Ups And Downs In Channel Company Stocks For Q1 2017

West Corp.

CEO: Tom Barker

Dec. 30, 2016: $24.76

March 31, 2017: $24.42

Change: -1.37%

On March 7 West Corp., No. 23 on the CRN Solution Provider 500, completed its acquisition of the cloud collaboration practice and assets from Vocus Group in Australia. West Corp. said the move would expand its position and capabilities throughout the Asia-Pacific region and make it one of the few global providers of Cisco's hosted Unified Communications stack.

For all of 2016, West Corp. reported revenue of $2.29 billion, up 0.5 percent from $2.28 billion in 2015. Net income in 2016 was $193.4 million, down 20 percent from $241.8 million in 2015.