Financials United States Cellular Corporation

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USM

US9116841084

Wireless Telecommunications Services

Market Closed - Nyse 04:00:02 2024-05-31 pm EDT 5-day change 1st Jan Change
55.46 USD +9.35% Intraday chart for United States Cellular Corporation +29.04% +33.51%

Valuation

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Capitalization 1 3,121 2,640 2,734 1,777 3,531 4,759 - -
Enterprise Value (EV) 1 4,346 3,857 5,309 4,704 6,445 7,525 7,331 7,163
P/E ratio 25.2 x 11.7 x 17.8 x 59.6 x 65.9 x 65.2 x 48 x 42.4 x
Yield - - - - - - - 18%
Capitalization / Revenue 0.78 x 0.65 x 0.66 x 0.43 x 0.9 x 1.25 x 1.29 x 1.29 x
EV / Revenue 1.08 x 0.96 x 1.29 x 1.13 x 1.65 x 1.98 x 1.99 x 1.95 x
EV / EBITDA 5.22 x 3.63 x 5.04 x 4.92 x 6.54 x 7.7 x 7.38 x 7.06 x
EV / FCF 58.7 x 15.6 x 68.1 x 22.6 x 25 x 6.5 x 6.85 x 79.6 x
FCF Yield 1.7% 6.43% 1.47% 4.42% 4% 15.4% 14.6% 1.26%
Price to Book 0.74 x 0.6 x 0.6 x 0.39 x 0.76 x 1.01 x 0.99 x 0.96 x
Nbr of stocks (in thousands) 86,147 86,036 86,737 85,221 85,006 85,814 - -
Reference price 2 36.23 30.69 31.52 20.85 41.54 55.46 55.46 55.46
Announcement Date 2/20/20 2/18/21 2/17/22 2/16/23 2/16/24 - - -
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Income Statement Evolution (Annual data)

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Net sales 1 4,022 4,037 4,122 4,169 3,906 3,798 3,686 3,679
EBITDA 1 832 1,063 1,054 956 986 977.8 992.9 1,015
EBIT 1 112 173 170 69 139 135.2 171 176.7
Operating Margin 2.78% 4.29% 4.12% 1.66% 3.56% 3.56% 4.64% 4.8%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) 1 185 250 180 72 111 118.4 156.6 161.1
Net income 1 127 229 155 30 54 74.74 101.7 115.3
Net margin 3.16% 5.67% 3.76% 0.72% 1.38% 1.97% 2.76% 3.13%
EPS 2 1.440 2.620 1.770 0.3500 0.6300 0.8506 1.154 1.308
Free Cash Flow 1 74 248 78 208 258 1,157 1,070 90
FCF margin 1.84% 6.14% 1.89% 4.99% 6.61% 30.46% 29.03% 2.45%
FCF Conversion (EBITDA) 8.89% 23.33% 7.4% 21.76% 26.17% 118.33% 107.77% 8.87%
FCF Conversion (Net income) 58.27% 108.3% 50.32% 693.33% 477.78% 1,548.01% 1,052.4% 78.05%
Dividend per Share 2 - - - - - - - 10.00
Announcement Date 2/20/20 2/18/21 2/17/22 2/16/23 2/16/24 - - -
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Income Statement Evolution (Quarterly data)

Fiscal Period: December 2021 Q4 2022 Q1 2022 Q2 2022 Q3 2022 Q4 2023 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 2024 Q1 2024 Q2 2024 Q3 2024 Q4 2025 Q1 2025 Q2
Net sales 1 1,068 1,010 1,027 1,083 1,048 986 957 963 1,000 950 932 935.3 967.9 928.9 908.5
EBITDA 1 223 289 261 204 202 252 239 263 233 272 240.6 245 225.4 - -
EBIT 1 5 71 40 -15 -27 26 34 57 21 51 28.8 29.64 13.13 38.19 28.17
Operating Margin 0.47% 7.03% 3.89% -1.39% -2.58% 2.64% 3.55% 5.92% 2.1% 5.37% 3.09% 3.17% 1.36% 4.11% 3.1%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) 1 17 84 40 -15 -37 25 24 50 11 52 24.61 28.24 8.811 37.19 24.43
Net income 1 27 49 21 -12 -28 13 5 23 14 18 15.49 18.34 4.309 24.73 16.24
Net margin 2.53% 4.85% 2.04% -1.11% -2.67% 1.32% 0.52% 2.39% 1.4% 1.89% 1.66% 1.96% 0.45% 2.66% 1.79%
EPS 2 0.3100 0.5700 0.2500 -0.1500 -0.3300 0.1500 0.0500 0.2600 0.1600 0.2000 0.1851 0.2059 0.0600 0.3167 0.2267
Dividend per Share 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Announcement Date 2/17/22 5/5/22 8/4/22 11/3/22 2/16/23 5/4/23 8/4/23 11/3/23 2/16/24 5/3/24 - - - - -
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Balance Sheet Analysis

Fiscal Period: December 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Net Debt 1 1,225 1,217 2,575 2,927 2,914 2,766 2,571 2,404
Net Cash position 1 - - - - - - - -
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA) 1.472 x 1.145 x 2.443 x 3.062 x 2.955 x 2.828 x 2.59 x 2.369 x
Free Cash Flow 1 74 248 78 208 258 1,157 1,070 90
ROE (net income / shareholders' equity) 3.08% 5.32% 3.46% 0.66% 1.18% 1.85% 2.29% 2.58%
ROA (Net income/ Total Assets) 1.65% 2.57% 1.55% 0.28% 0.49% 0.92% 0.73% -
Assets 1 7,719 8,922 10,011 10,730 10,931 8,124 13,966 -
Book Value Per Share 2 48.80 51.30 52.90 53.60 54.40 55.00 56.20 57.50
Cash Flow per Share - - - - 9.950 - - -
Capex 1 650 989 724 602 608 594 580 600
Capex / Sales 16.16% 24.5% 17.56% 14.44% 15.57% 15.63% 15.74% 16.31%
Announcement Date 2/20/20 2/18/21 2/17/22 2/16/23 2/16/24 - - -
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EPS & Dividend

Year-on-year evolution of the PER

Year-on-year evolution of the Yield

Change in Enterprise Value/EBITDA

Trading Rating
Investor Rating
ESG Refinitiv
C-
More Ratings
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
4
Last Close Price
55.46 USD
Average target price
62.75 USD
Spread / Average Target
+13.14%
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