the company has a lower percentage of cash as a percent of price. Cash can be good to cushion company during hard times, and as a potential source for buyouts or investments. However, some activists want the cash to be used by a company to buy its own stock, or to increase their dividend, or to invest the money.
CPEGY Ratio 1.41 2.26 Less than than average CPEGY Ratio. Ideally, a CPEGY should be less than 1 or less than 1.5. CPEGY is the PEG Ratio but incorporating the yield and subtracting Cash Per Share.

Quick Thoughts

PROS:
  1. Good PEGY (less than 1.5): 1.43

  2. Low Forward PE: 12.18

  3. Above Avg Yield: 8.47%

  4. Stock is Above Short Term 50DMA: 7.90%

  5. Stock is Above Long Term 200DMA: 3.18%

  6. Price to Book is under 5: 1.03

  7. Better than average EV/EBITDA: 5.13

  8. Profit Margin is positive: 3.58%

  9. Operating Margin is positive: 14.72%

  10. Return on Equity is positive: 4.56%

  11. Return on Assets is positive: 3.40%

CONS:
  1. Less than Average 5 Yr Est Growth: 0.03%

  2. Stock underperforming S&P 500 over last 52 weeks: -31.29%

  3. Price to Cash Ratio (62.61) is greater than average. Company has less cash as a percent of price than the average.

  4. Shorted more than average: 16.11%


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