Mastec margins improving- read on Telco/cable spending at 2005-12-04 19:51:28
MTZ reported results after market and as I had pointed out earlier margins are starting to move up. Gross margins increased nicely from 11.4% to 14.8% sequentially, very tough to see margins increasing in this increasing cost environment. G&A expense was higher but operating margins improved as well. MTZ is a play on not only better spending by carriers on specific projects like FTTx, it's also a