What does the company do?
Sprint Nextel Corporation (Sprint Nextel) is a holding company that offers a range of wireless and wireline communications products and services for individual consumers, businesses and government customers. The Company conducts its operations through two segments: Wireless and Wireline. Sprint Nextel owns wireless networks and a global long distance, Tier 1 Internet backbone. The Company offers digital wireless service to subscribers in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands under the Sprint brand name utilizing wireless code division multiple access (CDMA) technology. The Company offers digital wireless services under its Nextel brand name using integrated digital enhanced network (iDEN) technology. On September 23, 2008, the Company closed the transaction with TowerCo Acquisition LLC, under which it sold 3,084 cell sites.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
- Sprint Nextel one-year sales: 32.82 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Wireless Communications group: -32.94% - Sprint Nextel one-year income: -3.08 Bil.
| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Sales | 32.82 Bil | 48.94 Bil | | Income | -3.08 Bil | 7.34 Bil |
How fast is the company growing?
- Sprint Nextel one-year sales growth: -10.30%.
| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Sales Growth | -10.30% | 4.10% | | Income Growth | NA | 19.50% |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- Sprint Nextel one-year net profit margin: -9.4%
Difference from the company's 5-year average net profit margin: 10.0 pct. pts.
| Net profit margins (%) |
|---|
| Company | -9.4% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | -19.4% | | Industry | 11.4% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
- Sprint Nextel debt/equity ratio: 1.19.
Difference from the average for the Wireless Communications group: 75.00%.
| | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Debt/equity ratio | 1.19 | 0.68 |
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