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USM vs. TDS, BB, SHEN, SPOK, CCI, SBAC, TU, VOD, SKM, and TIGO

Should you be buying United States Cellular stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United States Cellular include Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), BlackBerry (BB), Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), Spok (SPOK), Crown Castle (CCI), SBA Communications (SBAC), TELUS (TU), Vodafone Group Public (VOD), SK Telecom (SKM), and Millicom International Cellular (TIGO).

United States Cellular vs.

United States Cellular (NYSE:USM) and Telephone and Data Systems (NYSE:TDS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

18.0% of United States Cellular shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Telephone and Data Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of United States Cellular shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 14.5% of Telephone and Data Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

United States Cellular has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Telephone and Data Systems. United States Cellular is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Telephone and Data Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
United States Cellular$3.77B1.55$54M-$0.47-146.03
Telephone and Data Systems$4.96B0.86-$500M-$0.86-43.71

Telephone and Data Systems received 50 more outperform votes than United States Cellular when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.40% of users gave Telephone and Data Systems an outperform vote while only 55.73% of users gave United States Cellular an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
United States CellularOutperform Votes
243
55.73%
Underperform Votes
193
44.27%
Telephone and Data SystemsOutperform Votes
293
65.40%
Underperform Votes
155
34.60%

United States Cellular presently has a consensus target price of $86.33, indicating a potential upside of 25.79%. Telephone and Data Systems has a consensus target price of $53.50, indicating a potential upside of 42.31%. Given Telephone and Data Systems' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Telephone and Data Systems is more favorable than United States Cellular.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
United States Cellular
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Telephone and Data Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

In the previous week, Telephone and Data Systems had 8 more articles in the media than United States Cellular. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Telephone and Data Systems and 8 mentions for United States Cellular. Telephone and Data Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat United States Cellular's score of 1.04 indicating that Telephone and Data Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
United States Cellular
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Telephone and Data Systems
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

United States Cellular has a net margin of -0.79% compared to Telephone and Data Systems' net margin of -10.72%. United States Cellular's return on equity of 1.55% beat Telephone and Data Systems' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
United States Cellular-0.79% 1.55% 0.68%
Telephone and Data Systems -10.72%1.12%0.40%

United States Cellular has a beta of 0.4, meaning that its stock price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Telephone and Data Systems has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Telephone and Data Systems beats United States Cellular on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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USM vs. The Competition

MetricUnited States CellularRadiotelephone communication IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.83B$35.71B$23.45B$18.96B
Dividend YieldN/A5.17%2.97%4.01%
P/E Ratio-190.6516.0842.3732.87
Price / Sales1.551.602,072.9128.03
Price / Cash8.037.1834.7517.52
Price / Book1.261.866.194.47
Net Income$54M$2.08B$737.97M$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.79%1.44%1.25%0.59%
1 Month Performance-1.56%0.66%1.67%-3.54%
1 Year Performance84.21%17.83%52,744.52%3.80%

United States Cellular Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
USM
United States Cellular
2.4362 of 5 stars
$68.64
0.0%
$86.33
+25.8%
+89.1%$5.83B$3.77B-190.654,900News Coverage
Positive News
TDS
Telephone and Data Systems
3.0817 of 5 stars
$37.60
+2.6%
$53.50
+42.3%
+137.2%$4.29B$4.96B-6.969,300News Coverage
Positive News
BB
BlackBerry
1.3257 of 5 stars
$3.40
+0.6%
$4.12
+21.1%
+18.5%$2.03B$534.90M-15.452,647
SHEN
Shenandoah Telecommunications
3.6658 of 5 stars
$12.83
+0.8%
$26.00
+102.7%
-11.1%$703.80M$328.06M3.39840Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
SPOK
Spok
2.8836 of 5 stars
$13.82
-9.1%
$20.00
+44.7%
+3.2%$282.19M$137.65M18.93380Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
CCI
Crown Castle
3.8032 of 5 stars
$101.05
+0.9%
$110.47
+9.3%
+11.6%$44.00B$6.57B35.835,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
SBAC
SBA Communications
4.3605 of 5 stars
$223.28
+0.5%
$251.92
+12.8%
+27.3%$24.03B$2.68B35.221,830Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
TU
TELUS
1.3292 of 5 stars
$15.08
+0.7%
N/A-6.1%$22.83B$20.14B30.78108,500Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
VOD
Vodafone Group Public
4.6427 of 5 stars
$9.57
+2.4%
N/A+15.7%$22.66B$37.01B8.39104,000High Trading Volume
SKM
SK Telecom
2.1409 of 5 stars
$21.15
-5.7%
N/A+4.2%$8.33B$17.94T8.635,340Upcoming Earnings
TIGO
Millicom International Cellular
1.8829 of 5 stars
$33.95
+3.6%
$35.65
+5.0%
+64.4%$5.84B$5.80B36.1219,400Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
High Trading Volume

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