NASDAQ:FTR - Frontier Communications Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Frontier Communications trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FTR."

Frontier Communications Corp (NASDAQ:FTR) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, February, 26th. The utilities provider reported ($0.06) EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.04) by $0.02. The utilities provider earned $2.12 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.09 billion. Frontier Communications had a negative return on equity of 0.62% and a negative net margin of 7.47%. Frontier Communications's revenue for the quarter was down 4.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted ($0.59) earnings per share. View Frontier Communications' Earnings History.

Frontier Communications is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, May 7th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Frontier Communications.

9 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Frontier Communications' shares. Their forecasts range from $1.75 to $7.00. On average, they expect Frontier Communications' share price to reach $3.5789 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 62.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Frontier Communications.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Frontier Communications in the last year. There are currently 5 sell ratings and 4 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Sell." View Analyst Ratings for Frontier Communications.

News coverage about FTR stock has trended positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Frontier Communications earned a media sentiment score of 2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Frontier Communications saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 54,012,677 shares, an increase of 1.3% from the February 15th total of 53,328,299 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 9,484,833 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.7 days. Approximately 51.9% of the company's stock are short sold. View Frontier Communications' Current Options Chain.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Frontier Communications investors own include AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Ford Motor (F), General Electric (GE), Centurylink (CTL), Bank of America (BAC), Intel (INTC), Freeport-McMoRan (FCX), Micron Technology (MU) and Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET).

Frontier Communications' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (15.50%), Restructuring Capital Associates LP (2.56%), Two Sigma Investments LP (1.38%), Northern Trust Corp (1.33%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.11%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.11%). Company insiders that own Frontier Communications stock include John Lass, Kenneth Arndt and Steve Gable. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Frontier Communications.

FTR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, KBC Group NV, Legal & General Group Plc, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Gabelli Funds LLC, MetLife Investment Advisors LLC and WealthTrust Axiom LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Frontier Communications.

FTR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Two Sigma Investments LP, Restructuring Capital Associates LP, Two Sigma Advisers LP, Bank of America Corp DE, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Norges Bank, Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. and Millennium Management LLC. Company insiders that have bought Frontier Communications stock in the last two years include John Lass, Kenneth Arndt and Steve Gable. View Insider Buying and Selling for Frontier Communications.

Shares of FTR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FTR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $2.20.

Frontier Communications has a market capitalization of $231.67 million and generates $8.61 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $-750,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($1.34) on an earnings per share basis. Frontier Communications employs 21,200 workers across the globe.

The official website for Frontier Communications is http://www.frontier.com.

Frontier Communications' mailing address is 401 Merritt 7, Norwalk CT, 06581. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 203-614-5600 or via email at [email protected]