United States Cellular
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2026)

20252026
Price/Earnings ratio
80.6774.76
Price/Sales ratio
1.791.79
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$0.95$1.03

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
-78.1414.2477.42266.5429.7924.5311.5217.4859.0765.3863.4629.79
Price/Sales ratio
0.850.860.940.821.120.770.650.650.420.900.450.77
Price/Book Value ratio
1.010.961.020.861.100.740.590.590.380.760.410.74
Price/Cash Flow ratio
19.416.197.416.816.304.302.133.372.134.072.284.30
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
-7.10-11.04743.24-17.2823.64-16.2256.15-2.17-4.9927.588.698.69
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
0.59-0.02-0.96-3.550.02-1.640.14-0.54-0.730.78-0.79-1.64
Dividend Yield
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
49.58%54.26%53.26%53.65%54.90%55.64%55.58%53.71%52.72%55.76%66.10%54.90%
Operating Profit Margin
-3.68%7.82%-0.07%-7.81%3.98%7.78%9.41%9.12%6.14%3.55%1.65%7.78%
Pretax Profit Margin
-1.50%10.09%2.08%-6.99%5.41%4.59%6.19%4.36%1.72%2.84%1.72%4.59%
Net Profit Margin
-1.09%6.03%1.21%0.30%3.78%3.15%5.67%3.76%0.71%1.38%0.71%3.15%
Effective Tax Rate
20.07%38.73%40.24%105.51%23.72%28.10%6.80%11.11%51.38%47.74%43.05%23.72%
Return on Assets
-0.65%3.41%0.67%0.17%2.06%1.55%2.36%1.49%0.26%0.50%0.26%1.55%
Return On Equity
-1.29%6.77%1.32%0.32%3.69%3.02%5.19%3.40%0.65%1.16%0.65%3.02%
Return on Capital Employed
-2.54%4.95%-0.04%-4.97%2.40%4.22%4.31%3.98%2.57%1.41%0.69%4.22%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
1.492.232.162.022.622.093.01N/AN/AN/A1.442.09
Quick Ratio
1.182.031.971.832.411.882.841.581.221.330.231.88
Cash ratio
0.240.950.810.480.830.381.450.170.220.160.220.38
Days of Sales Outstanding
52.2257.3567.3679.0991.1895.83101.53103.5194.2089.520.3595.83
Days of Inventory outstanding
49.6629.8127.3627.9328.9733.1429.7233.0948.3342.0367.4228.97
Operating Cycle
101.8987.1694.72107.03120.15128.97131.25136.60142.53131.5567.50128.97
Days of Payables Outstanding
58.8856.9163.6462.7563.8562.1978.7868.8665.9252.38N/A62.19
Cash Conversion Cycle
43.0030.2531.0844.2756.2966.7852.4767.7476.6179.1716.9766.78
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.170.230.220.230.220.190.250.270.280.290.580.22
Debt Equity Ratio
0.340.460.440.440.400.380.560.620.700.691.430.40
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.250.310.300.300.280.260.360.370.410.390.460.28
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.250.310.300.300.280.270.360.380.410.400.470.28
Interest Coverage Ratio
-4.660.79N/A0.531.291.181.72N/AN/AN/A0.421.18
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.150.330.300.280.430.440.490.280.260.270.190.44
Company Equity Multiplier
1.961.981.951.861.791.942.192.272.442.322.441.79
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.040.130.120.120.170.180.300.190.190.220.190.17
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
-2.73-0.560.00-0.390.26-0.260.03-1.55-0.420.140.260.26
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.150.330.300.280.430.440.490.280.260.270.190.44
Short Term Coverage Ratio
3.74K49.0645.5426.0537.316.40618.56.07645.585.696.40
Dividend Payout Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A