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

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

Frontier Communications Corp (NASDAQ:FTR) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, November, 6th. The utilities provider reported ($0.07) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.20) by $0.13. The utilities provider earned $2.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.12 billion. Frontier Communications had a negative net margin of 16.69% and a negative return on equity of 2.35%. The business's revenue was down 5.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm 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 1 year target prices for Frontier Communications' stock. Their forecasts range from $1.75 to $7.00. On average, they expect Frontier Communications' stock price to reach $4.3375 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 81.5% 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 articles about FTR stock have been trending very positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Frontier Communications earned a news sentiment score of 3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press 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 during 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 trading volume of 3,887,978 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 10.7 days. Currently, 40.0% of the company's stock are sold short. View Frontier Communications' Current Options Chain.

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Frontier Communications' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Bank of Montreal Can (0.12%), 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can, 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 $2.39.

Frontier Communications has a market capitalization of $252.26 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]