France Telecom (ADR) (NYSE:FTE)
The Company provides consumers, businesses and other telecommunications operators with a range of services including fixed telephony and mobile telecommunications, data transmission, Internet and multimedia, and other value-added services.
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tsperbeck
(99.63)
Submitted: 12/10/2008 1:58:43 PM :
Start Price:
$20.17
FTE Score:
-87.52
Safe, high dividend pick. Ken Fisher.
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NevadaBuilder
(92.69)
Submitted: 11/25/2008 1:54:11 AM :
Start Price:
$20.52
FTE Score:
-91.88
hi div
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alzbeta
(45.50)
Submitted: 11/24/2008 2:17:52 PM :
Start Price:
$20.18
FTE Score:
-96.79
Since their acquisition of Orange business services last year, FTE has been earning accolades from their customers. Despite the European downturn, I think this stock is now below fair value.
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BGview
(< 20)
Submitted: 10/24/2008 8:59:49 AM :
Start Price:
$18.69
FTE Score:
-91.51
Some pluses
French government still owns a significant stake in FTE. It is likely the government will want to keep getting the dividend in these tough economic times.
FTE has exposure to Africa where growth can be expected to continue even in times of trouble in the developed world. FTE's operations in Eastern Europe should also outperform Western Europe.
FTE got out of Argentina already in 2003
Orange is a strong brand comparable to Vodafone
When would I sell: If FTE tries again to buy TeliaSonera or another major operator where synergies are not very clear. Hopefully the credit crunch will put a stop on such plans for now.
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Jeltje
(92.56)
Submitted: 10/15/2008 1:37:49 PM :
Start Price:
$20.71
FTE Score:
-82.36
Nice large cap, just showed up in my dividend screener. This sounds like the perfect time to buy large, boring, normally expensive large cap stocks.
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LogicalBalatro
(41.18)
Submitted: 9/16/2008 3:05:56 PM :
Start Price:
$22.59
FTE Score:
-55.12
Plain and simple, I like France. I like french fries, 35 hour work weeks, the Eiffel Tour, Cannes and France Telecom. What isn't to love. While VZ and T and S still fight over the USA, FTE can have France. But that isn't all, like the other big 3 European telecoms (VOD and DT being the others), FTE is going into other markets.
I like FTE the best because they are going to initially harder markets in Africa and SE Asia, but I think these plays will pay huge dividends. Speaking of which, FTE also sports a great dividend of around 10%, much more than debt ridden VOD.
J'aime France Telecom!
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alexxlea
(26.73)
Submitted: 9/11/2008 11:18:55 AM :
Start Price:
$21.21
FTE Score:
-49.72
If dividend is maintained it could easily beat it.
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doc324
(98.68)
Submitted: 7/11/2008 2:26:27 PM :
Start Price:
$23.78
FTE Score:
-56.12
Amazing dividend, great p/e and p/e to eps growth. ZERO debt and consistently profitable. I found a gem.
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whichthat
(79.55)
Submitted: 5/17/2008 10:52:29 PM :
Start Price:
$22.97
FTE Score:
-39.43
Blind pick based on big dividend and big market cap. I've read enough bad things about Orange UK to think twice about going in with real money ... well, maybe briefly to poach the dividend.
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DavidBear
(< 20)
Submitted: 4/27/2008 12:54:15 PM :
Start Price:
$22.89
FTE Score:
-41.26
Another large cap high yield stock in my new list of stock that are too big to fail, yet priced as if that were imminent. I will happily take the 6% yield even knowing that the earnings are due to decrease in the short term.
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Caps5StarLargeCa
(61.98)
Submitted: 4/27/2008 10:19:52 AM :
Start Price:
$22.89
FTE Score:
-41.26
5 stars on Caps
Market Cap > $20B
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FastMoneyFool
(< 20)
Submitted: 5/30/2007 6:27:16 PM :
Start Price:
$21.04
FTE Score:
-29.21
Play on French becoming more capitalistic.
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Augustus1
(< 20)
Submitted: 4/25/2007 1:22:45 PM :
Start Price:
$19.65
FTE Score:
-27.71
It is a very anticycle stocks. When world economy does slow a little bit down, what I expect within one year, such stocks will outperform the market.
Outstanding dividend yield.
Strong market Position in France.
Good managment.
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darkflame
(97.05)
Submitted: 4/12/2007 7:28:06 PM :
Start Price:
$19.04
FTE Score:
-28.81
Boring, old France Telecom doesnt innovate but sports a hot dividend. Telecoms innovated a lot, now it's time to get profits. Bandwith increase gets fairly cheap since all the investment in fiber optics is already done, nowadays upgrades are done just replacing the transmissors with faster ones, but the same cabling... that doesnt sound like a lot of investment to me. Low P/E, High return on Invested Capital.
Moreover, it's not an american company...so, of course it will beat the S&P. The S&P is crowed with bad american companies where the CEO's pay themselves shamelessly, crowded with innovative companies that really innovate but give no profits to their shareholders. The S&P is doomed to lose against any quality european stocks.
What else ? High dividend companies have historically beaten the S&P too.
Here be no dragons. Outperform!
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weiwentg
(98.14)
Submitted: 1/12/2007 4:48:01 PM :
Start Price:
$15.28
FTE Score:
-21.78
France Telecom is one stock I've repeatedly wished I'd actually bought for my real portfolio. Almost every provider in France is using FTE's network to provide access. The legacy networks that FTE has built incur large depreciation charges, but the impact on actual cash flow is much less. FTE generates a large amount of cash, and returns a lot of that to shareholders. Its wireless business is also growing and has considerable exposure to emerging markets.
SRI investors take note: Pax World Balanced (PAXWX) owns FTE.
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Buffalostew
(41.53)
Submitted: 12/21/2006 11:43:29 PM :
Start Price:
$18.91
FTE Score:
-30.33
Backed the truck up at 21 and expect to keep riding this cash machine. The French govt has to give these guys a break sometimes because it pays people who should otherwise be on the actual govt dole. Plus the Africa and Middle East story is the catylst for many more years.
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creativiteam
(82.58)
Submitted: 12/16/2006 3:54:13 PM :
Start Price:
$18.84
FTE Score:
-29.46
Price 27.41
Support 26.98
Pivot Point 27.43
Resistance 27.88
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NetscribeTelecom
(83.03)
Submitted: 11/30/2006 7:53:00 AM :
Start Price:
$17.84
FTE Score:
-27.10
“A big apple” stands out for France Telecom, a leading global telecom company, offering fixed-line, mobile telephony, data transmission, internet, multimedia, and other value-added services. With a subscriber base leaping above 145 million, the company has become the second-largest wireless operator and internet access provider in Europe and a leader in telecommunications solutions for multinational corporations.
With services spread across France, the U.K., Spain, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Romania, Slovakia, Egypt, and Belgium, through its 100% owned subsidiary Orange, France Telecom has clearly gained some traction globally.
Telecom industry in France has moved from being one of the least competitive to the most competitive telephone markets in the world. However, the market for wireless and high-speed internet access still has an ample gap to be filled in. Growth in the U.K. is slowing, but growth in the rest of the world is still in mid-teens. Endorsing the trend, the company looks toward wireless and broadband segments to drive its business growth. With an upbeat look for broadband growth in France, broadband penetration is expected to increase from around 50% of households today, to close to 80% by 2008-09. Should the wireless penetration increase from its current level of 79%, the FTE (currently owning market share of 47%) aims to attain a much bigger pie.
FTE focuses on improving operational efficiency through its "TOP" program that aims to cut costs and prepare the firm to offer integrated services among the various divisions. The objective is to maintain fixed-line customers, while adding wireless and high-speed internet access through service packages. This, in turn, will provide the company with sales growth, increased customer loyalty, and increased margins.
It is believed that FTE will be able to demonstrate improvements at Orange U.K. and domestic DSL (digital subscriber line) segment. The company demonstrated a sound performance in the third quarter of 2006. Moreover, it is likely to follow the suite on the back of forecasted enhanced subscriber base. While the stock price is up sharply from its low point this summer, increasing confidence in near term numbers favorably support the share price, going forward.
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