Telecom Corp of New Zealand (ADR) (NZT)

TMFMurph (< 20) Submitted: 5/18/06 5:17 PM : Start Price: $13.77 NZT Score: -20.62

Over-reaction to over-regulation in Lord of the Rings-Land.
Short-term, more PR fallout and maybe a special dividend cut ( will still be above 9% ). New Zealand telecom going through what US telecoms did ( and with the same panic-driven stock price d...

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baird1939 (< 20) Submitted: 2/11/08 1:05 PM : Start Price: $14.60 NZT Score: -20.07

If you include reinvested dividends, NZT will outperform the S&P on a risk adjusted basis. The current 8% dividend is super in this market and seems safe considering the <25% payout ratio.

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NetscribeTelecom (98.35) Submitted: 5/18/07 7:20 AM : Start Price: $17.21 NZT Score: 19.13

With frequently into the news, the company is generating a mixed feeling for any investor. It recently completed the sale of Yellow Pages Group, with net proceeds of $2.16b received in April 2007. Also it is considering of submitting its own demerger...

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CL12NK (< 20) Submitted: 10/16/06 1:07 PM : Start Price: $13.41 NZT Score: -14.93

The nasty surprise from the government notwithstanding, NZT will not lose its edge as the biggest player . Now that the playing field has supposedly become more level, none of the competitors has come close to threatening NZT's position. And even tho...

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MylesPatrick (72.89) Submitted: 2/18/08 8:56 PM : Start Price: $15.90 NZT Score: -22.39

The stock will yield something around 7% this year and is one of the cheapest, high-quality companies in the world. It makes a little more than $1 billion per year in cash and pays out close to $500 million per year in dividends. Yet the stock trades...

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spelers107 (57.44) Submitted: 8/23/06 12:36 PM : Start Price: $12.02 NZT Score: 12.42

Until NZT can overcome the hurdles being put in front of it by the NZ government I think it will underperform.

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deputidave (< 20) Submitted: 2/07/08 12:09 PM : Start Price: $14.88 NZT Score: -21.53

This New Zealand telecom just split up it's services by gov't demand. It seems to have fared well. It has a nice dividend, almost 8% and is one of the only telecoms worth a look.

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JMJeffrey (< 20) Submitted: 9/23/06 7:33 AM : Start Price: $13.45 NZT Score: -17.37

New Zealand heavyweight with monoloply-like influence in growing market.

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seacon (< 20) Submitted: 9/22/06 5:52 PM : Start Price: $13.33 NZT Score: -17.18

Maybe a couple years before the price REALLY picks up, but it's overly beaten down now and in the meantime there are those nice dividends. Just wish I didn't have so much from "before the fall"!

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TheGreatSatan (99.98) Submitted: 12/31/07 1:43 PM : Start Price: $17.21 NZT Score: -19.13

NZT paid a large special dividend in September 07 that CAPS has failed to recognize.

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