USM vs. SKM, CCOI, ATHM, DOCN, VSH, PYCR, HAYW, SPT, QTWO, and ACLS
Should you be buying United States Cellular stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United States Cellular include SK Telecom (SKM), Cogent Communications (CCOI), Autohome (ATHM), DigitalOcean (DOCN), Vishay Intertechnology (VSH), Paycor HCM (PYCR), Hayward (HAYW), Sprout Social (SPT), Q2 (QTWO), and Axcelis Technologies (ACLS). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
United States Cellular (NYSE:USM) and SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.
SK Telecom has a net margin of 6.22% compared to United States Cellular's net margin of 1.55%. SK Telecom's return on equity of 8.62% beat United States Cellular's return on equity.
18.0% of United States Cellular shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of United States Cellular shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of SK Telecom shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
SK Telecom has higher revenue and earnings than United States Cellular. SK Telecom 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, United States Cellular had 7 more articles in the media than SK Telecom. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for United States Cellular and 4 mentions for SK Telecom. SK Telecom's average media sentiment score of 0.27 beat United States Cellular's score of 0.25 indicating that SK Telecom is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
SK Telecom received 3 more outperform votes than United States Cellular when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.04% of users gave SK Telecom an outperform vote while only 56.16% of users gave United States Cellular an outperform vote.
United States Cellular presently has a consensus price target of $45.25, indicating a potential upside of 26.75%. Given United States Cellular's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe United States Cellular is more favorable than SK Telecom.
United States Cellular has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, SK Telecom has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
SK Telecom beats United States Cellular on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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