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NeuStar (NSR)
Little-known NeuStar manages all telephone portability in North America, transferring numbers from one carrier to the next. It's what allows customers to change telephone services without changing phone numbers. The company says it doesn't keep call records or any data on phone users. The management of phone numbers has translated into enviable financial numbers for the Sterling (Va.)-based company. NeuStar, which raised $605 million in its June 2005 IPO, beat estimates in the first quarter, reporting $76.2 million in revenue, a 31.8% jump from a year earlier. It also raised its outlook for 2006, expecting as much as $324 million in revenue instead of up to $306 million.
Company Info |
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| 2005 Rank | NR |
| Market Value* ($ Millions) | 2,399.1 |
| Sales* ($ Millions) | 260.8 |
| Sales Growth (3-yr. avg. annual) |
39.5 % |
| Profits* ($ Millions) | 59.1 |
| Profit Growth (3-yr. avg. annual) | 51.8 % |
| Return on Inv. Capital (3-yr.) | 30.6 % |
| Share Price 12-Mo. Hi/Lo | 36/24 |
| Share Price As of 4/28/06 | 35 |
| Return on Equity | 24.5 % |
| P/E Ratio | 46 |
| No. of Employees | 502 |
| Industry | Integrated Telecommunication Services |
| CURRENT MARKET INFO | NSR > |
| COMPANY WEB SITE > | |
| Location | Sterling, Va. |
| Phone | 571 434-5400 |
*Trailing 12 months
Stock price data as of 4/28/06
DATA: Standard & Poor's Compustat
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Company Snapshot
NeuStar provides clearinghouse services to the communications and Internet industry primarily in the U.S. and Canada. The company provides critical technology services, which enable communication service providers to manage various technical and operating requirements, including addressing, neutral third party interoperability, and infrastructure needs. Its services include databases and systems, such as telephone number pooling, Internet domain name services, order management services, and wireline and wireless number portability services that allow service providers to exchange data for workflow and transaction processing. NeuStar also operates authoritative directories that manage various telephone area codes and numbers for the .us and .biz Internet domains, and for the U.S. Common Short Codes. In addition, the company provides infrastructure services, such as network management, connection services, service order provisioning, and public safety and security services, as well as critical secretariat services to the Internet Engineering Task Force. It serves Internet service providers, cable TV operators, voice over Internet protocol service providers, local exchange carriers, competitive local exchange carriers, incumbent local exchange carriers, inter-exchange carriers, wireless service providers, and long distance carriers. The company was founded in 1996 and has its headquarters in Sterling, Va.
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