SureWest Communications (SURW)

JerryDreamer (< 20) Submitted: 8/17/2009 1:30:03 AM : Start Price: $11.05 SURW Score: +32.28

When the overly optimistic FOMC says that household spending will be "constrained" by sluggish income growth, ongoing job losses, lower household wealth, and tight credit AND Shanghai stocks hit a seven-week low, then you know this bear market rally is finally over!

tbrpicks (56.63) Submitted: 6/4/2009 1:48:47 PM : Start Price: $8.75 SURW Score: -17.35

Growing broadband market. Attractive price.

kitty177 (94.13) Submitted: 9/16/2008 7:49:44 AM : Start Price: $12.59 SURW Score: -26.99

High yield, high cash flow screen

hotaugustnights (< 20) Submitted: 7/29/2008 2:28:55 AM : Start Price: $9.69 SURW Score: -1.00

New technology and the hurting economy will drive people to stay at home more. People will play more on the internet and watch more tv. Surewest has a better product then the rest of the providers will be attractive to shoppers.

keeppaddling (38.56) Submitted: 7/12/2008 7:00:44 PM : Start Price: $8.07 SURW Score: -18.04

Sold their most profitable line, their next most profitable is shrinking, and their growing business loses more money the bigger it gets. They haven't recognized their losses on auction rate securities, and their cash/credit position has caused them to discontinue their dividend.

seanandnan (37.28) Submitted: 5/15/2008 6:28:18 PM : Start Price: $10.43 SURW Score: +4.22

Surwest has gotten hammered since eliminating their dividend as all the shareholders relying on dividend income have sold their stock. This company sold a slow growth part of their business last year realizing a $62 mil gain, sold their slow growth wireless unit for $60 mil and bought a KC triple play company earlier this year for over $150 mil in cash from those sales. That company is already accretive to their earnings. Doing a market cap analysis on this stock, at it's current price, the company is valued at less than they paid for the KC company. Also, at a price per customer basis, I conservatively value the company at around a $200 mil market cap. Valuation wise, this is thus a no brainer at $10 no matter how you analyze this stock...

wirelesswanderer (45.21) Submitted: 11/7/2007 8:10:59 PM : Start Price: $20.27 SURW Score: +34.45

Sleepy little monopoly trying to diversify. If they'd look beyond the ranks of relatives for employees they might have a chance. Wireless division will be sold for the value of the spectrum at some point, that's something to look forward to.....

God help you if you run afoul of one of the landline original employees.

rockonomics (46.48) Submitted: 11/7/2007 7:42:37 PM : Start Price: $20.27 SURW Score: +34.45

There is too much competition already in what they do. No matter how well this company can be managed barriers to entry will prevent them from growing big. Any success they have had so far is just a big billboard advertising areas where firms like Verizon should enter or undercut them.

rmcbirney (98.09) Submitted: 10/25/2007 12:47:26 AM : Start Price: $23.89 SURW Score: -39.12

just because

hirshey (95.77) Submitted: 3/23/2007 3:37:03 PM : Start Price: $24.56 SURW Score: +45.09

Company seems overvalued with slowing earnings and pretax margins. This should cause the communications company to underperform. Qwest would be a better buy.