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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Verizon Communications, No.26, is cranking up investments in new data and wireless services. That helped Verizon, formed in a merger between Bell Atlantic and gte, boost its wireless customers 16% last year. Profits grew 30%. sbc Communications, No.36, showed the same determination to lead in new markets. And savings from its merger with Ameritech helped boost net income by 67.5% annually over the past three years. That's the kind of busy signal investors like to hear, especially as the economy slows.
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RANKINGSMARKET VALUE SALES PROFITABILITY INVESTMENT DATA
20012000Company Feb. 28 2001 $Mil. Tot. Ret.
1-yr.		 Tot. Ret.
3-yr.		 12-Mo. 2000 $Mil. %Chg. from 1999 %Chg. 3-yr. Avg. 12-Mo. 2000 $Mil. %Chg. from 1999 %Chg. 3-yr. Avg.Net Marg. 2000 Net Marg. 1999Ret. on Inv. Cap.Ret. on Common EquityRec. Share Price $12-Mo. High/ Low P-E RatioDiv. YieldEPS 2000Est. EPS 2001
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
INDUSTRY AVERAGE		 42612.1 -31.5 70.7 21421.5 12 47.3 1779.2 0 51.4 8.3 9.4 8.7 8.6 32 67/26 27 0.75 1.19 0.93
1 20 ADC Telecommunications 8686.4 -50.4 72.4 3498.8 53 44 817.2 488 80 23.4 6.1 31.5 31.7 11 49/10 10 0 1.08 0.53
2 26 Verizon Communications 133605.3 4 19.9 64707 11 33.4 10810 30 72.8 16.7 14.3 10.9 31.3 50 66/39 13 3.11 3.93 3.14
3 36 SBC Communications 161463.1 28 34.1 51476 4 28.6 7967 21 67.5 15.5 13.3 16.9 26.4 48 59/38 21 2.13 2.32 2.53
4 43 Tellabs 17882.9 -9.2 44.3 3387.4 46 40.7 760 38 42 22.4 23.7 28.9 28.9 44 77/38 24 0 1.82 2.15
5 45 Scientific-Atlanta 7561.2 -8.6 438.9 2222 59 22.1 281.3 122 60 12.7 9.1 21.5 21.6 47 94/29 28 0.09 1.67 1.66
6 67 Comverse Technology 12417.3 -23.9 380.9 1119.1b 32 35.4 222.8b 45 62.7 19.9 18.1 15.2 20 75 125/62 59 0 1.27 1.77
7 72 Alltel 16807.2 -5.3 25.2 7067 9 15.7 1965.4 151 47.3 27.8 12.1 20.2 38.6 54 73/48 9 2.46 6.2 2.91
8 158 BellSouth 78549.1 5.2 45.2 26151 4 8.3 4220 22 7.7 16.1 13.7 14.4 25 42 54/36 19 1.81 2.23 2.39
9 222 WorldCom 47822.4 -62.7 -34.7 39090 9 77 4174 6 173.4 10.7 11 5.2 7.5 17 50/14 12 0 1.43 1.19
10 333 CenturyTel 4053.3 -13.8 8 1845.9 10 24.7 231.5 -3 -2.5 12.5 14.3 4.5 11.4 29 40/24 18 0.66 1.63 1.79
11 371 Lucent Technologies 39307.4 -78.9 -53.4 33813.0a 10 7.5 1681.0a -44 54.1 5 9.9 5.8 6.5 12 75/12 23 0.69 0.51 -0.59
12 374 Nortel Networks 55498.1 -66.9 40.4 30275.0a 42 27 -3470.0a NM NC -11.5 -1.6 -13.5 -14.8 18 86/18 -16 0.41 -1.17 0.71
13 384 Nextel Communications 18335.2 -64.8 62.8 5714 51 98.5 -711.0 NM NC -12.4 -33.5 -4.9 -45.4 24 83/21 -20 0 -1.21 -1.08
14 401 Sprint FON Group 17823.2 -62.8 -20.7 17688 3 6.1 1292 -26 10.9 7.3 10.1 8.2 10.5 22 67/20 15 2.24 1.45 1.57
15 424 AT&T 86333.8 -52.5 -40.0 65981 5 9.4 3181 -42 -7.9 4.8 8.7 2.1 2.9 23 61/17 26 0.65 0.88 0.39
16 432 Sprint PCS Group 23427.5 -51.3 NA 6341 88 127.5j -1868.0 NM NC -29.5 -73.6 -11.7 -99.5 25 67/18 -13 0 -1.95 -1.21
17 445 Global Crossing 14327.4 -65.2 NA 3789.2 154 198.9j -1307.8 NM NC -34.5 0.5 -7.1 -9.8 16 61/11 -8 0 -1.92 -2.95
INC INC Citizens Communications 4100.2 1.4 68.6 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 15 19/13 NA 0 NA 0.14
INC INC Qwest Communications Intl. 61629 -20.1 110.5 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 37 66/32 NA 0 NA 0.6

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