Analysts were expecting Frontier Communications Corporation (FTR) [Chart - News - Analysis] to report earnings of $0.15 for last quarter, but FTR beat expectations with actual earnings of $0.17---2 cents above the consensus estimate.

If you compare last quarter's earnings to the $0.15 the company made per share during the same quarter a year ago, you can see that FTR’s earnings are up this year.

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Also, if you compare FTR's 2.36% projected earnings-per-share (EPS) growth rate for the next five years with the projected EPS growth rate of 5.46% for the Telecom Services - Domestic industry as a whole during that same time frame, you can see that analysts expect FTR to underperform the industry in the future---which is a bad sign for the stock.

Drilling down a little deeper into the Telecom Services - Domestic industry, you can see how analysts believe FTR will stack up against some of the other stocks in the industry, like BCE, Inc. (BCE) [Chart - News - Analysis] and Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) [Chart - News - Analysis], in the future. Analysts believe BCE's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 5.34% while VZ's earnings are going to grow at a rate of 5.01%.

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