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United States Cellular (United States Cellular) Shareholder Yield % : 2.66% (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is United States Cellular Shareholder Yield %?

Shareholder Yield % is how much money shareholders receive from a company that is in the form of cash dividends, net stock repurchases, and debt reduction. It is a measure of shareholder return. As of today, United States Cellular's Shareholder Yield % was 2.66%.


United States Cellular Shareholder Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for United States Cellular's Shareholder Yield % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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United States Cellular Shareholder Yield % Chart

United States Cellular Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Shareholder Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -29.61 -13.92 -29.90 -18.93 2.36

United States Cellular Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Shareholder Yield % Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -18.93 -19.46 -14.40 -2.30 2.36

Competitive Comparison of United States Cellular's Shareholder Yield %

For the Telecom Services subindustry, United States Cellular's Shareholder Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Shareholder Yield % 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 Shareholder Yield % Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, United States Cellular's Shareholder Yield % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where United States Cellular's Shareholder Yield % falls into.



United States Cellular Shareholder Yield % Calculation

United States Cellular's Shareholder Yield % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

Shareholder Yield %=Dividend Yield %+Buyback Yield %+Net Debt Paydown Yield %
=0 %+0 %+2.36 %
=2.36 %

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

* All the data are calculated by TTM values. Note that if a companies is traded in several exchanges, then we calculate the company level data for Shareholder Yield % using the primary share class stock data. The calculation result in definition page is for demonstration purpose only, and it's showing the share class level data. Therefore, the numbers in the calculation may differ from elsewhere if the stock is not a primary share.


United States Cellular  (NYSE:USM) Shareholder Yield % Explanation

Shareholder Yield % is how much money shareholders receive from a company that is in the form of cash dividends, net stock repurchases, and debt reduction. The term was coined by William W. Priest of Epoch Investment Partners in a paper in 2005 entitled The Case for Shareholder Yield as a Dominant Driver of Future Equity Returns. William Priest indicated that "shareholder yield is a term that we came up with to reflect the various ways dividends can be paid to owners of a business in a publicly-traded company."

Shareholder Yield % is calculated by three components: Dividend Yield %, Buyback Yield %, and Net Debt Paydown Yield %.

Dividend Yield % shows how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its stock price, which is most obvious form of shareholder return.

Buyback Yield % is the net repurchase of shares outstanding over the market capital of the company. Shares repurchases also increase shareholder value by returning the money back to shareholders.

Net Debt Paydown Yield % is the change in average of four quarters of company's total debt over a company's market cap. Assuming the total value of a company remains that same, shareholder value is increased as debt is reduced.


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United States Cellular (United States Cellular) Business Description

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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.
Executives
Michael Irizarry officer: EVP & CTO-Engineering and IS 8410 W BRYN MAWR, CHICAGO IL 60631
Kevin R Lowell officer: EVP, Chief People Officer 8410 W. BRYN MAWR AVE, CHICAGO IL 60631
Xavier Williams director C/O AMERICAN VIRTUAL CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES, 1720 PEACHTREE ST., SUITE 629, ATLANTA GA 30309
James W Butman director 30 N. LASALLE STREET, STE. 4000, CHICAGO IL 60602
Gregory P Josefowicz director 850 76TH STREET SW, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49518
Deirdre Drake officer: SVP-Chief HR Officer 8410 W. BRYN MAWR AVE, CHICAGO IL 60631
Esteban C Iriarte director 8410 W. BRYN MAWR, CHICAGO IL 60631
Vicki L Villacrez director 30 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 4000, CHICAGO IL 60602
Ronald E Daly director
J Samuel Crowley director 8410 WEST BRYN MAWR ST STE 700, CHICAGO IL 60631
Jay Ellison officer: EVP-Operations
Laurent C Therivel director, officer: President and CEO 8410 W. BRYN MAWR STREET, CHICAGO IL 60631
Kenneth R Meyers director, officer: President and CEO
Anita J Kroll officer: Chief Accounting Officer 30 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 4000, CHICAGO IL 60602
Steven T Campbell director, officer: EVP-Finance, CFO and Treasurer 8410 W. BRYN MAWR, CHICAGO IL 60631

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