BB vs. USM, TDS, SHEN, SPOK, CCI, SBAC, DBX, CFLT, APPF, and GLBE
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), Dropbox (DBX), Confluent (CFLT), AppFolio (APPF), and Global-E Online (GLBE).
BlackBerry vs.
BlackBerry (NYSE:BB) and United States Cellular (NYSE:USM) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability and dividends.
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.
BlackBerry has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United States Cellular has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
54.5% of BlackBerry shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.0% of United States Cellular shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of BlackBerry shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of United States Cellular shares are held 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 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.
BlackBerry received 506 more outperform votes than United States Cellular when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.00% of users gave BlackBerry an outperform vote while only 56.15% of users gave United States Cellular an outperform vote.
In the previous week, BlackBerry had 1 more articles in the media than United States Cellular. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for BlackBerry and 1 mentions for United States Cellular. United States Cellular's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat BlackBerry's score of 0.35 indicating that United States Cellular is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BlackBerry currently has a consensus price target of $3.69, indicating a potential downside of 7.31%. United States Cellular has a consensus price target of $80.00, indicating a potential upside of 25.05%. Given United States Cellular's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe United States Cellular is more favorable than BlackBerry.
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 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
