美国500强2012十大牛股

第2名 斯普林特Nextel公司

股票代码：S

今年迄今股价涨幅：143%

市值：$16.7亿美元

《财富》美国500强排名：90

    过去几年，斯普林特的用户持续向竞争对手美国电话电报公司（AT&T）和威瑞森（Verizon）流失，但现在对于这家美国第三大无线运营商而言，形势开始变得比较光明。

    2011年底，斯普林特终于开始销售苹果（Apple）iPhone手机，此举帮助它改善了销售收入。随着斯普林特公布销售iPhone手机近150万台，这家运营商的移动服务收入增长了8%，7月份该股股价第一次被推高。

    这只股第二次大涨是因为斯普林特证实它正在协商向日本科技巨头软银公司（SoftBank）出售控股股权。几天后，斯普林特宣布达成协议，拟以超过200亿美元的金额将70%的股权卖给软银。

    这项交易给斯普林特带来了约80亿美元急需的资本，强化了它的收购能力。斯普林特早已在行动了。12月份，它出价拟获得对Clearwire的完全控制权，在这家公司中它早已持有50.4%的股权。通过Clearwire交易，斯普林特将获得最大的移动频段。

#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.