Wireless telecommunications provider U.S. Cellular (NYSE: USM) will be reporting results this Monday before market open. Here’s what you need to know.
U.S. Cellular missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 3.1% last quarter, reporting revenues of $891 million, down 6.2% year on year. It was a disappointing quarter for the company, with a significant miss of analysts’ EPS estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting U.S. Cellular’s revenue to decline 2.6% year on year to $902.6 million, in line with the 3.1% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year.
The majority of analysts covering the company have reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. U.S. Cellular has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates five times over the last two years.
Looking at U.S. Cellular’s peers in the telecommunication services segment, some have already reported their Q2 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Lumen’s revenues decreased 5.4% year on year, missing analysts’ expectations by 0.7%, and Cogent reported a revenue decline of 5.5%, falling short of estimates by 0.7%. Lumen traded down 17.2% following the results while Cogent was up 1%.
Read our full analysis of Lumen’s results here and Cogent’s results here.
Debates around the economy’s health and the impact of potential tariffs and corporate tax cuts have caused much uncertainty in 2025. While some of the telecommunication services stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 2.2% on average over the last month. U.S. Cellular is up 7.1% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $80.75 (compared to the current share price of $74.97).
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