Tuesday, January 22, 2008

S&P: Gannett's profit margins to rise in 2008

Standard & Poor's, in a Jan. 16 newsletter I just got from the credit rating agency, forecasts GCI operating margins of 24.2% in 2008 -- up slightly from its projection of 23.8% in 2007. S&P recommends investors buy Gannett shares because it sees them rising to $49 in the next 12 months. (They've been trading today as low as $32.37.) Interestingly, S&P singles out "greater than anticipated weakness in Detroit'' as a possible factor that could affect its recommendation.

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