United States Cellular Corporat
Financial ratios & Valuation

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
-78.1414.2477.42266.5429.7924.5311.5217.4859.0765.38N/A29.79
Price/Sales ratio
0.850.860.940.821.120.770.650.650.420.90N/A1.12
Price/Book Value ratio
1.010.961.020.861.100.740.590.590.380.76N/A1.10
Price/Cash Flow ratio
19.416.197.416.816.304.302.133.372.134.07N/A6.30
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
-7.10-11.04743.24-17.2823.64-16.2256.15-2.17-4.9927.58N/A23.64
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
0.59-0.02-0.96-3.550.02-1.640.14-0.54-0.730.78N/A0.02
Dividend Yield
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A7.09%N/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%N/A54.90%
Operating Profit Margin
-3.68%7.82%-0.07%-7.81%3.98%7.78%9.41%9.12%6.14%3.55%N/A3.98%
Pretax Profit Margin
-1.50%10.09%2.08%-6.99%5.41%4.59%6.19%4.36%1.72%2.84%N/A5.41%
Net Profit Margin
-1.09%6.03%1.21%0.30%3.78%3.15%5.67%3.76%0.71%1.38%N/A3.78%
Effective Tax Rate
20.07%38.73%40.24%105.51%23.72%28.10%6.80%11.11%51.38%47.74%N/A23.72%
Return on Assets
-0.65%3.41%0.67%0.17%2.06%1.55%2.36%1.49%0.26%0.50%N/A2.06%
Return On Equity
-1.29%6.77%1.32%0.32%3.69%3.02%5.19%3.40%0.65%1.16%N/A3.69%
Return on Capital Employed
-2.54%4.95%-0.04%-4.97%2.40%4.22%4.31%3.98%2.57%1.41%N/A2.40%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Quick Ratio
1.182.031.971.832.411.882.841.581.221.33N/A2.41
Cash ratio
0.240.950.810.480.830.381.450.170.220.16N/A0.83
Days of Sales Outstanding
52.2257.3567.3679.0991.1895.83101.53103.5194.2089.52N/A91.18
Days of Inventory outstanding
49.6629.8127.3627.9328.9733.1429.7233.0948.3342.03N/A28.97
Operating Cycle
101.8987.1694.72107.03120.15128.97131.25136.60142.53131.55N/A120.15
Days of Payables Outstanding
58.8856.9163.6462.7563.8562.1978.7868.8665.9252.38N/A63.85
Cash Conversion Cycle
43.0030.2531.0844.2756.2966.7852.4767.7476.6179.17N/A56.29
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.170.230.220.230.220.190.250.270.280.29N/A0.22
Debt Equity Ratio
0.340.460.440.440.400.380.560.620.700.69N/A0.40
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.250.310.300.300.280.260.360.370.410.39N/A0.28
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.250.310.300.300.280.270.360.380.410.40N/A0.28
Interest Coverage Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A-2.79N/A
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.150.330.300.280.430.440.490.280.260.27N/A0.43
Company Equity Multiplier
1.961.981.951.861.791.942.192.272.442.32N/A1.79
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.040.130.120.120.170.180.300.190.190.22N/A0.17
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
-2.73-0.560.00-0.390.26-0.260.03-1.55-0.420.14N/A0.26
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.150.330.300.280.430.440.490.280.260.27N/A0.43
Short Term Coverage Ratio
3.74K49.0645.5426.0537.316.40618.56.07645.58N/A37.31
Dividend Payout Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A