BB vs. USM, TDS, SHEN, SPOK, CCI, SBAC, PCTY, PCOR, ESTC, and ALTR
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), Paylocity (PCTY), Procore Technologies (PCOR), Elastic (ESTC), and Altair Engineering (ALTR).
BlackBerry vs.
BlackBerry (NYSE:BB) and United States Cellular (NYSE:USM) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends and risk.
BlackBerry received 505 more outperform votes than United States Cellular when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.94% of users gave BlackBerry an outperform vote while only 55.73% of users gave United States Cellular an outperform vote.
In the previous week, BlackBerry had 2 more articles in the media than United States Cellular. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for BlackBerry and 2 mentions for United States Cellular. United States Cellular's average media sentiment score of 1.56 beat BlackBerry's score of 0.39 indicating that United States Cellular is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of United States Cellular shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
BlackBerry has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United States Cellular has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BlackBerry currently has a consensus target price of $3.91, indicating a potential downside of 10.16%. United States Cellular has a consensus target price of $86.33, indicating a potential upside of 24.31%. Given United States Cellular's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe United States Cellular is more favorable than BlackBerry.
United States Cellular has a net margin of -0.79% compared to BlackBerry's net margin of -21.16%. United States Cellular's return on equity of 1.55% beat BlackBerry's return on equity.
United States Cellular has higher revenue and earnings than BlackBerry. United States Cellular is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BlackBerry, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
BlackBerry and United States Cellular tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BB) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
