Would you buy stock in this company? Are there questions you would want answered before answering the original question? What are the strengths and weaknesses of this company?
One can not answer this with a couple of sentences. It would take a couple of paragraphs to start to answer this question.
| Millions, except per share data |
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XXX1 |
XXX2 |
XXX3 |
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| Revenues |
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8,984 |
9,189 |
13,289 |
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| Net Income |
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| Operating Results |
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440 |
489 |
493 |
| Items impacting comparability |
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13 |
31 |
91 |
| Total |
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453 |
520 |
584 |
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| Earnings per Diluted Common Share |
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| Operating Results |
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1.55 |
1.82 |
1.82 |
| Items impacting comparability |
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0.05 |
0.12 |
0.34 |
| Total |
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1.7 |
1.94 |
2.16 |
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| Dividends Paid per Common Share |
0.76 |
0.81 |
0.86 |
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| Total Assets |
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11966 |
13239 |
16137 |
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| Capital Expenditures and Equity Investments |
941 |
947 |
1483 |
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| NYSE Price Range |
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| High |
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34.625 |
39.375 |
47.5 |
| Low |
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26.75 |
28 |
34.625 |
| Close December 31 |
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30.5 |
38.125 |
43.125 |
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| Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities |
460 |
-15 |
1,040 |
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| Trade Receivable - Gross |
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1,116 |
1,847 |
| Less Allowance for Doubtful Accounts |
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-12 |
-6 |
| Trade Receivables - Net |
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1,104 |
1,841 |
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