Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, rural telecommunications company Windstream (WINMQ) has received a distressing two-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Windstream and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Windstream facts
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Headquarters |
Little Rock, Ark. |
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Market Cap |
$5.1 billion |
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Industry |
Integrated telecommunication services |
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Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$5.9 billion |
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Management |
CEO Jeffery Gardner (since 2006) CFO Anthony Thomas (since 2009) |
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Return on Capital (average, past 3 years) |
8.8% |
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Cash/Debt |
$114.8 million / $9.2 billion |
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Dividend Yield |
11.5% |
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Competitors |
AT&T (T -1.24%) Sprint Nextel (S) Verizon Communications (VZ -0.03%) |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 10% of the 3,846 members who have rated Windstream believe the stock will underperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last month, one of those Fools, NHWeston, succinctly summed up the Windstream bear case for our community:
I don't see happy things for this company. Their technology is behind the times, they don't do anything others don't do better, their dividend is probably unsustainable, and I can't see them being bought out until they ratched down to yard sale level. Worrisome.
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