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Alex Zhao
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Verizon Surprisingly Loses Postpaid Wireless Customers; Shares Fairly Valued

Tough wireless competition caused Verizon to lose 307,000 net retail postpaid customers this quarter, while both postpaid and total retail customer churn, including prepaid, ticked up to 1.15% and 1.4%, respectively. We affirm our narrow moat rating for the firm despite the escalation in competitive intensity, as we find no evidence that the firm’s scale advantage and spectrum intangible assets are structurally damaged. However, we are lowering our outlook for Verizon’s wireless segment by proje...
Underlying
Verizon Communications Inc.

Verizon Communications is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company provides communications, information and entertainment products and services to consumers, businesses and governmental agencies. The company has two reportable segments, Verizon Consumer Group (Consumer) and Verizon Business Group (Business). The company's Consumer segment provides consumer-focused wireless and wireline communications services and products under the Verizon brand and through wholesale and other arrangements. The company's Business segment provides, among others, wireless and wireline communications services and products, video and data services, corporate networking solutions, security and managed network services.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

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Alex Zhao

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