Gannett

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Gannett Co. Inc., New York symbol GCI, reported revenue of $1.33 billion in the three months ended June 26, 2011. That’s down 2.2%, from $1.37 billion a year earlier.

The company is seeing lower advertising revenue at its 82 newspapers, including its flagship paper, USA Today. That’s mainly because its 2010 revenue benefited from advertising tied to the U.S. midterm …read more »

GANNETT CO. INC. $15 (New York symbol GCI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector: Shares outstanding: 240.2 million; Market cap: $3.6 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.7; Dividend yield: 1.1%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.gannett.com) reported revenue of $1.25 billion in the three months ended March 27, 2011. That’s down 3.7%, from $1.3 billion a year earlier. The company is seeing lower advertising revenue …read more »

WESTERN UNION CO. $19 (New York symbol WU; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Finance sector; Shares outstanding: 655.9 million; Market cap: $12.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 2.5; Dividend yield: 1.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.westernunion.com) provides money-transfer and foreign-exchange services in over 200 countries.

Demand for money transfers continues to rise as the global economy recovers. As a result, Western Union’s cash flow should …read more »

GANNETT CO. INC. $14 (New York symbol GCI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector: Shares outstanding: 238.2 million; Market cap: $3.3 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.6; Dividend yield: 1.1%; WSSF Rating: Average) has signed a deal with Internet-search provider Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq symbol YHOO) that should let it sell more ads on the web sites of its newspapers and TV stations. That …read more »

BRIGGS & STRATTON CORP. $20 and other lawn-mower engine makers have agreed to settle over 65 class-action lawsuits that accused the companies of using misleading labels on their engines. The settlement will cut Briggs’ after-tax earnings by $19 million. That’s over half of the $35.5 million, or $0.71 a share, that it earned in the year ended June 30, 2009. …read more »

GANNETT CO. INC. $6.26 (New York symbol GCI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector: Shares outstanding: 232.4 million; Market cap: $1.5 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.2: WSSF Rating: Average) will start selling an online edition of USA Today, its flagship newspaper, in August. The company already sells an electronic version of USA Today through Amazon.com’s Kindle e-book reader service.

Online newspapers face strong …read more »

GANNETT CO. INC. $8.10 (New York symbol GCI) expects that its revenue for 2008 will fall 8% from 2007, as lower advertising and circulation revenue at its newspapers more than offset gains at its TV and Internet businesses. The company will continue to cut costs at its newspaper operations, and use the savings to expand its faster-growing online operations. Lower …read more »

GANNETT CO. INC. $26 (New York symbol GCI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 229.6 million; Market cap: $6.0 billion; WSSF Rating: Above average) earned $0.84 a share in the three months ended March 31, 2008, down 4.5% from $0.88 a year earlier. If you exclude a gain on the sale of land, Gannett’s earnings in the latest quarter …read more »

XEROX CORP. $17 (New York symbol XRX) has agreed to acquire Advectis Inc. for $32 million. Advectis makes software that helps mortgage lenders electronically store and share documents. The price is just 12% of the $266 million or $0.28 a share that Xerox earned in the second quarter of 2007. But the deal gives Xerox an opportunity to market …read more »