TDS vs. USM, BB, SHEN, SPOK, CCI, SBAC, KT, FYBR, PHI, and LUMN
Should you be buying Telephone and Data Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Telephone and Data Systems include United States Cellular (USM), BlackBerry (BB), Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), Spok (SPOK), Crown Castle (CCI), SBA Communications (SBAC), KT (KT), Frontier Communications Parent (FYBR), PLDT (PHI), and Lumen Technologies (LUMN).
United States Cellular (NYSE:USM) and Telephone and Data Systems (NYSE:TDS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
United States Cellular has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Telephone and Data Systems. Telephone and Data Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United States Cellular, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Telephone and Data Systems had 5 more articles in the media than United States Cellular. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Telephone and Data Systems and 1 mentions for United States Cellular. Telephone and Data Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat United States Cellular's score of 0.87 indicating that United States Cellular is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Telephone and Data Systems received 50 more outperform votes than United States Cellular when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.17% of users gave Telephone and Data Systems an outperform vote while only 56.47% of users gave United States Cellular an outperform vote.
United States Cellular has a net margin of 1.55% compared to United States Cellular's net margin of -9.36%. Telephone and Data Systems' return on equity of 1.30% beat United States Cellular's return on equity.
United States Cellular has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telephone and Data Systems has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
United States Cellular currently has a consensus target price of $58.75, suggesting a potential upside of 4.99%. Telephone and Data Systems has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.55%. Given United States Cellular's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Telephone and Data Systems is more favorable than United States Cellular.
18.0% of United States Cellular shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Telephone and Data Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of United States Cellular shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.5% of Telephone and Data Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
United States Cellular and Telephone and Data Systems tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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