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).
BlackBerry (NYSE:BB) and United States Cellular (NYSE:USM) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, United States Cellular had 18 more articles in the media than BlackBerry. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for United States Cellular and 4 mentions for BlackBerry. United States Cellular's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat BlackBerry's score of 0.31 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 BlackBerry's net margin of -15.24%. United States Cellular's return on equity of 1.30% beat BlackBerry's return on equity.
BlackBerry presently has a consensus price target of $4.08, indicating a potential upside of 43.02%. United States Cellular has a consensus price target of $45.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.66%. Given BlackBerry's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe BlackBerry is more favorable than United States Cellular.
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.
BlackBerry has a beta of 1.4, suggesting that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United States Cellular has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BlackBerry received 505 more outperform votes than United States Cellular when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.03% of users gave BlackBerry an outperform vote while only 56.26% of users gave United States Cellular an outperform vote.
54.5% of BlackBerry shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.0% of United States Cellular shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of BlackBerry shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of United States Cellular shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
United States Cellular beats BlackBerry on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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