TL;DR: Financial Overview - Revenue, Profits & Key Metrics

Latest Quarterly: Mar 2025

Income Metrics

Revenue 891.0M
Gross Profit 537.0M 60.27%
Operating Income 42.0M 4.71%
Net Income 20.0M 2.24%

Balance Sheet Metrics

Total Assets 10.4B
Total Liabilities 5.8B
Shareholders Equity 4.6B
Debt to Equity 1.25

Cash Flow Metrics

Operating Cash Flow 126.0M
Free Cash Flow 86.0M

Revenue & Profitability Trend

U.S. Cellular Income Statement From 2020 to 2024

Metric20242023202220212020
Revenue i3.8B3.9B4.2B4.1B4.0B
Cost of Goods Sold i1.6B1.7B2.0B1.9B1.8B
Gross Profit i2.1B2.2B2.2B2.2B2.2B
Gross Margin % i56.8%55.8%52.7%53.7%55.6%
Operating Expenses
Research & Development i-----
Selling, General & Administrative i1.3B1.4B1.4B1.3B1.4B
Other Operating Expenses i-----
Total Operating Expenses i1.3B1.4B1.4B1.3B1.4B
Operating Income i145.0M154.0M90.0M191.0M193.0M
Operating Margin % i3.8%3.9%2.2%4.6%4.8%
Non-Operating Items
Interest Income i12.0M10.0M8.0M6.0M8.0M
Interest Expense i183.0M196.0M163.0M175.0M112.0M
Other Non-Operating Income4.0M143.0M137.0M158.0M161.0M
Pre-tax Income i-22.0M111.0M72.0M180.0M250.0M
Income Tax i10.0M53.0M37.0M20.0M17.0M
Effective Tax Rate % i0.0%47.7%51.4%11.1%6.8%
Net Income i-32.0M58.0M35.0M160.0M233.0M
Net Margin % i-0.8%1.5%0.8%3.9%5.8%
Key Metrics
EBITDA i983.0M978.0M956.0M1.1B1.1B
EPS (Basic) i$-0.46$0.64$0.35$1.80$2.66
EPS (Diluted) i$-0.46$0.63$0.35$1.77$2.62
Basic Shares Outstanding i8600000085000000850000008600000086000000
Diluted Shares Outstanding i8600000085000000850000008600000086000000

Income Statement Trend

U.S. Cellular Balance Sheet From 2020 to 2024

Metric20242023202220212020
Assets
Current Assets
Cash & Equivalents i144.0M150.0M273.0M156.0M1.3B
Short-term Investments i---03.0M
Accounts Receivable i905.0M900.0M985.0M976.0M915.0M
Inventory i179.0M199.0M261.0M173.0M146.0M
Other Current Assets21.0M36.0M45.0M49.0M29.0M
Total Current Assets i1.3B1.4B1.7B1.6B2.6B
Non-Current Assets
Property, Plant & Equipment i5.2B6.4B6.3B7.7B7.4B
Goodwill i4.6B4.7B4.7B4.1B2.6B
Intangible Assets i4.6B4.7B4.7B4.1B2.6B
Long-term Investments-----
Other Non-Current Assets643.0M705.0M712.0M644.0M604.0M
Total Non-Current Assets i9.1B9.4B9.4B8.7B7.1B
Total Assets i10.4B10.8B11.1B10.3B9.7B
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable i232.0M241.0M344.0M346.0M377.0M
Short-term Debt i163.0M155.0M146.0M132.0M118.0M
Current Portion of Long-term Debt-----
Other Current Liabilities118.0M154.0M335.0M104.0M85.0M
Total Current Liabilities i884.0M901.0M1.2B903.0M871.0M
Non-Current Liabilities
Long-term Debt i3.7B3.9B4.0B3.6B3.4B
Deferred Tax Liabilities i728.0M755.0M708.0M674.0M633.0M
Other Non-Current Liabilities----1.0M-
Total Non-Current Liabilities i5.0B5.2B5.3B4.9B4.4B
Total Liabilities i5.8B6.1B6.5B5.8B5.2B
Equity
Common Stock i88.0M88.0M88.0M88.0M88.0M
Retained Earnings i2.8B2.9B2.9B2.8B2.7B
Treasury Stock i112.0M80.0M98.0M68.0M67.0M
Other Equity-----
Total Shareholders Equity i4.6B4.7B4.6B4.6B4.4B
Key Metrics
Total Debt i3.8B4.0B4.2B3.7B3.5B
Working Capital i461.0M499.0M528.0M702.0M1.8B

Balance Sheet Composition

U.S. Cellular Cash Flow Statement From 2020 to 2024

Metric20242023202220212020
Operating Activities
Net Income i-32.0M58.0M35.0M160.0M233.0M
Depreciation & Amortization i665.0M656.0M700.0M678.0M683.0M
Stock-Based Compensation i55.0M23.0M24.0M27.0M32.0M
Working Capital Changes i-41.0M-35.0M-230.0M-170.0M114.0M
Operating Cash Flow i625.0M755.0M571.0M769.0M1.2B
Investing Activities
Capital Expenditures i-537.0M-608.0M-602.0M-724.0M-989.0M
Acquisitions i--8.0M3.0M26.0M
Investment Purchases i---0-3.0M
Investment Sales i---3.0M1.0M
Investing Cash Flow i-536.0M-591.0M-586.0M-708.0M-962.0M
Financing Activities
Share Repurchases i-54.0M0-43.0M-31.0M-23.0M
Dividends Paid i-----
Debt Issuance i40.0M315.0M800.0M1.3B1.1B
Debt Repayment i-248.0M-513.0M-379.0M-1.1B-108.0M
Financing Cash Flow i-336.0M-328.0M411.0M158.0M937.0M
Free Cash Flow i326.0M128.0M-355.0M-1.2B47.0M
Net Change in Cash i-247.0M-164.0M396.0M219.0M1.2B

Cash Flow Trend

U.S. Cellular Key Financial Ratios

Valuation Ratios

P/E Ratio (TTM) 74.34
Forward P/E 66.97
Price to Book 1.44
Price to Sales 1.79
PEG Ratio 0.87

Profitability Ratios

Profit Margin -0.65%
Operating Margin 3.60%
Return on Equity -0.47%
Return on Assets 0.68%

Financial Health

Current Ratio 1.87
Debt to Equity 82.27

Per Share Data

EPS (TTM) $-0.29
Book Value per Share $53.49
Revenue per Share $43.02

Peer Financial Comparison

CompanyMarket CapP/E RatioP/B RatioROEProfit MarginDebt/Equity
usm6.6B74.341.44-0.47%-0.65%82.27
T-Mobile US 283.5B23.814.6519.74%14.53%194.22
AT&T 205.7B16.441.9611.53%10.29%123.19
Tim S.A. ADR 9.9B15.232.0014.33%13.92%64.57
Frontier 9.2B262.451.94-7.82%-6.40%249.32
Liberty Broadband 9.1B8.390.8810.96%103.04%32.80

Financial data is updated regularly. All figures are in the company's reporting currency.