United States Cellular Corporation (USM): Price and Financial Metrics
USM Price/Volume Stats
Current price | $14.30 | 52-week high | $32.41 |
Prev. close | $14.68 | 52-week low | $14.12 |
Day low | $14.25 | Volume | 339,600 |
Day high | $14.94 | Avg. volume | 316,808 |
50-day MA | $18.92 | Dividend yield | N/A |
200-day MA | $23.06 | Market Cap | 1.21B |
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USM POWR Grades
- Stability is the dimension where USM ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 74.14% of US stocks.
- The strongest trend for USM is in Stability, which has been heading down over the past 179 days.
- USM's current lowest rank is in the Sentiment metric (where it is better than 3.84% of US stocks).
USM Stock Summary
- With a one year PEG ratio of 478.03, UNITED STATES CELLULAR CORP is expected to have a higher PEG ratio (a measure of how expensive a stock is relative to its expected earnings growth) than 94.68% of US stocks.
- The price/operating cash flow metric for UNITED STATES CELLULAR CORP is higher than just 10.31% of stocks in our set with a positive cash flow.
- With a price/sales ratio of 0.31, UNITED STATES CELLULAR CORP has a higher such ratio than just 10.94% of stocks in our set.
- Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to UNITED STATES CELLULAR CORP are SHAK, RGCO, DNUT, SHEN, and ATNI.
- Visit USM's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.uscellular.com.
USM Valuation Summary
- In comparison to the median Communication Services stock, USM's price/earnings ratio is 883.4% lower, now standing at -202.9.
- USM's price/sales ratio has moved down 0.6 over the prior 243 months.
Below are key valuation metrics over time for USM.
Stock | Date | P/S | P/B | P/E | EV/EBIT |
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USM | 2023-05-19 | 0.3 | 0.3 | -202.9 | 28.4 |
USM | 2023-05-18 | 0.3 | 0.3 | -201.9 | 28.4 |
USM | 2023-05-17 | 0.3 | 0.3 | -209.2 | 28.6 |
USM | 2023-05-16 | 0.3 | 0.3 | -206.8 | 28.6 |
USM | 2023-05-15 | 0.3 | 0.3 | -214.3 | 28.8 |
USM | 2023-05-12 | 0.3 | 0.3 | -214.0 | 28.8 |
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%.

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 |
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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 |
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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.
Latest USM News From Around the Web
Below are the latest news stories about UNITED STATES CELLULAR CORP that investors may wish to consider to help them evaluate USM as an investment opportunity.
TDS and UScellular to present at 51st Annual J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media & Communications ConferenceTelephone and Data Systems, Inc. (NYSE: TDS) and United States Cellular Corporation (NYSE: USM) will present at the 51st Annual J.P. Morgan Global Technology, Media & Communications Conference on May 23, 2023 at 3:15 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). LeRoy T. Carlson, Jr., president and CEO of TDS; Vicki L. Villacrez, executive vice president and chief financial officer of TDS; and Colleen Thompson, vice president – corporate relations of TDS will attend. The presentation will be webcast both live |
TDS AND USCELLULAR TO WEBCAST ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERSTelephone and Data Systems, Inc. [NYSE: TDS] and United States Cellular Corporation [NYSE: USM] announce the following webcasts: |
U.S. Cellular (USM) Q1 Earnings Lag Estimates, Revenues DownU.S. Cellular (USM) reported lower revenues year over year owing to a reduction in postpaid retail and prepaid connections and lower equipment sales revenues. |
United States Cellular (USM) Q1 Earnings and Revenues Lag EstimatesU.S. Cellular (USM) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of -16.67% and 3.81%, respectively, for the quarter ended March 2023. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock? |
UScellular reports first quarter 2023 resultsAs previously announced, UScellular will hold a teleconference on May 5, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. CDT. Listen to the call live via the Events & Presentations page of investors.uscellular.com. |
USM Price Returns
1-mo | -28.00% |
3-mo | -37.93% |
6-mo | -29.94% |
1-year | -52.77% |
3-year | -56.19% |
5-year | -60.17% |
YTD | -31.41% |
2022 | -33.85% |
2021 | 2.70% |
2020 | -15.29% |
2019 | -30.29% |
2018 | 38.11% |
Continue Researching USM
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