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$3.69 +0.71 (+23.83%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET)

BB vs. USM, TDS, SHEN, SPOK, CCI, SBAC, SPSC, OS, QTWO, and SOUN

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), SPS Commerce (SPSC), Onestream (OS), Q2 (QTWO), and SoundHound AI (SOUN).

BlackBerry vs.

United States Cellular (NYSE:USM) and BlackBerry (NYSE:BB) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
United States Cellular$3.80B1.41$54M-$0.36-172.42
BlackBerry$637M3.43-$130M-$0.22-16.77

United States Cellular has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BlackBerry has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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 large money managers, endowments 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 -21.66%. United States Cellular's return on equity of 1.55% beat BlackBerry's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
United States Cellular-0.79% 1.55% 0.68%
BlackBerry -21.66%-3.38%-1.92%

United States Cellular presently has a consensus price target of $80.00, indicating a potential upside of 28.89%. BlackBerry has a consensus price target of $3.60, indicating a potential downside of 2.44%. Given United States Cellular's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe United States Cellular is more favorable than BlackBerry.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
United States Cellular
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
BlackBerry
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56

In the previous week, BlackBerry had 17 more articles in the media than United States Cellular. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for BlackBerry and 3 mentions for United States Cellular. United States Cellular's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat BlackBerry's score of 0.64 indicating that United States Cellular is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
United States Cellular
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
BlackBerry
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

BlackBerry received 506 more outperform votes than United States Cellular when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.07% of users gave BlackBerry an outperform vote while only 56.41% of users gave United States Cellular an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
United States CellularOutperform Votes
242
56.41%
Underperform Votes
187
43.59%
BlackBerryOutperform Votes
748
69.07%
Underperform Votes
335
30.93%

Summary

United States Cellular and BlackBerry tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BB vs. The Competition

MetricBlackBerryPrepackaged software IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.18B$25.38B$25.69B$19.18B
Dividend YieldN/A2.26%2.77%3.59%
P/E Ratio-14.7697.61241.2441.28
Price / Sales3.4324.753,316.0417.59
Price / Cash17.2391.3335.6621.28
Price / Book2.8012.918.075.32
Net Income-$130M$448.65M$678.74M$989.88M
7 Day Performance37.17%0.42%0.45%-3.54%
1 Month Performance58.37%10.49%7.00%-3.68%
1 Year Performance3.36%26.33%23.04%12.14%

BlackBerry Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BB
BlackBerry
1.6824 of 5 stars
$3.69
+23.8%
$3.60
-2.4%
-9.9%$2.18B$637M-14.762,647Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
USM
United States Cellular
3.3525 of 5 stars
$63.41
+0.7%
$80.00
+26.2%
+54.0%$5.45B$3.91B-174.914,300Positive News
TDS
Telephone and Data Systems
3.6836 of 5 stars
$35.22
+0.1%
$45.50
+29.2%
+87.8%$3.98B$5.04B-6.528,800Positive News
SHEN
Shenandoah Telecommunications
4.2757 of 5 stars
$13.55
+2.2%
$26.00
+91.9%
-40.2%$739.83M$287.38M3.44840Positive News
SPOK
Spok
2.2951 of 5 stars
$16.80
+0.6%
$15.00
-10.7%
+9.3%$340.54M$139.02M22.88380Positive News
CCI
Crown Castle
4.4886 of 5 stars
$97.17
+0.1%
$117.00
+20.4%
-20.8%$42.23B$6.59B34.444,700Analyst Revision
SBAC
SBA Communications
4.972 of 5 stars
$212.69
-0.7%
$257.23
+20.9%
-17.3%$22.87B$2.71B33.801,787Analyst Forecast
SPSC
SPS Commerce
2.2899 of 5 stars
$195.67
+1.7%
$220.78
+12.8%
-0.6%$7.35B$611.82M92.052,489Insider Trade
OS
Onestream
2.6453 of 5 stars
$29.24
+0.6%
$35.59
+21.7%
N/A$6.86BN/A0.001,300Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
QTWO
Q2
1.6826 of 5 stars
$105.68
+0.6%
$91.50
-13.4%
+146.2%$6.38B$624.62M-109.482,315Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
SOUN
SoundHound AI
2.0202 of 5 stars
$16.74
-1.0%
$9.50
-43.2%
+940.7%$6.19B$67.30M-49.72200Insider Trade
Gap Down
High Trading Volume

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This page (NYSE:BB) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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