United States Cellular Corporation (USM): Price and Financial Metrics

United States Cellular Corporation (USM): $37.12

1.13 (+3.14%)

POWR Rating

Component Grades

Momentum

C

Stability

C

Sentiment

Quality

C

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Industry: Telecom - Domestic

Industry

D

Ranked

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USM Price/Volume Stats

Current price $37.12 52-week high $48.47
Prev. close $35.99 52-week low $13.79
Day low $36.11 Volume 35,774
Day high $37.40 Avg. volume 221,807
50-day MA $38.50 Dividend yield N/A
200-day MA $36.55 Market Cap 3.16B

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USM POWR Grades

  • Growth is the dimension where USM ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 80.36% of US stocks.
  • The strongest trend for USM is in Growth, which has been heading up over the past 26 weeks.
  • USM ranks lowest in Quality; there it ranks in the 46th percentile.

USM Stock Summary

  • With a price/earnings ratio of 264.87, UNITED STATES CELLULAR CORP P/E ratio is greater than that of about 98.1% of stocks in our set with positive earnings.
  • Price to trailing twelve month operating cash flow for USM is currently 3.83, higher than only 13.78% of US stocks with positive operating cash flow.
  • In terms of volatility of its share price, USM is more volatile than 90.42% of stocks we're observing.
  • Stocks that are quantitatively similar to USM, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are MKTX, KWR, EVRI, WAT, and GD.
  • USM's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit UNITED STATES CELLULAR CORP's official web site, go to www.uscellular.com.

USM Valuation Summary

  • USM's price/earnings ratio is 271.6; this is 1425.84% higher than that of the median Communication Services stock.
  • USM's price/sales ratio has moved down 0.3 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for USM.

Stock Date P/S P/B P/E EV/EBIT
USM 2023-12-29 0.9 0.8 271.6 28.3
USM 2023-12-28 0.9 0.8 272.5 28.3
USM 2023-12-27 0.9 0.7 265.2 28.0
USM 2023-12-26 0.9 0.7 264.0 27.9
USM 2023-12-22 0.9 0.7 259.4 27.7
USM 2023-12-21 0.9 0.8 269.4 28.2

USM Growth Metrics

    The 5 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 120%.
  • The 5 year price growth rate now stands at -20.43%.
  • The 3 year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at -9.38%.
USM's revenue has moved up $150,000,000 over the prior 34 months.

The table below shows USM's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date Revenue Operating Cash Flow Net Income to Common Stock
2022-12-31 4,169 832 30
2022-09-30 4,189 787 85
2022-06-30 4,122 1,017 131
2022-03-31 4,109 989 145
2021-12-31 4,122 802 155
2021-09-30 4,126 954 134

USM's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.
  • USM has a Quality Grade of D, ranking ahead of 16.43% of graded US stocks.
  • USM's asset turnover comes in at 0.414 -- ranking 30th of 64 Communication stocks.
  • TDS, VZ, and CXDO are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with USM.

The table below shows USM's key quality metrics over time.

Period Asset Turnover Gross Margin ROIC
2021-09-30 0.414 0.540 0.040
2021-06-30 0.425 0.540 0.044
2021-03-31 0.437 0.547 0.047
2020-12-31 0.453 0.556 0.046
2020-09-30 0.471 0.561 0.047
2020-06-30 0.484 0.560 0.042

USM Price Target

For more insight on analysts targets of USM, see our USM price target page. And for a list of of all stocks sorted by upside potential based on analyst target price, see our Top Price Target page.

Average Price Target $41.00 Average Broker Recommendation 1.5 (Moderate Buy)

United States Cellular Corporation (USM) Company Bio


United States Cellular Corporation provides wireless telecommunications services in the United States. Its wireless services include postpaid and prepaid service plans with voice, messaging, data services, smartphone messaging, and Internet services. The company was founded in 1983 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.


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USM Price Returns

1-mo 10.54%
3-mo -10.64%
6-mo -13.61%
1-year 88.71%
3-year 4.18%
5-year -19.15%
YTD -10.64%
2023 99.23%
2022 -33.85%
2021 2.70%
2020 -15.29%
2019 -30.29%

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