TDS vs. USM, BB, SHEN, SPOK, CCI, SBAC, KT, FYBR, PHI, and LUMN
Should you be buying Telephone and Data Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Telephone and Data Systems include United States Cellular (USM), BlackBerry (BB), Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), Spok (SPOK), Crown Castle (CCI), SBA Communications (SBAC), KT (KT), Frontier Communications Parent (FYBR), PLDT (PHI), and Lumen Technologies (LUMN).
Telephone and Data Systems (NYSE:TDS) and United States Cellular (NYSE:USM) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Telephone and Data Systems currently has a consensus target price of $25.00, suggesting a potential upside of 25.69%. United States Cellular has a consensus target price of $58.75, suggesting a potential upside of 5.93%. Given Telephone and Data Systems' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Telephone and Data Systems is more favorable than United States Cellular.
Telephone and Data Systems received 50 more outperform votes than United States Cellular when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.17% of users gave Telephone and Data Systems an outperform vote while only 56.47% of users gave United States Cellular an outperform vote.
80.0% of Telephone and Data Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.0% of United States Cellular shares are held by institutional investors. 14.5% of Telephone and Data Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of United States Cellular shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Telephone and Data Systems has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United States Cellular has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, United States Cellular had 15 more articles in the media than Telephone and Data Systems. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for United States Cellular and 16 mentions for Telephone and Data Systems. United States Cellular's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Telephone and Data Systems' score of -0.07 indicating that United States Cellular is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
United States Cellular has a net margin of 1.55% compared to Telephone and Data Systems' net margin of -9.36%. United States Cellular's return on equity of 1.30% beat Telephone and Data Systems' return on equity.
United States Cellular has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Telephone and Data Systems. Telephone and Data Systems 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.
Summary
United States Cellular beats Telephone and Data Systems on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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