GCI
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 »
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 »
CGI GROUP INC. $9.00 (Toronto symbol GIB.A; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 308.4 million; Market cap: $2.8 billion; SI Rating: Extra risk) provides information technology and businessprocess services to a wide range of business and government clients. The company has over 100 offices in 16 countries. However, North America accounts for 92% of its revenue.
Most outsourcing …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 »
CGI GROUP INC. $12 (Toronto symbol GIB.A; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 323.6 million; Market cap: $3.9 billion; SI Rating: Speculative) is one of the largest independent information technology and business process services firms in North America.
CGI provides day-to-day maintenance and improvement for clients’ business applications, and integrates and customizes technologies and software applications. The company …read more »
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