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Frontier Communications Corp Class B-Entry target below-$3.9FTRFrontier Communications Corporation, a communications company, provides regulated and unregulated voice, data, and video services to business, residential, and wholesale customers in the United States. The company offers local and long distance voice services, including basic telephone wireline services to residential and business customers; and packages of communications services. It also provides data and Internet services comprising residential services, such as broadband, dial up Internet, portal, and e-mail products, and hard drive back-up services; commercial services, such as Ethernet, dedicated Internet, multiprotocol label switching, and TDM data transport services; and wireless data services. In addition, the company offers switched access services that allow other carriers to use the facilities to originate and terminate their local and long distance voice traffic; and direct broadcast satellite and terrestrial utilizing fiber to the home services. Further, it sells a range of third-party telecommunications equipment for business customers. The company was formerly known as Citizens Communications Company and changed its name to Frontier Communications Corporation in July 2008. Frontier Communications Corporation was founded in 1927 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.
This page Last Updated:5/10/2013 14:52PE HISTORY
Calculated Fair Value as of above date$5.1Zacks | MorningStar(based on yr end price)
Price as of last update given above$4.16 3 | 4fiscal yearPE 
Current discount at time of update18.5%20089.1 
Tangible book value/share per IIEX calcs($3.80)200914.7 
Market Cap (million)$4,145201033.5 
Forward diluted shares used in calcs (million)992.5201130.5 
Diviidend yield9.62%201231.5 
Payout to FCF51%current26.05/10/2013
Estimated 5 year EPS growth (see below)3.70%Forward19.15/10/2013
Current PE23.84 year ave2.05/10/2013
Fair Value PE23.4Past 5 yr Growth Rates
Projected FCF growth0.0%Revenue17.9%
Projected FCF growth after year 100.0%Op. Income8.7%
DCF discount12%FCF7.1%
DCF MOS35.0%  
Current Earnings-Projected$0.22Check the Value Calcs tab for any updates in fair values and target prices made after this page was last updated.
52 Week Range3.16-5.15
Current Ratio1.69
Liab./ Equity3.19
Piotroski Score (last year| TTM)7 | 7
Altman Z Score (non-manufacturer)1.601.00Below numbers in millions
Data sources: Advfn; Yahoo; IIEX, MSN, Zacks, Morning StarQuarterly data below the yearly dataFiscal year ends - Dec
PAST DATA USED02003200420052006200720082009201020112012TTM
Income Statement-Selected financialsNA=not available at update0000012/30/200812/30/200912/30/201012/30/201112/30/2012

0

  Revenues

Revenue

$2,444.9

$2,193.0

$2,162.5

$2,025.4

$2,288.0

$2,237.0

$2,117.9

$3,797.7

$5,243.0

$5,011.9

$4,949.3

COGS

$1,271.4

$1,045.4

$195.5

$171.2

$228.2

$222.0

$254.2

$383.7

$661.8

$523.3

$482.0

COGS (%)

52.0%

47.7%

9.0%

8.5%

10.0%

9.9%

12.0%

10.1%

12.6%

10.4%

9.7%

Gross Profit

$1,173.5

$1,147.6

$1,967.0

$1,854.2

$2,059.8

$2,015.0

$1,863.7

$3,414.0

$4,581.2

$4,488.6

$4,467.3

Gross Profit (%)

48.0%

52.3%

91.0%

91.5%

90.0%

90.1%

88.0%

89.9%

87.4%

89.6%

90.3%

  Operating Expenses

SG&A

$0.0

$0.0

$818.2

$646.6

$808.5

$810.7

$781.1

$1,611.1

$2,278.4

$2,234.6

$2,224.4

SG&A (%)

0.0%

0.0%

37.8%

31.9%

35.3%

36.2%

36.9%

42.4%

43.5%

44.6%

44.9%

R&D

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

R&D (%)

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Other (Inc. D&A)

$595.3

$663.3

$542.0

$563.1

$545.9

$561.8

$476.4

$1,030.9

$1,403.2

$1,266.8

$1,213.4

Other (%)

24.3%

30.2%

25.1%

27.8%

23.9%

25.1%

22.5%

27.1%

26.8%

25.3%

24.5%

Operating Income

$578.2

$484.3

$606.8

$644.5

$705.4

$642.5

$606.2

$772.0

$899.6

$987.2

$1,029.5

Operating Income (%)

23.6%

22.1%

28.1%

31.8%

30.8%

28.7%

28.6%

20.3%

17.2%

19.7%

20.8%

  Other Income and
  Expense

Net i Inc,other &charges

($416.5)

($379.0)

($338.9)

($336.4)

($347.7)

($362.6)

($378.2)

($518.3)

($663.0)

($684.2)

($691.7)

Earnings Before Taxes

$195.5

$85.5

$284.5

$390.5

$342.7

$289.2

$193.1

$270.7

$246.0

$229.0

$263.9

Income Taxes

$67.2

$13.4

$84.3

$136.5

$128.0

$106.5

$69.9

$115.0

$88.3

$75.6

$90.2

Earnings After Taxes

$128.3

$72.1

$200.2

$254.0

$214.7

$182.7

$123.2

$155.7

$157.7

$153.4

$173.7

Acctg Changes

$65.8

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

Disc Operations

$0.0

$0.0

$2.2

$90.5

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

Ext Items

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

  Net Income

Net Income

$194.1

$72.2

$202.4

$344.6

$214.7

$182.7

$120.8

$152.7

$149.6

$136.6

$158.0

Net Income (%)

7.9%

3.3%

9.4%

17.0%

9.4%

8.2%

5.7%

4.0%

2.9%

2.7%

3.2%

Diluted EPS, Cont Ops

$0.42

$0.23

$0.59

$0.78

$0.65

$0.58

$0.38

$0.23

$0.15

$0.13

$0.18

Diluted EPS - adj.

$0.64

$0.23

$0.60

$1.06

$0.65

$0.58

$0.38

$0.23

$0.15

$0.13

$0.16

Shares

302

309

342

325

332

318

310

651

992

992

993

Balance Sheet

0

 $               - 

 $               - 

 $               - 

 $               - 

 $                - 

 $                  - 

 $                  - 

 $                  - 

 $                  - 

 $            991.8

 $             992.5

  Assets

Cash and Equiv

$583.7

$167.5

$265.8

$1,041.1

$226.5

$163.6

$358.7

$251.3

$326.1

$1,326.5

$875.9

Short-Term Investments

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

Accts Rec

$248.5

$236.3

$229.1

$187.7

$234.8

$222.2

$190.7

$568.3

$616.2

$533.7

$480.7

Inventory

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

Other Current Assets

$64.1

$15.1

$19.8

$13.8

$33.5

$48.8

$0.0

$100.6

$63.4

$67.0

$65.8

Total Current Assets

$896.3

$449.6

$542.1

$1,273.0

$524.2

$468.0

$680.1

$1,128.4

$1,270.0

$2,087.2

$1,548.2

Net PP&E

$3,525.6

$3,338.3

$3,186.5

$2,983.5

$3,335.2

$3,240.0

$3,133.5

$7,590.6

$7,547.5

$7,504.9

$7,417.7

Intangibles/Goodwill

$2,752.7

$2,625.4

$2,480.2

$432.4

$547.7

$359.7

$247.5

$2,491.2

$1,964.5

$1,542.7

$1,456.0

Other Long-Term Assets

$514.5

$255.1

$203.3

$2,102.3

$2,849.0

$2,821.0

$2,817.2

$6,680.0

$6,678.8

$6,598.8

$6,587.7

Total Assets

$7,689.1

$6,668.4

$6,412.1

$6,791.2

$7,256.1

$6,888.7

$6,878.3

$17,890.2

$17,460.8

$17,733.6

$17,009.6

  Liabilities & Equity

Accts Payable

$126.7

$170.0

$152.1

$153.9

$179.4

$193.2

$139.6

$436.9

$519.5

$338.1

$219.0

Short-Term Debt

$88.0

$6.4

$227.7

$39.3

$2.4

$3.9

$7.2

$280.0

$94.0

$560.6

$57.9

Taxes Payable

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

Accrued Liabilities

$0.0

$140.2

$135.8

$134.7

$138.3

$128.0

$135.9

$170.2

$169.3

$209.3

$208.1

Other Short-Term Liabilities

$321.6

$101.0

$101.1

$58.4

$81.0

$57.8

$110.0

$552.2

$400.3

$445.5

$287.1

Total Current Liabilities

$536.4

$417.5

$616.6

$425.6

$445.9

$382.8

$392.7

$1,439.4

$1,183.2

$1,553.5

$915.9

Long-Term Debt

$4,195.6

$4,267.0

$3,999.4

$4,460.8

$4,736.9

$4,721.7

$4,794.1

$7,983.7

$8,205.8

$8,381.9

$8,368.7

Other Long-Term Liabilities

$1,541.9

$621.7

$754.3

$846.8

$1,075.4

$1,265.1

$1,363.8

$3,270.4

$3,616.6

$3,690.6

$3,662.5

Total Liabilities

$6,273.9

$5,306.2

$5,370.3

$5,733.2

$6,258.2

$6,369.6

$6,550.6

$12,693.5

$13,005.6

$13,626.0

$12,947.1

Total Equity

$1,415.2

$1,362.2

$1,041.8

$1,058.0

$997.9

$519.1

$327.7

$5,196.7

$4,455.2

$4,107.6

$4,062.5

Total Liabilities & Equity

$7,689.1

$6,668.4

$6,412.1

$6,791.2

$7,256.1

$6,888.7

$6,878.3

$17,890.2

$17,460.8

$17,733.6

$17,009.6

Cash Flow Data

0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

  Cash Flows From
  Operating Activities

Net Income

$194.1

$72.2

$202.4

$344.6

$214.7

$182.7

$120.8

$152.7

$149.6

$136.6

$158.0

Depr & Amort

$595.3

$572.7

$542.0

$476.5

$545.9

$561.8

$476.4

$893.7

$1,403.2

$1,266.8

$1,213.2

Deferred Taxes

$76.9

$13.4

$100.6

$132.0

$81.0

$34.0

$61.2

$85.4

$87.4

$80.5

$54.6

Other

($134.0)

$58.8

($0.8)

($33.4)

($19.9)

($39.2)

$84.3

$90.4

($67.5)

$68.6

$103.5

Cash from Operations

$732.3

$717.1

$844.2

$919.7

$821.7

$739.3

$742.7

$1,222.2

$1,572.7

$1,552.5

$1,529.3

  Cash Flows From
  Investing Activities

Cap Ex

($278.0)

($276.3)

($268.5)

($268.8)

($315.8)

($288.3)

($256.0)

($577.9)

($824.8)

($802.5)

($767.2)

Purchase of Business

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

($725.5)

$0.0

$0.0

($82.6)

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

Other

$386.5

$29.3

$74.6

$315.8

$6.6

$5.5

$0.7

($113.5)

$62.1

$167.6

$162.1

Cash from Investing

$108.5

($247.0)

($193.9)

$47.0

($1,034.7)

($282.8)

($255.3)

($774.0)

($762.7)

($634.9)

($594.5)

  Cash Flows From
  Financing Activities

Net Issuance of Stock

$13.2

$544.6

($202.4)

($108.0)

($236.2)

($198.6)

$0.8

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

Net Issuance of Debt

($653.5)

($514.0)

($6.4)

$322.3

($16.3)

($13.8)

$21.0

($7.2)

$22.6

$531.4

$28.8

Dividends

$0.0

($832.8)

($338.4)

($323.7)

($336.0)

($318.4)

($312.4)

($529.4)

($746.4)

($399.4)

($399.3)

Other

($10.0)

($84.1)

($1.1)

($7.2)

($13.1)

$11.5

($1.8)

($19.1)

($11.4)

($49.1)

($52.8)

Cash from Financing

($650.3)

($886.3)

($548.3)

($116.6)

($601.6)

($519.3)

($292.4)

($555.7)

($735.2)

$82.9

($423.3)

  Free Cash Flow

Currency Adj

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

Change in Cash

$190.5

($416.2)

$102.0

$777.4

($814.6)

($62.8)

$195.1

($107.4)

$74.8

$1,000.4

$511.5

Cash from Operations

$732.3

$717.1

$844.2

$919.7

$821.7

$739.3

$742.7

$1,222.2

$1,572.7

$1,552.5

$1,529.3

Cap Ex

($278.0)

($276.3)

($268.5)

($268.8)

($315.8)

($288.3)

($256.0)

($577.9)

($824.8)

($802.5)

($767.2)

Free Cash Flow

$454.3

$440.8

$575.7

$650.9

$505.9

$451.0

$486.7

$644.3

$747.9

$750.0

$762.1

Misc Data

Book Value Per Share

$4.68

$4.41

$3.05

$3.26

$3.00

$1.63

$1.06

$7.98

$4.49

$4.14

$4.09

Div/Share

$0.00

($2.69)

($0.99)

($1.00)

($1.01)

($1.00)

($1.01)

($0.81)

($0.75)

($0.40)

($0.40)

Year end stock price

$4.64

$6.32

$6.11

$7.56

$7.33

$5.27

$5.57

$7.71

$4.57

$4.09

$4.16

PE

11.0

27.5

10.4

9.7

11.3

9.1

14.7

33.5

30.5

31.5

23.8

Free Cash Flow %Revenue

18.6%

20.1%

26.6%

32.1%

22.1%

20.2%

23.0%

17.0%

14.3%

15.0%

15.4%

Quarterly Income Statement

 

2013/03

2012/12

2012/09

2012/06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Revenues

Revenue

$1,205.4

$1,232.6

$1,252.5

$1,258.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COGS

$109.4

$122.1

$106.5

$144.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross Profit

$1,096.0

$1,110.5

$1,146.0

$1,114.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Operating Expenses

SG&A

$541.5

$570.7

$572.3

$539.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R&D

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

$303.7

$304.1

$298.5

$307.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Income

$250.8

$235.7

$275.2

$267.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Other Income and
  Expense

Net Int Inc & Other

($169.6)

($178.3)

($171.9)

($171.9)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings Before Taxes

$84.1

$38.7

$107.4

$33.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income Taxes

$33.3

$9.5

$35.7

$11.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings After Taxes

$50.8

$0.0

$0.0

$22.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acctg Changes

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disc Operations

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ext Items

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Net Income

Net Income

$48.1

$24.9

$67.0

$18.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted EPS, Cont Ops$

$0.05

$0.02

$0.07

$0.02

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted EPS$

$0.05

$0.02

$0.07

$0.02

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quarterly Cash Flow Data

(#'s are cummulative)

2013/03

2012/12

2012/09

2012/06

2012/03

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Cash Flows From
  Operating Activities

Depr & Amort

$303.7

$1,266.8

$962.8

$664.3

$357.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred Taxes

($10.1)

$80.5

$59.8

$27.2

$15.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

$14.9

$51.9

$13.6

$13.8

($21.1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash from Operations

$359.3

$1,552.5

$1,160.3

$757.8

$382.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Cash Flows From
  Investing Activities

Cap Ex

($189.0)

($802.5)

($609.9)

($404.0)

($224.3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase of Business

$4.7

$0.0

$34.9

($12.1)

($5.9)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

$0.0

$167.6

$47.4

$39.1

$5.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash from Investing

($184.3)

($634.9)

($527.6)

($377.0)

($224.7)

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Cash Flows From
  Financing Activities

Net Issuance of Stock

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Issuance of Debt

($517.1)

$531.4

$476.0

($89.0)

($14.5)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends

($99.8)

($399.4)

($299.5)

($199.7)

($99.9)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

($7.3)

($49.1)

($35.8)

($8.2)

($3.6)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash from Financing

($624.2)

$82.9

$140.7

($296.9)

($118.0)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Currency Adj

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

$0.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in Cash

($449.2)

$1,000.4

$773.4

$83.9

$39.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income - per year or Qtr

$48.1

$24.9

$67.0

$18.0

$26.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Income - cumm per FY

$50.8

$153.3

$124.1

$52.5

$30.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Free Cash Flow

FCF

$170.3

$750.0

$550.4

$353.8

$158.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

FCF/Share

$0.17

$0.76

$0.55

$0.36

$0.16

             
Additional analysis information - see notes below           
Earnings Growth information Year3yr op income average (y)Operating income (y)Diluted EPS - cont. ops.  Year3yr op income average (y)Operating income (y)Diluted EPS - cont. ops. 
 20055566070.5910 year trend data 20055566070.59Actural
 20065796450.78 20065796450.78
Past EPS Growth using averages - info only20076527050.65 20076527050.65
-19.30%5 yr ave20086646430.58 20086646430.58
-24.92%4 yr ave20096516060.38 20096516060.38
-27.13%3 yr ave20106747720.235 year trend data20106747720.23
-22.41%2 yr ave20117599000.1520117599000.15
calculates the statistics for a trend line by using the "least squares" method to calculate a straight line that best fits the data, and then returns an array that describes the trend line. Projections are an extension of the historical data based on 10 and 5 year trends. Also applies to the FCF section.20128869870.1320128869870.13
201397210300.24201397210300.24Estimates
20149879440.22EPS based on %USED20149879440.22
2015100810530.24             $0.262015110710680.22Projections
2016105711020.24             $0.272016119111160.22
2017110711510.24             $0.282017127511630.23
2018115612000.25             $0.292018135912100.24
 10 year analysis5.70%6.44%-8.16%  5 year analysis6.93%3.29%-0.34%Blended 10 & 5 yr EPS
   From MSN or NASDAQ8.20%From Yahoo6.00%USED3.70% -4.25%
        
FCF & operating cash Growth information Year10 yr FCF trend projection5 yr FCF trend projection3 yr FCF trend projection  Year10 yr op cash trend projection5 yr op cash trend projection3 yr op cash trend projection 
 Actual Data2003454454454Actual Data2003732732732 
 20044414414412004717717717 
 20055765765762005844844844 
 20066516516512006920920920 
 20075065065062007822822822 
 20084514514512008739739739 
 20094874874872009743743743 
 201064464464420101222122212222012-2016
 20117487487482011157315731573Blended
 2012750750750FCF USED2012155315531553-1.66%
Manual are projections from research not the least squares method as decscribed aboveManual2013783783783Manual20131458145814582013-2016
Manual2014753753753753Possible projections2014142814281428Blended
Manual201571371371371320151388138813881.53%
Projections20167647647647132016152715271527 
  Calc FCF Growth10 yr calc5 yr calc3yr calc  Calc Op.Cash Growth10 yr calc5 yr calc3yr calcAve weighting
  1.61%0.42%-0.82% 5.20%-0.59%1.55%1.44%
 Adjusted Trend0.20%0.00%USED0.00% 2012-2016-0.42%-0.42%-0.42% 
FCF & operating cash Growth information per share Year10 yr FCF trend projection5 yr FCF trend projection3 yr FCF trend projection  Year10 yr op cash trend projection5 yr op cash trend projection3 yr op cash trend projection 
 20031.501.501.50Actual Data20032.422.422.42 
 20041.431.431.4320042.322.322.32 
 20051.681.681.6820052.472.472.47 
 20062.012.012.0120062.832.832.83 
 20071.521.521.5220072.472.472.47 
 20081.421.421.4220082.322.322.32 
 20091.571.571.5720092.402.402.40 
 20100.990.990.9920101.881.881.88 
 20110.750.750.7520111.591.591.59 
 20120.760.760.7620121.571.571.57 
 20130.790.790.792013-201620131.471.471.472013-2016
 20140.760.760.76-1.21%20141.431.431.431.13%
 20150.710.710.712012-201620151.391.391.392012-2016
 20160.760.760.760.14%20161.521.521.52-0.73%
 Proj FCF Growth10 yr calc5 yr calc3yr calcAveProj Op.Cash Growth10 yr calc5 yr calc3yr calcAve
  -9.24%0.17%-1.22%-2.10% -6.04%-0.84%1.14%-0.72%
The USED earnings and FCF growthrates are determined based on several sources which may include but may not be limited to the percentages generated through the model (used as a starting point) various third party analyst reports, conference call transcripts, etc.