Thursday, July 19, 2007

United States Cellular Corporation

United States Cellular Corporation is an AMEX listed security that has been trading in a range between $56.00 and $103.33 over the past year. With 87,313,980 shares outstanding, a recent price of $103.10 gives a total market capitalization of $8,779,420,955. While there are certainly larger companies, United States Cellular Corporation has definitely earned its place in the pack. Last year, United States Cellular Corporation created $2.43 in earnings for every share outstanding.

United States Cellular Corporation is currently priced by the market at 41.40 times last year’s earnings. Many trading multiples around the world are quite attractive these days, but don’t be fooled. A Price to Earnings ratio of 0 simply means that the security didn’t make any money last year.

With a share price over $50 a share and earnings per share in excess of $1 a share, United States Cellular Corporation could be an interesting value proposition.

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