Reviewing Array Digital Infrastructure (AD) and The Competition

Array Digital Infrastructure (NYSE:AD) is one of 204 publicly-traded companies in the “Diversified Telecommunication Services” industry, but how does it contrast to its peers? We will compare Array Digital Infrastructure to related businesses based on the strength of its institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings for Array Digital Infrastructure and its peers, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Array Digital Infrastructure	0	4	3	0	2.43
Array Digital Infrastructure Competitors	1683	5142	7377	369	2.44

Array Digital Infrastructure presently has a consensus target price of $51.60, indicating a potential upside of 45.94%. As a group, “Diversified Telecommunication Services” companies have a potential upside of 24.26%. Given Array Digital Infrastructure’s higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Array Digital Infrastructure is more favorable than its peers.

Profitability

This table compares Array Digital Infrastructure and its peers’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Array Digital Infrastructure	19.32%	6.69%	3.24%
Array Digital Infrastructure Competitors	-32.61%	-113.46%	-1.91%

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Array Digital Infrastructure and its peers gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Array Digital Infrastructure	$162.96 million	$48.76 million	14.67
Array Digital Infrastructure Competitors	$14.63 billion	$958.00 million	-178.74

Array Digital Infrastructure’s peers have higher revenue and earnings than Array Digital Infrastructure. Array Digital Infrastructure is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its peers, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

18.0% of Array Digital Infrastructure shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.5% of shares of all “Diversified Telecommunication Services” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Array Digital Infrastructure shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 18.4% of shares of all “Diversified Telecommunication Services” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Volatility and Risk

Array Digital Infrastructure has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its stock price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Array Digital Infrastructure’s peers have a beta of -4.73, indicating that their average stock price is 573% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Array Digital Infrastructure peers beat Array Digital Infrastructure on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Array Digital Infrastructure

United States Cellular Corporation provides wireless telecommunications services in the United States. The company offers wireless services, including voice, messaging, and data services. It also provides devices, such as smartphones and other handsets, tablets, wearables, mobile hotspots, routers, and internet of things devices. In addition, the company offers various accessories, such as cases, screen protectors, chargers, and memory cards; and consumer electronics, including audio, home automation, and networking products; as well as offers option to purchase devices and accessories under installment contracts. Further, the company offers roaming, wireless eligible telecommunications carrier, and wireless tower rental services. It serves consumer, business, and government customers with 5.0 million connections, including 4.4 million postpaid, 0.5 million prepaid, and 0.1 million reseller and other connections in 21 states. The company provides its products and services through retail sales, direct sales, third-party national retailers, and independent agents, as well as e-commerce and telesales. The company was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. United States Cellular Corporation is a subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.