NYSE:USM - United States Cellular Stock Price, Forecast & News

United States Cellular trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "USM."

United States Cellular Corp (NYSE:USM) released its earnings results on Thursday, February, 20th. The Wireless communications provider reported $0.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.04 by $0.16. The Wireless communications provider earned $1.05 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.04 billion. United States Cellular had a return on equity of 3.02% and a net margin of 3.13%. United States Cellular's revenue was up .1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.23 earnings per share. View United States Cellular's Earnings History.

United States Cellular is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 7th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for United States Cellular.

5 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for United States Cellular's shares. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $64.50. On average, they expect United States Cellular's share price to reach $48.10 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 53.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for United States Cellular.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for United States Cellular in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings, 2 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for United States Cellular.

Media headlines about USM stock have been trending very negative on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. United States Cellular earned a coverage optimism score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the Wireless communications provider a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for United States Cellular.

United States Cellular saw a decrease in short interest in February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 433,200 shares, a decrease of 20.2% from the January 30th total of 543,100 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 167,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.6 days. Currently, 2.9% of the company's shares are short sold. View United States Cellular's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to United States Cellular include CROWN CASTLE IN/SH SH (CCI), Sprint (S), SBA Communications (SBAC), BlackBerry (BB), Telephone & Data Systems (TDS), Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), Boingo Wireless (WIFI) and Spok (SPOK).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other United States Cellular investors own include Verastem (VSTM), Verizon Communications (VZ), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Pfizer (PFE), Valero Energy (VLO), NVIDIA (NVDA), AbbVie (ABBV), Boeing (BA), General Motors (GM) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

United States Cellular's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Gabelli Funds LLC (1.14%), Acadian Asset Management LLC (0.80%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.79%), AQR Capital Management LLC (0.31%), Geode Capital Management LLC (0.26%) and State Street Corp (0.26%). Company insiders that own United States Cellular stock include Deirdre Drake, Douglas W Chambers, Edward Perez, Gregory P Josefowicz, Harry J Harczak Jr, J Samuel Crowley, Jay Ellison, Kenneth R Meyers, Michael Irizarry, Ronald E Daly and Steven T Campbell. View Institutional Ownership Trends for United States Cellular.

USM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, AQR Capital Management LLC, Assetmark Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Barclays PLC, Game Creek Capital LP, Acadian Asset Management LLC and Stifel Financial Corp. Company insiders that have sold United States Cellular company stock in the last year include Deirdre Drake, Gregory P Josefowicz, J Samuel Crowley, Jay Ellison, Kenneth R Meyers, Michael Irizarry, Ronald E Daly and Steven T Campbell. View Insider Buying and Selling for United States Cellular.

USM stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Prudential Financial Inc., Picton Mahoney Asset Management, M&G Investment Management Ltd., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Oxford Asset Management LLP, Geode Capital Management LLC, Marshall Wace LLP and SG Americas Securities LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for United States Cellular.

Shares of USM can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of USM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $31.41.

United States Cellular has a market capitalization of $2.71 billion and generates $4.02 billion in revenue each year. The Wireless communications provider earns $127 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.44 on an earnings per share basis. United States Cellular employs 5,600 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About United States Cellular.

The official website for United States Cellular is http://www.uscellular.com/.

United States Cellular's mailing address is 8410 West Bryn Mawr Suite 700, CHICAGO IL, 60631. The Wireless communications provider can be reached via phone at 773-399-8900 or via email at j[email protected]