MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (NYSE:PCS)

jyaga007 (< 20) Submitted: 10/22/2007 7:07:45 PM : Start Price: $20.80 PCS Score: -60.03

trading below ipo price and at its all time low

arleigh123 (< 20) Submitted: 7/2/2007 6:56:21 PM : Start Price: $33.03 PCS Score: -71.64

The local stores in my community seem to be filled with customers. It looks like an exciting stock for the near term.

crypticsphere (< 20) Submitted: 6/3/2007 9:43:30 AM : Start Price: $36.43 PCS Score: -73.06

If you compare LEAP to PCS you will see that Leap is the 2nd largest cell phone distributor, Pcs is the largest cell phone distributor and will outperform leap in a few years.

tikiskis (77.81) Submitted: 5/30/2007 12:25:26 AM : Start Price: $33.97 PCS Score: +73.01

Remember the problem with subprime lending going on with housing right now? Well that's a snapshot of things to come for MetroPCS.

Kiplinger.com put out a decent article today that actually rallied people to buy the stock. But after reading the piece, the bads seemed to outweigh the goods. For example:

1) "an industry in which growth is getting harder to come by" - Growth is inevitable for the right player, but it is finite.

2) "Metro focuses on dense urban markets" - In this age of globalization, what of calls going beyond those markets? Will there be costly connection fees to go along with the presumably increased immigrant population in those areas? Sounds unlikely to cater to the fickle nature of metro markets where movers and shakers come and go.

3) "Metro's customers come and go at a faster rate than the industry's average" - There goes that word-of-mouth advertising advantage. And we all know how sticky the Do-you-hear-me-now guy has become. There's a reason for it....

4) What's to keep the heavy hitters from copying Metro's transparent business model (selling phones for actual value vs at discount)? After all, if they experience loss of market share in such vital areas, copying the competition at least in the short term would drive away the threat.

In the end, this company may do well in the short-term, but long-term propects scream 'Danger, Will Robinson!'

looksogood (< 20) Submitted: 5/28/2007 10:55:20 AM : Start Price: $36.14 PCS Score: -73.88

great phone plan and when it comes to the north east market it means revenues my friends. just came public recently.

mandm16 (72.00) Submitted: 5/21/2007 5:33:19 PM : Start Price: $34.80 PCS Score: -72.72

Metro PCS' unlimited talk and text time will revolutionize the cell phone industry. The company is rapidly expanding across the U.S. and once the major markets of L.A. and N.Y.C. offer Metro PCS (plans in the works), stock will sky rocket.

agard43 (< 20) Submitted: 4/29/2007 10:41:23 PM : Start Price: $28.48 PCS Score: +70.43

I’m giving this the underperform rating based solely on the following information from Forbes on 4/27/07:

The president, chairman and chief executive of wireless service provider MetroPCS Communications Inc. sold 392,847 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

In a Form 4 filed with the SEC Thursday, Thomas Christopher Keys reported he exercised the options Tuesday for $7.13 apiece and then sold all 48,810 of them on the same day for $23 apiece.

eracheff (< 20) Submitted: 4/19/2007 6:17:18 PM : Start Price: $27.40 PCS Score: -70.43

Huge profit margin, Customer prospects that the other major carriers cant get to....markets opening left and right!

I thought the IPO was a little high but I was one of the investors on the bandwagon at 6:30 this morning claiming my stake in this company. Granted my 1000 shares is not much in the grand scheme of things.

If LEAP can got to 80 then this will be at 60 within the year.

newtownsjim (< 20) Submitted: 4/19/2007 5:13:25 PM : Start Price: $27.40 PCS Score: -70.43

business model will catch on - now with a billion dollar war chest look out!