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

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

Frontier Communications Corp (NASDAQ:FTR) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 6th. The utilities provider reported ($0.07) EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.20) by $0.13. The utilities provider earned $2.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.12 billion. Frontier Communications had a negative return on equity of 2.35% and a negative net margin of 16.69%. Frontier Communications's revenue for the quarter was down 5.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned ($0.94) earnings per share. View Frontier Communications' Earnings History.

Frontier Communications is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 26th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Frontier Communications.

Frontier Communications will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 26th at 4:30 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

9 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Frontier Communications' shares. Their predictions range from $1.75 to $7.00. On average, they anticipate Frontier Communications' stock price to reach $4.3375 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 65.6% 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.

Media stories about FTR stock have been trending very positive on Monday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Frontier Communications earned a media sentiment score of 3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

Frontier Communications saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 41,424,292 shares, an increase of 1.4% from the December 14th total of 40,868,546 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,887,978 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 10.7 days. Approximately 40.0% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Frontier Communications' Current Options Chain.

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Frontier Communications' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Virtu Financial LLC (0.10%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.04%) and Meeder Asset Management Inc. (0.03%). 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 Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. View Insider Buying and Selling for Frontier Communications.

FTR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Virtu Financial LLC and Meeder Asset Management Inc.. 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 $2.62.

Frontier Communications has a market capitalization of $276.54 million and generates $9.13 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $-1,804,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($3.79) on an earnings per share basis. Frontier Communications employs 22,700 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]