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 earnings results on Tuesday, May, 1st. The utilities provider reported ($0.58) earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.83) by $0.25. The utilities provider earned $2.20 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.19 billion. Frontier Communications had a negative net margin of 16.69% and a negative return on equity of 2.35%. Frontier Communications's revenue for the quarter was down 6.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted ($0.11) 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 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Frontier Communications' stock. Their forecasts range from $1.75 to $7.00. On average, they anticipate Frontier Communications' share price to reach $4.3375 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 64.3% 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 coverage about FTR stock has been trending somewhat positive on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of 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 1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 3.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

Frontier Communications saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 49,456,494 shares, an increase of 18.7% from the January 15th total of 41,651,907 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,728,189 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 13.3 days. Currently, 47.8% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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 shareholders 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 Geode Capital Management LLC (1.00%). 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, Gabelli Funds LLC, MetLife Investment Advisors LLC, WealthTrust Axiom LLC and Marathon Capital Management. View Insider Buying and Selling for Frontier Communications.

FTR stock was purchased 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, Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc., Bank of Montreal Can and Virtu Financial 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 $2.64.

Frontier Communications has a market capitalization of $278.65 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]