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11/21/2008 11:04 AM

Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. (ALSK)

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The Company is engaged in providing local telephone, wireless, Internet, interexchange network and other services to its retail consumer and business customers and wholesale customers in the State of Alaska through its telecommunications subsidiaries.

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Total Members

119 Outperforms
24 Underperforms
 

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Ticker Tags

Alaska (5), Anchorage (3), Diversified Telecommunication Services (92), Micro Cap (4968)
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Alaska Communications Systems Group, Inc. At A Glance

Current Price: $8.11
Last Trade Time: 11/21/2008 11:04 AM
Open: $8.49
Previous Close: $8.32
Daily Range: $8.10 - $8.71
52-Week Range: $8.30 - $16.03
Volume: 130,449
Market Cap: $363.00M
P/E Ratio: 2.75
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Avatar DMMaxwell (< 20) Submitted: 4/11/07 6:53 PM

Growth and Dividend

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Avatar ThomasLoych (69.15) Submitted: 11/08/08 2:04 PM : Outperform Start Price: $9.66 ALSK Score: 5.28

Great dividend plus additional capacity coming online at the beginning of the new year.

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Avatar GBIGD (< 20) Submitted: 10/31/08 2:13 PM : Outperform Start Price: $9.24 ALSK Score: 10.82

THIS HORSE (COMPANY) BASED ON MY MODEL HAS A HIGH DEGREE CHANCE OF OUT PERFORMING THE MARKET.

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Avatar bgrun (29.31) Submitted: 10/31/08 1:47 PM : Underperform Start Price: $9.24 ALSK Score: -10.85

ALSK has a p/e ratio of 3.21 that is based almost entirely on the earnings from the quarter ending 12/31/07 that includes an income tax expense of -110,000,000. To get an idea of the impact of this adjustment, 11,000,000 has been ALSK's income during their best quarter ever: 1/10th of the 'earnings' generated by this negative tax expense.

This company is not even close to being as profitable as it appears at first glance and should only be considered based on a valuation closer to a p/e ratio of 30x.

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Avatar jdlech (< 20) Submitted: 6/19/08 12:16 PM : Outperform Start Price: $12.09 ALSK Score: 11.37

Long term dividend pick


Insanely low P/E ratio

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Avatar zenzillion (< 20) Submitted: 5/30/08 11:00 AM : Outperform Start Price: $12.29 ALSK Score: 12.67

bofa outperform

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