Uniti Group Inc UNIT

Morningstar Rating
$11.07 +0.11 (1.00%)
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Uniti Is Rapidly Building Fiber

The new Uniti consists of three parts. The legacy Windstream telecom business, known as Kinetic, is rapidly converting its old copper-based networks to fiber, following the same path as other phone companies. The fiber business, primarily made up of the Windstream wholesale business and former Uniti leasing business, has good growth potential as demand for network capacity among data center and cloud computing firms ramps up. Finally, the managed services business provides a range of telecom-related services to enterprise customers. Like similar businesses at AT&T and Verizon, managed services are in sharp decline as technology shifts render many of these offerings obsolete.

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Bulls Say, Bears Say

Bulls

Completing the merger with Windstream has eliminated a significant financial risk and diversified the firm’s operations into the growing fiber broadband market.

Bears

Uniti's financial position is precarious. Debt leverage is already high and will only rise further as the firm burns cash to build out its fiber networks. Any would-be acquirer will wait for a bargain price.

Trading Information

Previous Close Price
$10.96
Day Range
$11.0611.32
52-Week Range
$4.9012.94
Bid/Ask
$10.97 / $11.12
Shares Outstanding
242.82M
Market Cap
$2.69B
Volume/Avg
2M / 2M

Key Statistics

Price/Earnings (Normalized)
22.83
Price/Sales
1.11
Dividend Yield (Trailing)
0.00%
Dividend Yield (Forward)
0.00%
Total Yield

Company Profile

Uniti is the product of the August 2025 merger of the firm with Windstream, its former primary customer. The combined firm owns a 240,000 route-mile fiber network that serves enterprise and residential customers. Selling high-capacity fiber circuits to enterprises generates about 20% of consolidated revenue. Uniti's residential networks reach about 4.5 million households, mostly in less-populated markets in the Southeast, but only about 1.9 million of these locations have been upgraded with fiber. Legacy copper-cable networks serve the remainder. Residential services account for about a third of total revenue. Small business and wholesale services provided within this residential service territory account for about 20% of revenue.
Sector
Real Estate
Industry
REIT - Specialty
Stock Style Box
Small Value
Total Number of Employees
8,632

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Valuation

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Price/Earnings (Normalized)
22.839.08
Price/Book Value
8.121.77
Price/Sales
1.110.521.32
Price/Cash Flow
6.325.284.59
Price/Earnings
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Financial Strength

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Quick Ratio
1.110.780.50
Current Ratio
1.540.990.64
Interest Coverage
2.60−1.034.22
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Profitability

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Return on Assets (Normalized)
2.45%−2.47%4.43%
Return on Equity (Normalized)
17.04%
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized)
9.77%0.07%8.01%
Return on Assets
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