Free Trial

United States Cellular (USM) Competitors

United States Cellular logo
$69.62 -0.33 (-0.46%)
As of 12:32 PM Eastern
This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more.

USM vs. TDS, BB, SHEN, SPOK, CCI, SBAC, SKM, TIGO, VEON, and SIDU

Should you be buying United States Cellular stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of United States Cellular include Telephone and Data Systems (TDS), BlackBerry (BB), Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), Spok (SPOK), Crown Castle (CCI), SBA Communications (SBAC), SK Telecom (SKM), Millicom International Cellular (TIGO), VEON (VEON), and Sidus Space (SIDU).

United States Cellular vs.

Telephone and Data Systems (NYSE:TDS) and United States Cellular (NYSE:USM) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends and media sentiment.

Telephone and Data Systems received 50 more outperform votes than United States Cellular when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.40% of users gave Telephone and Data Systems an outperform vote while only 55.73% of users gave United States Cellular an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Telephone and Data SystemsOutperform Votes
293
65.40%
Underperform Votes
155
34.60%
United States CellularOutperform Votes
243
55.73%
Underperform Votes
193
44.27%

Telephone and Data Systems presently has a consensus price target of $53.50, suggesting a potential upside of 40.51%. United States Cellular has a consensus price target of $86.33, suggesting a potential upside of 24.27%. Given Telephone and Data Systems' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Telephone and Data Systems is more favorable than United States Cellular.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Telephone and Data Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
United States Cellular
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

80.0% of Telephone and Data Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.0% of United States Cellular shares are owned by institutional investors. 14.5% of Telephone and Data Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of United States Cellular shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Telephone and Data Systems has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its share price is 25% less 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.

United States Cellular has a net margin of -0.79% compared to Telephone and Data Systems' net margin of -10.72%. United States Cellular's return on equity of 1.55% beat Telephone and Data Systems' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Telephone and Data Systems-10.72% 1.12% 0.40%
United States Cellular -0.79%1.55%0.68%

United States Cellular has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Telephone and Data Systems. United States Cellular is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Telephone and Data Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Telephone and Data Systems$4.96B0.87-$500M-$0.86-44.27
United States Cellular$3.77B1.57$54M-$0.47-147.81

In the previous week, Telephone and Data Systems had 5 more articles in the media than United States Cellular. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Telephone and Data Systems and 3 mentions for United States Cellular. United States Cellular's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Telephone and Data Systems' score of 1.09 indicating that United States Cellular is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Telephone and Data Systems
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
United States Cellular
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Telephone and Data Systems beats United States Cellular on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

Remove Ads
Get United States Cellular News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for USM and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
Skip Chart

USM vs. The Competition

MetricUnited States CellularRadiotelephone communication IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.91B$37.16B$23.36B$19.51B
Dividend YieldN/A4.55%2.83%3.75%
P/E Ratio-193.0614.6142.6633.40
Price / Sales1.571.271,979.8526.90
Price / Cash8.037.1834.6117.54
Price / Book1.271.846.214.56
Net Income$54M$2.08B$735.89M$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.86%-0.04%-0.36%-0.38%
1 Month Performance5.72%-1.51%49,592.15%-3.16%
1 Year Performance90.02%16.22%52,075.94%4.33%

United States Cellular Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
USM
United States Cellular
1.481 of 5 stars
$69.63
-0.5%
$86.33
+24.0%
+94.3%$5.92B$3.77B-193.404,300News Coverage
Positive News
TDS
Telephone and Data Systems
3.5268 of 5 stars
$35.48
+1.5%
$53.50
+50.8%
+144.6%$4.05B$4.96B-6.578,800Positive News
BB
BlackBerry
1.0532 of 5 stars
$4.53
-0.3%
$3.91
-13.5%
+44.2%$2.70B$638M-20.572,647Upcoming Earnings
SHEN
Shenandoah Telecommunications
4.0268 of 5 stars
$12.42
+1.1%
$26.00
+109.3%
-23.6%$681.31M$328.06M3.28840Positive News
SPOK
Spok
3.3464 of 5 stars
$15.80
+0.1%
$20.00
+26.6%
+3.5%$322.62M$137.65M21.64380
CCI
Crown Castle
3.4707 of 5 stars
$102.91
-0.3%
$110.29
+7.2%
-2.8%$44.73B$6.57B36.494,700Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
High Trading Volume
SBAC
SBA Communications
4.7775 of 5 stars
$220.90
+1.2%
$252.54
+14.3%
-0.8%$23.77B$2.68B34.841,830Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
SKM
SK Telecom
3.023 of 5 stars
$21.71
+1.4%
N/A-1.5%$8.55B$17.94T8.8626,195Positive News
TIGO
Millicom International Cellular
2.58 of 5 stars
$30.24
-0.5%
$33.98
+12.4%
+53.4%$5.20B$5.80B32.1719,400Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
VEON
VEON
2.5621 of 5 stars
$44.75
+6.4%
$56.00
+25.1%
+92.9%$3.31B$3.96B5.9817,206Analyst Forecast
SIDU
Sidus Space
2.6123 of 5 stars
$1.92
-2.5%
$10.00
+420.8%
-55.7%$8.03M$5.19M0.0040Short Interest ↓
Remove Ads

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NYSE:USM) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners