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) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 31st. The Wireless communications provider reported $0.27 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.36 by $0.09. The Wireless communications provider earned $1.03 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.01 billion. United States Cellular had a net margin of 3.21% and a return on equity of 3.12%. United States Cellular's revenue for the quarter was up 3.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.41 EPS. View United States Cellular's Earnings History.

United States Cellular is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 28th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for United States Cellular.

5 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for United States Cellular's stock. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $64.50. On average, they expect United States Cellular's stock price to reach $48.10 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 33.5% 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 trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. United States Cellular earned a media sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the Wireless communications provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for United States Cellular.

United States Cellular saw a decrease in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 615,300 shares, a decrease of 19.5% from the December 15th total of 764,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 219,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.8 days. Currently, 4.0% of the company's stock are sold short. View United States Cellular's Current Options Chain.

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One share of USM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $36.03.

United States Cellular has a market capitalization of $3.10 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]