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With many investors looking for income as well as capital gains, we now publish the top ten yielding stocks in certain industries each week. This week we look at Telecom Services (see below for other industries). These stocks have been selected from a screening program. They are not recommendations to buy or sell. If you have an interest in any of them, please investigate them completely before taking any action. Updated 03/04/08
INDUSTRY: Telecom Services Company | Symbol | Div/Yield | EPS | | Fairpoint Comm. Inc. * | FRP | 16.68% | $0.16 | | Consolidated Comm. * | CNSL | 10.52% | $0.47 | | Iowa Telecom. Svcs. * | IWA | 9.85% | $0.91 | | Citizens Comm. | CZN | 9.15% | $0.65 | | Windstream Corp. | WIN | 8.33% | $1.94 | | Alaska Comm. Sys. | ALSK | 7.45% | $0.71 | | Warwick Valley Tel. | WWVY | 7.30% | $0.83 | | Qwest Comm. Int'l | Q | 5.95% | $1.52 | | Hickory Tech Corp. | HTCO | 5.21% | $0.65 | | Verizon Comm. | VZ | 4.74% | $1.90 | | |
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* Comments:
FRP: provider of communications services in rural and small urban communities, offering an array of services, including local and long distance voice, data, Internet and broadband product offerings. The Company operates in 18 states with 311,150 access line equivalents (including voice access lines and high speed data lines, which include digital subscriber lines (DSL) wireless broadband and cable modem) in service as of December 31, 2006.
CNSL: a rural local exchange company that provides communications services to residential and business customers in Illinois and Texas. It offers a range of telecommunications services, including local and long distance service, custom calling features, private line services, dial-up and high-speed Internet access, digital television, carrier access services, network capacity services over its regional fiber optic network, and directory publishing. IWA: provider of wireline local exchange telecommunications services to residential and business customers in rural Iowa, serving over 440 communities across the state. The Company operates 288 telephone exchanges as the incumbent or historical local exchange carrier and is a telecommunications company providing wireline services in approximately 85% of these exchanges. |
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DISCLAIMER: Dividend yields will differ from these tables due to pricing considerations. The table is generated from data that is not as of the close last Friday. Therefore, when you investigate one of these stocks, expect to see a lower or higher yield. Also, not all stocks are included in this list. There may be more in this industry that have a higher yield but due to the methodology of the screening program, they are not listed.
Information has been obtained from sources deemed to be reliable, but The Online Investor makes no guarantee as to the accuracy or completeness of this data. Information is provided for informational purposes only, and The Online Investor shall not be liable for any errors or omissions, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. |
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