United States Cellular
About: United States Cellular Corp is a regional wireless carrier that serves about 4.4 million customers spread across four major geographic clusters: the Midwest, mid-Atlantic, New England, and the Pacific Northwest. These service territories encompass a total population of about 32 million people. The vast majority of the markets the firm serves are rural or second/third-tier cities, with only the greater Milwaukee and Oklahoma City regions boasting populations greater than 1 million. us Cellular also owns a 5.5% stake in Verizon Wireless' Los Angeles operations and, unlike its wireless carrier peers, owns most of its towers. The firm has agreed to sell its wireless operations and most of its spectrum licenses in a series of transactions with T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T.
Employees: 4,100
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
10,292% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $37.4M | Put options by funds: $360K
131% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 37 | Existing positions closed: 16
16% more funds holding
Funds holding: 134 [Q4 2024] → 155 (+21) [Q1 2025]
12% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $866M [Q4 2024] → $968M (+$102M) [Q1 2025]
0.87% more ownership
Funds ownership: 26.05% [Q4 2024] → 26.93% (+0.87%) [Q1 2025]
5% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 39 | Existing positions reduced: 41
67% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 3 [Q4 2024] → 1 (-2) [Q1 2025]
Research analyst outlook
2 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
2 analyst ratings
JP Morgan Sebastiano Petti | 42%upside $85 | Overweight Maintained | 28 May 2025 |
Raymond James Ric Prentiss | 31%upside $78 | Outperform Reiterated | 5 May 2025 |
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