美國500強2012十大牛股

第2名 斯普林特Nextel公司

股票代碼：S

今年迄今股價漲幅：143%

市值：$16.7億美元

《財富》美國500強排名：90

????過去幾年，斯普林特的用戶持續向競爭對手美國電話電報公司（AT&T）和威瑞森（Verizon）流失，但現在對于這家美國第三大無線運營商而言，形勢開始變得比較光明。

????2011年底，斯普林特終于開始銷售蘋果（Apple）iPhone手機，此舉幫助它改善了銷售收入。隨著斯普林特公布銷售iPhone手機近150萬臺，這家運營商的移動服務收入增長了8%，7月份該股股價第一次被推高。

????這只股第二次大漲是因為斯普林特證實它正在協商向日本科技巨頭軟銀公司（SoftBank）出售控股股權。幾天后，斯普林特宣布達成協議，擬以超過200億美元的金額將70%的股權賣給軟銀。

????這項交易給斯普林特帶來了約80億美元急需的資本，強化了它的收購能力。斯普林特早已在行動了。12月份，它出價擬獲得對Clearwire的完全控制權，在這家公司中它早已持有50.4%的股權。通過Clearwire交易，斯普林特將獲得最大的移動頻段。

#2 Sprint Nextel

Ticker:?S

YTD stock performance:?143%

Market cap:?$16.7 billion

Fortune 500 rank:?90

????Sprint?(S,?Fortune 500)?has been losing subscribers to rivals?AT&T?(T,Fortune 500)and?Verizon?(VZ,Fortune 500)?for several years, but things are starting to look a little brighter for the nation's third-largest wireless carrier.

????Sprint finally began selling?Apple(AAPL,?Fortune 500)?iPhones at the end of 2011, a move that has helped the company improve its sales. Sprint shares got their first big boost in July, after the carrier reported an 8% bump in its wireless service revenue, as it sold nearly 1.5 million iPhones.

????The company's stock got a second solid bump after Sprint confirmed that it was negotiating to sell a controlling stake to Japanese tech giant?SoftBank. Within a few days, Sprint announced an agreement to sell a 70% stake to SoftBank in a deal worth more than $20 billion.

????The deal infuses Sprint with about $8 billion in much-needed capital, bolstering its ability to make acquisitions. And Sprint has already acted. In December, it made a bid to gain full control of Clearwire, in which it already has a 50.4% stake. Through the?Clearwire?(CLWR)?deal, Sprint would own the rights to the largest swath of wireless spectrum.