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(xù)向競爭對手美國電話電報公司（AT&T）和威瑞森（Verizon）流失,，但現(xiàn)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(xié)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(xié)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.