Wells Fargo raised the price target for the United States Cellular Corporation (NYSE:USM) stock from “an Equal weight” to “an Overweight”. The rating was released on May 30, 2024, according to finviz. We previously noted in another research note published on August 09, 2023 by Wells Fargo that upgraded the stock from an Underweight to an Equal weight with a price target of $38 for USM stock. The research report from JP Morgan has upgraded the stock from Neutral to Overweight, with a price target set at $52. The stock was downgraded by Wells Fargo, who disclosed in a research note on January 10, 2023, from Overweight to Underweight and set the price objective to $20. In their research brief published November 08, 2022, JP Morgan analysts upgraded the United States Cellular Corporation stock from Underweight to Neutral with a price target of $24.
The latest trade, Performances and Moving Averages give us the following Picture
The firm’s stock price fluctuated 27.99% within the last five trades and 52.66% within the last 30 trades, which was a significant change from the beginning of this year. Despite the fact that the share price increased 21.62% in the last 6 months and 54.06% was added to its value over the previous 3 months. USM stock is trading at a margin of 29.58%, 43.63% and 36.86% apart from the 20-Day, 50-Day and 200-Day Simple Moving Average prices.
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As of the close of trading, USM deals in the Communication Services domain. The stock is trading 8.75 percent below its 52-week high and 302.18 percent above its 52-week low. For example, looking both at the price and the high and low measurements of 52 weeks will give you a clearer picture of the direction the price is heading. The firm’s Weighted Alpha is 79.29. A positive weighted alpha indicates the firm has done well over the course of the year, whereas one below 0 indicates that the firm has done poorly.
What Does United States Cellular Corporation’s Profitability and Valuation Ratios Tell Us About the Stock?
With regard to the profitability of the company, the operating margin is currently at 4.50 percent and the profit margin is 1.55 percent, and the company has reported a gross margin of 37.11 percent. The profit margin, also known as the revenue ratio or gross profit ratio, is an efficiency figure used to estimate the business’s profitability by comparing net income and sales. The higher the number, the more profits are generated for the company and vice versa.
The stock’s market cap achieved a total value of $4.71 billion as of the last trading session. Market capitalization is the total value of all outstanding shares of a corporation and it is used to measure a company’s market value. The price-to-earnings ratio for United States Cellular Corporation (NYSE:USM) is 80.47. The price-to-earnings ratio is a method of assessing corporate values by comparing them to their per-share profit. Forward P/E stands at 56.30. Forward price-to-earnings is calculated using predicted earnings for the next financial year’s P/E determination. The stock has achieved an effective Price-to-Sales Ratio of 1.22 that mirrors the cost to be found for sales by the market. The firm managed a Price-to-Book ratio of 1.01, which equates the market value of a stock with its book value.
Is Insider Trading a Real Thing?
Almost all investors and traders prefer to invest in shares controlled by the management of a corporation as a management company will be more likely to run the business itself and to never conduct things against the management’s desires and will always try to do what is best for their shareholders. Currently, 83.53 percent of United States Cellular Corporation shares are owned by insiders, and 18.27 percent are held by financial institutions.
