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52wk Range: 1.68 - 6.42
Volume: 106,334,891
Avg Vol (3m): 24,909,600

Technicals
Most Actives
Percentage Gainer

Last Price Quote is:
26.65%above 13-day MA
46.41%above 50-day MA
RS Rating: 97 

Fundamentals
Key Data:
Market Cap (M): $5,323.09 
P/E Ratio: NA 
PEG Ratio: -0.243902 
Next Earnings: 07/24/2008
Last Analyst Rating: Mkt Perform

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Level 3 Communications Inc. is Today's Focus Stock on MicroStockProfit.com

Press Release Source: MicroStockProfit.com On Thursday February 17, 2011, 6:50 am EST

DALLAS, Feb. 17, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MicroStockProfit.com announces an investment report featuring Level 3 Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:LVLT - News). The report includes financial, comparative and investment analyses, and industry information you need to know to make an educated investment decision.



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Level 3 Communications Inc. (LVLT) is an international communications company operating one of the largest communications and Internet backbones in the world. Since 1998, the Company has been focused on delivering premier services over one of the world's most advanced, IP-optimized networks. LVLT owns and maintains over 54,000 intercity route miles. It offers a comprehensive portfolio of network offerings that spans Internet Protocol (IP) services, broadband transport, colocation services, and patented Softswitch-based managed modem and voice services. It also uses these network services as a foundation for delivering enterprise telecommunications solutions.



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In the report, the analyst notes:



"LVLT said it lost $52 million, or $0.03 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2010, narrowing the year-ago quarter loss of $182 million, or $0.11 per share. The Internet backbone company said its most recent results included an income tax benefit of $93 million, or $0.06 per share, primarily from the release of foreign deferred tax valuation allowances, without which the Company's loss would have been $0.09 per share. Analysts, on average, expected the Company to report a loss of $0.10 per share."



"LVLT recently announced that it has enhanced its data center networking portfolio to help businesses meet increasing data center connectivity requirements and better manage costs. The Company said the enhanced portfolio now includes storage area networking (SAN) fiber channel protocol, dark fiber and managed fiber solutions."



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LVLT - Momentum...

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.

Day's Range: 1.41 - 1.47
52wk Range: 0.83 - 1.77
Volume: 33,540,878
Avg Vol (3m): 21,311,900
Market Cap: 2.35B

Technicals
Most Actives

Last Price Quote is:
9.49%above 13-day EMA
20.56%above 50-day EMA
RS Rating: 80

The Golden Cross...

Insider buying...

10k share purchase is meaningful insider buying, but when a director purchases Over 100k share at 1.23, it may be time to reevaluate and reweigh ones holdings. Apparently, Fairfax financial has also increased its LVLT holdings recently but I don't have the link.
Technically a flag is forming with resistance at 1.3.

AKAM took a beating on the concept that its margins will fall as it competes with the likes of LVLT. This same story may repeat itself with other competition leading to increasing revenues and hopefully earnings for LVLT. Nearterm AKAM may bounce back (Swing trade) but I think their recognition of margin issues in network services and their current attempt to compensate for this through diversification of their primary business may keep them range bound.

I think current share value in LVLT may invite some long term speculative investments that bring back April/2010 highs. However, breaking through that level may require more than insider buying and margin dominance.

Level 3 to Buy Global Crossing in $3 Billion Deal
April 11, 2011, 8:25 am Mergers & Acquisitions

Level 3 Communications announced on Monday that it would buy Global Crossing (GLBC) in a transaction worth $3 billion.
The deal values Global Crossing at $23.04 a share — about 56 percent above the telecommunication company's closing price on Friday. As part of the acquisition, Level 3 will also assume $1.1 billion of debt.

The deal would combine the two companies' fiber-optic networks over three continents, offering data and voice connections to more than 70 countries. The combined entity will create a company with revenue of $6.26 billion and earnings of $1.57 billion, after taking into account projected cost savings.

"This is a transformational combination that we believe will deliver significant value to the investors, customers and employees of both Level 3 and Global Crossing," James Q. Crowe, chief executive of Level 3, said in a statement. "The complementary fit between the two companies' networks, service portfolios and customers is compelling."

Level 3 shares rose 12 percent in premarket trading. Global Crossing was up 59 percent.

Level 3 already has significant shareholder support. Singapore Technologies Telemedia, Global Crossing's largest investor with a stake of about 60 percent, has agreed to vote in favor of the acquisition. Once the deal closes, ST Telemedia is to nominate directors to the board, relative to the size of its stake.

"This strategic combination is an important milestone for both Global Crossing and Level 3, and a value-creating proposition for all stakeholders," Lee Theng Kiat, chief executive officer of Singapore Technologies Telemedia, said in a statement. "Going forward, we believe the combined strengths of the two companies will position it in a very favorable, competitive position to expand in the U.S. and compete globally."

Singapore Technologies Telemedia bought the stake in Global Crossing out of bankruptcy in 2003. Once a high-flying network operator, Global Crossing stumbled in the aftermath of the dot-com bust, filing for Chapter 11 in early 2002.

Level 3's advisers included Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley; Rothschild provided the fairness opinion; and Willkie Farr & Gallagher was the legal adviser.

Goldman Sachs advised Global Crossing, while Latham & Watkins served as the company's legal adviser. Singapore Technologies Telemedia worked with Credit Suisse Securities.

This Deal May Be Doomed From the Start
April 12, 2011

I'm not sure who put a quarter in the stock market over the weekend, but yesterday was truly a merger Monday. We saw deals literally emerging from the woodwork. Endo Pharmaceuticals agreed to buy American Medical Systems; Fiat announced its intentions to up its stake in Chrysler; Flowers Foods announced the purchase of Tasty Baking; and Valeant Pharmaceuticals hinted it'd be willing to up its hostile takeover bid for Cephalon.

This snapshot represents just half of the deals that were agreed upon this weekend. But one deal stood out and made me shake my head. Whereas every move mentioned above incorporates at least one dominant sector player, the $1.9 billion deal between Level 3 Communications (Nasdaq: LVLT) and Global Crossing (Nasdaq: GLBC) has that deer-in-the-headlights feel to it.

Level 3 is a telecommunications company that derives its revenue from transmitting data across its fiber optic networks in the U.S. and Europe. The company has never posted a quarterly profit! That's 44 losses in the past 44 quarters. Combine that with the company's negative book value and more than $6.5 billion in debt and you can clearly see why this is the ... purchasing company???

It's not surprising that Level 3 is choosing to finance this deal through an all-stock offering -- 16 shares of Level 3 for each Global Crossing share -- because it's unlikely it could get the financing to support the buyout since it burned through $97 million in free cash flow in the trailing 12 months. Now let's take a look at what Level 3 is purchasing.

Global Crossing, which possesses a fiber optic network spanning across the lucrative Latin American market, emerged in 2005 from a $30 billion bankruptcy only to pick up right where it left off. Like its new parent, Global Crossing hasn't produced a single quarter of profitability. The company, which boasts $1.1 billion in net debt, managed just $82 million in free cash flow over the trailing 12 months.

Even with synergy costs of what analysts estimate could be up to $340 million, I'm not so sure that the combined entity would be profitable even then! The net debt of the combined company will exceed $7 billion, which is downright scary. It's true that AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) are even more leveraged to their debt than the Level 3-Global Crossing combination will be, but it's also a fact that AT&T and Verizon have consistently generated a profit on the $9.5 billion and $15.2 billion in free cash flow the two have generated respectively in the trailing 12 months.

So far, I haven't even mentioned what a hypercompetitive space data transmission can be. The combination should help eliminate some costs, but it doesn't speed up growth for a sector still struggling with a rebounding economy. With a sea of choices in data transmission, it's going to be difficult for this new company to establish itself as the premier choice, especially given the inconsistent track records of Level 3 and Global Crossing.

If you ask me, this combination has all the markings of a merger of the weakest links in the telecommunications sector and may be reason enough to avoid both companies until they net shareholders a profitable quarter.

Does this deal have a chance to succeed?

Hi setravis,

thanks for all the interesting info you keep sending us.
I keept meaning to tell you that earlier but never really find the time.
So here I am.

Thanks again for the great work!


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You are welcome, a pleasure to serve.
Playing the Markets...is a deep passion of mine.
Good luck with all your trading..make some buck$