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United States Cellular (STU:US7) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 0.00 (As of Jun. 10, 2024)


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What is United States Cellular 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

United States Cellular's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.00.


The historical rank and industry rank for United States Cellular's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:



STU:US7's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is not ranked *
in the Telecommunication Services industry.
Industry Median: 4.48
* Ranked among companies with meaningful 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % only.

Competitive Comparison of United States Cellular's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Telecom Services subindustry, United States Cellular's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


United States Cellular's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, United States Cellular's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where United States Cellular's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.



United States Cellular 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Calculation

Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.

Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.

Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of United States Cellular is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost=Dividend Yield %*(1+Dividend Growth Rate)^5

United States Cellular  (STU:US7) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation

Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.


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United States Cellular (STU:US7) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
8410 West Bryn Mawr, Chicago, IL, USA, 60631
U.S. Cellular is a regional wireless carrier that serves about 5 million customers spread across four major geographic clusters: the Midwest, mid-Atlantic, New England, and the Pacific Northwest. These service territories encompass a total population of about 32 million people. The vast majority of the markets the firm serves are rural or second/third-tier cities, with only the greater Milwaukee and Oklahoma City regions boasting populations greater than 1 million. U.S. Cellular also owns a 5.5% stake in Verizon Wireless' Los Angeles operations and, unlike its wireless carrier peers, owns most of its own towers.

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