United States Cellular (USM)

Add a New Bears Reason Company: United States Cellular (USM) Current price: Headline: (100 character max) Analysis: Cancel 50% agree 2 votes   The vast majority stake in U.S. Cellular is controlled by Carlson family Top Contributor: Avinash Gandhi | Created when NYSE:USM was $93.95 | Edit | History The vast majority stake in U.S. Cellular is held by TDS, a company controlled by the Carlson family. This makes U.S. Cellular highly sensitive to the whims of a less-than-diverse group of shareholders. (100 character max) Cancel 0% agree 1 votes   Small size in comparison to competitors Top Contributor: Avinash Gandhi | Created when NYSE:USM was $93.95 | Edit | History U.S. Cellular's size (or lack thereof) in comparison to competitors means that it does not have the same resources to expand and adapt. (100 character max) Cancel 0% agree 1 votes   USM late to offer data services Top Contributor: Avinash Gandhi | Created when NYSE:USM was $93.95 | Edit | History Late rolling out data services, the company only has 5% of its revenues come from data transmissions; this can be attributed to the majority of potential data users having signed up with other companies before U.S. Cellular released its own services. (100 character max) Cancel

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