Zacks Industry Outlook Highlights Verizon, AT&T and Liberty Latin America

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• The wireless industry is currently trading at EV/EBITDA of 9.03X compared with the S&P 500's 17.21X and the sector's 19.40X

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• The Zacks Wireless National industry carries a Zacks Industry Rank #166, placing it in the bottom 32% of more than 250 Zacks industries

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• The industry is likely to benefit in the long run from a fast-track 5G deployment and extensive fiber densification

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• Verizon is likely to retain its lead in promulgating 5G mobile networks nationwide by using virtualized machines, advanced levels of operational automation and adaptability

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• AT&T is benefiting from increased fiber convergence with accelerated growth in fiber customers in areas where it has solid wireless services

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• Over the past five years, the wireless industry has traded as high as 9.42X EV/EBITDA, as low as 6.33X and at the median of 7.51X

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• Verizon appears to be at a critical inflection point and remains focused on making necessary capital expenditures

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• Liberty Latin America is poised to benefit from an end-to-end communications platform, leveraging the power of a sub-sea network, fixed-line networks and mobile platforms

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• Aggressive competition is likely to limit telecom operators' ability to attract and retain customers, affecting operating and financial results

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• The Zacks Wireless National industry appears to be plagued by high capital expenditures for infrastructure upgrades, tariff uncertainty, supply-chain disruptions due to the prolonged Russia-Ukraine war, Middle East tensions and high customer inventory levels

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• Verizon, AT&T, and Liberty Latin America are likely to gain from higher demand for scalable infrastructure for sustainable networks with a wide proliferation of IoT, wireless traction and solid broadband momentum

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• AT&T is the second largest wireless service provider in North America and one of the world's leading communications service carriers

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• The top 50% of the Zacks-ranked industries outperform the bottom 50% by a factor of more than two to one

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• Since 2000, Zacks' top stock-picking strategies have produced average gains of +48.4%, +50.2% and +56.7% per year versus S&P's +7.7% average gain per year

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