BB vs. USM, TDS, SHEN, SPOK, CCI, SBAC, S, KVYO, SQSP, and RBRK
Should you be buying BlackBerry stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BlackBerry include United States Cellular (USM), Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), Spok (SPOK), Crown Castle (CCI), SBA Communications (SBAC), SentinelOne (S), Klaviyo (KVYO), Squarespace (SQSP), and Rubrik (RBRK).
United States Cellular (NYSE:USM) and BlackBerry (NYSE:BB) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
United States Cellular has higher revenue and earnings than BlackBerry. BlackBerry is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than United States Cellular, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
18.0% of United States Cellular shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.5% of BlackBerry shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of United States Cellular shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of BlackBerry shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
United States Cellular presently has a consensus target price of $58.75, suggesting a potential upside of 5.93%. BlackBerry has a consensus target price of $4.08, suggesting a potential upside of 46.36%. Given United States Cellular's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BlackBerry is more favorable than United States Cellular.
United States Cellular has a net margin of 1.55% compared to United States Cellular's net margin of -15.24%. BlackBerry's return on equity of 1.30% beat United States Cellular's return on equity.
In the previous week, United States Cellular had 28 more articles in the media than BlackBerry. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for United States Cellular and 3 mentions for BlackBerry. BlackBerry's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat United States Cellular's score of 0.49 indicating that United States Cellular is being referred to more favorably in the media.
BlackBerry received 503 more outperform votes than United States Cellular when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.03% of users gave BlackBerry an outperform vote while only 56.47% of users gave United States Cellular an outperform vote.
United States Cellular has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackBerry has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
United States Cellular beats BlackBerry on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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