CenturyLink, Frontier and Windstream will be reporting their fourth-quarter 2017 earnings in the coming weeks and analysts are expecting narrow broadband losses for these providers as cable continues to expand their DOCSIS 3.1 footprints.
Jefferies said in a research that while it does not expect any major surprises, the overall “sentiment clearly remains negative, and we do not anticipate fourth-quarter results or initial 2018 guidance to provide a catalyst.”
Each of these service providers faces different challenges on the business and consumer side—two trends that will be reflected in their upcoming earnings reports.
