Wall Street Weighs In On CenturyLink's Earnings

Centurylink Inc CTL 8.33% shares traded down 7% on Thursday after the company reported a mixed second quarter. CenturyLink reported EPS of 34 cents, beating analyst forecasts of 31 cents. However, revenue of $5.58 billion missed consensus expectations of $6.04 billion.

Revenue dropped 5.5% compared to a year ago, accelerating from the 5% drop CenturyLink reported in the first quarter. EBITDA was flat in the quarter, down from a 3.7% increase a quarter ago.
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CenturyLink Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

MONROE, La., Aug. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CenturyLink, Inc. (CTL) today announced that its Board of Directors
voted to declare a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.25 per share. The dividend is payable Sept. 13, 2019,
to shareholders of record at the close of business on Sept. 2, 2019. The ex-dividend date will be Aug. 29, 2019.


Die Dividende bleibt erstmal stabil.
Schönes WE! 

CenturyLink acquires Streamroot

...CenturyLink (NYSE:CTL) has acquired privately held Streamroot Inc., a leading provider of disruptive technology, to improve video and static content delivery within bandwidth constrained areas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. "Streamroot and CenturyLink share a vision to improve the user experience with rich media content by utilizing edge computing and data science," said Pierre-Louis Theron, CEO of Streamroot. "We believe joining forces with CenturyLink will accelerate our ability to innovate for the benefit of our customers, internet users and network operators across the globe." ...

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Der Kurs geht gerade 4% nach oben ...

und der chart dazu:

ist da wieder was los bei denen?
normalerweise müssten die ihren Dividendentermin bekanntgeben
letztes Jahr war es am 23.11. (Ex-Dividend-Date) und 7.12. (Pay Date)

(20.11.2019, 18:25)Ahab schrieb: ist da wieder was los bei denen?
normalerweise müssten die ihren Dividendentermin bekanntgeben
letztes Jahr war es am 23.11. (Ex-Dividend-Date) und 7.12. (Pay Date)

Heute angekündigt:

Zitat:CTL@NYSE (Name: CENTURYLINK INC) announced a cash dividend with ex-dividend date of 20191129 and payable date of 20191213. The declared cash rate is USD 0.25.

CenturyLink (CTL) Q4 Earnings Match Estimates, Revenues Beat

...Net income for the December quarter was $223 million or 21 cents per share against net loss of $2,412 million or loss of $2.26 per share in the year-ago quarter. The improvement was driven by operating income and lower interest expense. For 2019, net loss was $5,269 million or loss of $4.92 per share compared with net loss of $1,733 million or loss of $1.63 per share in 2018. Fourth-quarter net income (excluding integration and transformation costs, and special items) came in at $352 million or 33 cents per share compared with $394 million or 37 cents per share in the prior-year quarter. The bottom line matched the Zacks Consensus Estimate. ...

...n 2019, CenturyLink generated $6,680 million of net cash from operating activities compared with $7,032 million in 2018. For the same period, free cash flow (excluding cash integration and transformation costs, and special items) was $3,276 million compared with $4,215 million in 2018. ...

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und der chart dazu:

Fast 10% short, das könnte auch schnell nach oben gehen, wenn 'mal was Gutes gemeldet wird..

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Wenn halt 'mal was Gutes käme...

CenturyLink -5.3% as revenues dip and miss

...CenturyLink (NYSE:CTL) is off 5.3% postmarket after posting a mixed Q1 report, with an upside surprise on the bottom line but revenues that declined and disappointed. Adjusted EPS ticked up to $0.37 from a year-ago $0.34 (last year's figure excluding $85M in integration/transformation costs and $6.525B in special items). And revenues fell nearly 4%, to $5.228B. Enterprise revenues held steady, but the company saw declines in SMB, Wholesale and Consumer. Free cash flow was $407M, up from a year-ago $315M. At quarter's end, liquidity was $1.564B, part of which was used to pay $1B of 5.625% senior notes at maturity April 1. ...

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