Friday, September 29, 2006

Motley Fool: Let's Get Sirius

Community Pool: Let's Get Sirius
By Rick Aristotle Munarriz (TMFBreakerRick) September 29, 2006

One of the cool things about the new Motley Fool CAPS stock-picking site is the ability to see what bulls and bears think of any given stock at any given time. Over the past two weeks, this column has taken a bite out of Apple Computer (Nasdaq: AAPL) and played hardball with Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT).

This week, we're taking a closer look at Sirius Satellite Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI). As a stock with heavy retail investor ownership, Sirius is always a discussion-board hotbed, and rare is the day when it doesn't wind up on Nasdaq's most actively traded list.
Sirius-ly goodThe case for Sirius can be pretty compelling if you stop at the top line. Growth has been phenomenal at the company, landing more subscribers than its larger rival XM (Nasdaq: XMSR) for three consecutive quarters. The company was able to lure CBS (NYSE: CBS) programming guru Mel Karmazin to head the company and, love him or hate him, Howard Stern is an audience magnet...READ MORE: HERE