Rochester,NY 7/10/2009 3:31:01 AM
End of Day Report - LVLT - Top-Rated Stocks That Treat Shareholders Right - Sourced WhisperFromWallStreet.com
Level 3 Communications Inc
End of Day Report - LVLT - Top-Rated Stocks That Treat Shareholders Right - Sourced WhisperFromWallStreet.com
Level 3 Communications Inc.LVLT
The flip side to shareholder-friendly stocks expected to underperform the market? Highfliers that pay little heed to their owners' interests. Conversely, there are top-flight companies that also treat their shareholders with respect.
Institutional Shareholder Services -- the big name in corporate proxies -- measures how well a company performs in as many as 63 categories covering four broad areas. Moreover, each company is scored relative to its market index and its industry group. It assigns the stocks a rating that it calls its corporate governance quotient, or CGQ.
Some evidence supports the notion that companies with weaker governance have higher risk, decreased profitability, and lower valuations. We'll be looking at stocks that Motley Fool CAPS investors have marked to outperform the market and that also sport above-average CGQ scores, either in their index group or among industry peers.
Last Trade: 1.40
Day's Range: 1.36 - 1.43
52wk Range: 0.57 - 3.90
Volume: 5,936,753
ABOUT Level 3 Communications Inc
Level 3 Communications, Inc. engages in the communications business in North America and Europe. It offers network and Internet services, including transport services, high speed Internet protocol services, dedicated Internet access, virtual private network services, and dark fiber services; and colocation services. The company?s content distribution products and services comprise content delivery network, media delivery services, and fiber optic and satellite video transport services. Its switched services include VoIP Enhanced Local that launches IP-based local and long-distance voice services to residential and business customers; Local Inbound service that terminates traditional telephone network originated calls to Internet Protocol termination points; E-911 Direct comprising a fixed-location solution with network connections to public safety answering points and a solution for nomadic voice over IP providers; and One Plus, an automatic number identification based and carrier identification code based service, as well as a dedicated end-user service. Its switched services also comprise enterprise local and long distance voice services, including PSTN connectivity for customer telephone equipment; telephone numbers; standard services that comprise operator services, directory assistance, and 911 services; and long-distance access services. The company?s switched services also include enterprise toll-free services; voice termination services; toll free services; and managed modem, an outsourced, turn-key infrastructure solution. As of December 31, 2008, its network encompassed approximately 67,000 intercity route miles in North America and an intercity network covering approximately 10,000 miles across Europe. Further, it sells coal primarily through long-term contracts with public utilities. The company was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.
---
During 2009 we have sent 40+ alerts with an average gain of over 80%. Below are a few alerts sent only to our whisperfromwallstreet.com members.
SPNG 1800%
AMNG 241%
RKBD 300%
UTRM 169%
TLLE 266%
Sign up now to receive free stock alerts
---
Please Read Our Disclaimer at http://whisperfromwallstreet.com/disclaimer.php
