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

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, August, 1st. The Wireless communications provider reported $0.35 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.06. The Wireless communications provider earned $973 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.01 billion. United States Cellular had a return on equity of 3.46% and a net margin of 3.56%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down .1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.56 earnings per share. View United States Cellular's Earnings History.

United States Cellular is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, November 1st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for United States Cellular.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for United States Cellular's shares. Their predictions range from $40.00 to $64.50. On average, they expect United States Cellular's stock price to reach $49.10 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 39.8% 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 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for United States Cellular.

News stories about USM stock have been trending positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. United States Cellular earned a media sentiment score of 2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the Wireless communications provider a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View News Stories for United States Cellular.

United States Cellular saw a decrease in short interest during the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,111,300 shares, a decrease of 9.8% from the June 15th total of 1,231,600 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 258,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 4.3 days. Approximately 7.3% of the company's stock are sold short. View United States Cellular's Current Options Chain.

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United States Cellular's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (2.26%), Vanguard Group Inc. (1.93%), First Trust Advisors LP (1.91%), Gabelli Funds LLC (1.12%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (0.98%) and BlackRock Inc. (0.94%). Company insiders that own United States Cellular stock include Deirdre Drake, Douglas W Chambers, Edward Perez, 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 Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Gamco Investors INC. ET AL, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Chicago Equity Partners LLC, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Acadian Asset Management LLC and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold United States Cellular company stock in the last year include Deirdre Drake, Harry J Harczak Jr, 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 First Trust Advisors LP, Atria Investments LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC, Man Group plc, APG Asset Management N.V., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Vanguard Group Inc. and Allianz Asset Management GmbH. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of USM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $35.12.

United States Cellular has a market capitalization of $3.05 billion and generates $3.97 billion in revenue each year. The Wireless communications provider earns $150 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.72 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]