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 results 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 analysts' expectations of $1.01 billion. United States Cellular had a return on equity of 3.12% and a net margin of 3.21%. United States Cellular's revenue for the quarter was up 3.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.41 earnings per share. 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 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives 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 year. This suggests a possible upside of 37.5% 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 stories about USM stock have trended extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press 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 closest to five being the most favorable. United States Cellular earned a news impact score of -4.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the Wireless communications provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for United States Cellular.

United States Cellular saw a drop in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 615,300 shares, a drop of 19.5% from the December 31st total of 764,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 211,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.9 days. Approximately 4.0% of the shares of the company 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), SBA Communications (SBAC), Sprint (S), 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include SG Americas Securities LLC (0.13%), M&G Investment Management Ltd. (0.09%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.06%) and Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL (0.02%). 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including M&G Investment Management Ltd., SG Americas Securities LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System and Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL. 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 $34.99.

United States Cellular has a market capitalization of $3.01 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]