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 quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 20th. The Wireless communications provider reported $0.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the 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 net margin of 3.13% and a return on equity of 3.03%. The business's quarterly revenue was up .1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $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 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for United States Cellular's stock. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $64.50. On average, they anticipate United States Cellular's stock price to reach $48.10 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 51.4% 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.

News headlines about USM stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. United States Cellular earned a news sentiment score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the Wireless communications provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely 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 the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 543,100 shares, a decrease of 11.7% from the January 15th total of 615,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 205,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.6 days. Currently, 3.6% of the shares of the stock 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 acquired 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 $31.78.

United States Cellular has a market capitalization of $2.74 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 [email protected]