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Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.NasdaqGS:CNSL Stock Report

Market Cap US$559.2m
Share Price
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US$4.35
n/aintrinsic discount
1Y8.5%
7D1.3%
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Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.

NasdaqGS:CNSL Stock Report

Market Cap: US$559.2m

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Consolidated Communications Holdings (CNSL) Stock Overview

Provides broadband and business communication solutions for consumer, commercial, and carrier channels in the United States. More details

CNSL fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation3/6
Future Growth0/6
Past Performance0/6
Financial Health1/6
Dividends0/6

Rewards

Trading at good value compared to peers and industry

Risk Analysis

Has less than 1 year of cash runway

Earnings have declined by 44.6% per year over past 5 years


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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Consolidated Communications Holdings
Historical stock prices
Current Share PriceUS$4.72
52 Week HighUS$4.75
52 Week LowUS$4.19
Beta0.98
1 Month Change1.07%
3 Month Change1.83%
1 Year Change8.51%
3 Year Change-36.90%
5 Year Change22.28%
Change since IPO-65.77%

Recent News & Updates

Recent updates

Seeking Alpha • Aug 22

Consolidated Communications Goes All In On Fiber

Consolidated Communications' current performance remains weak. CNSL sold its partnership assets for $490 million to maximize its fiber investment in an effort to produce long-term growth. It's difficult to pencil out a higher valuation today with a $2.6-$3.0 billion TEV. Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. (CNSL) has been struggling with continued erosion in its voice and video services across all of its customer segments. The only category posting growth is broadband internet. Following its last major acquisition, net sales have fallen by about 13% since 2018. CNSL Revenue ((TTM)) data by YCharts CNSL also disclosed that their subsidy funding was materially reduced this year, which negatively impacts revenue and EBITDA by $10.5 million per quarter or $42 million annualized: "the annual $48 million in CAF II funding we had received transitioned to $6 million under the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund." A picture is worth a thousand words, so here's where the pain points for CNSL are coming from: CNSL Segments 2Q22 Filing (SEC Filings, Form 10-Q) The company had some asset diversification with its Verizon partnerships, but sold them for $490 million, or after-tax proceeds of $470 million. These lucrative assets produced solid recurring earnings, but now cash flow will be reduced by $40 million here as well. Their decision was based on the strategy of reinvesting organically to accelerate the buildout of their fiber network. More on that later. Finally, an analyst on the Q2 2022 conference call questioned CNSL management when top-line erosion will stall. Although CFO Steve Childers gave a rough timeline, the answer was only partially convincing, in my view: "So I think you will start seeing sequential revenue growth probably -- I think revenue and EBITDA growth probably in early 2023. Again, we need to -- may continue to work hard on mitigating the voice erosions." No doubt. Voice and video erosion have been ongoing for years. I've mentioned it before and I'll say it again, it seems conservative to just view these areas as melting ice cubes. There's no clear answer as to how they will stabilize, let alone return to growth. Those are a few headwinds to deal with, and with a sizable debt balance, management has decided to go all in with one potential solution. Fiber. Some Positives Fiber is the core business, both from a growth and cash flow perspective. Management is taking a lot of action by monetizing assets and reinvesting in this area. Why is fiber, in general, doing so well? Compared to incumbent cable internet, fiber has very fast upload and download speeds, whereas cable upload speeds can be slower. Directionally, fiber has growth, whereas cable does not. While there's still debate on the trajectory of market share trends, companies deploying fiber are definitely gaining over time. Management's strategy also rests on the fact that 80+% of its existing market footprint overlaps with only one cable competitor. Clearly, the company can benefit from this dynamic so long as other competitors don't expand into its primarily rural, low population density markets. I think this risk is low given the juice wouldn't be worth the squeeze for another telecom to enter the market given the capex required. However, one newish entrant is Google Fiber, which does have overlap with CNSL in California, Texas, Georgia, and other states. The company featured in its Q2 earnings presentation that it is making good progress with upgrades and is targeting its one million fiber passings milestone by December 2022. It plans to reach two million by 2025. CNSL Fiber Build Plan (CNSL Q2 Earnings Presentation) One issue, though, is that housing affordability reached a new low in 2022. That's discouraging new and existing home sales, which means there will be a slowdown in a key channel of new internet subscribers. Not that CNSL will materially suffer from this trend, but it certainly caps the potential for positive surprises on new residential wins (42% of the broadband mix). The counterargument is that CNSL has been actively marketing its new fiber brand, Fidium. In fact, management claimed that it was taking share from its cable competitor. We can see in the financials that consumer is border lining growth, commercial is slightly growing, and carrier is firmly in growth mode up 6.4% year-over-year and 8.3% sequentially. Management indicated that their broadband segment should allow them to achieve 3% long-term growth. I think that's a reasonable expectation, but I'm not sure how that will translate into a positive re-rating on valuation. Valuation I think a key development for CNSL will be whether its Fidium brand continues to gain momentum and take market share, despite the challenging industry environment. Presently, CNSL is working with a $2.6 billion total enterprise value after factoring in the cash proceeds from its partnership asset sale. However, management indicated that all of those proceeds would be redirected into the fiber buildout, so the cash isn't necessarily free and clear. Therefore, I'd pencil in the company's enterprise value as closer to $3 billion.
Seeking Alpha • Aug 01

Consolidated Communications stock jumps on $490M sale of investments to Verizon Wireless

Consolidated Communications (NASDAQ:CNSL) stock jumped 11.2% postmarket on Monday after the firm said it will sell its interests in 5 wireless partnerships managed by Cellco Partnership, dba Verizon Wireless, to Cellco for $490M. Proceeds will be invested in the business and used to support CNSL's Fiber to the Premises (FttP) build plan. "The sale of these investments is part of our long-term strategy as we continue our transformation to a fiber-first broadband company," said CNSL CEO Bob Udell. The sales are expected to close by 2022-end. Verizon Wireless is a unit of Verizon (VZ).
Analysis Article • Jul 15

Consolidated Communications Holdings (NASDAQ:CNSL) Hasn't Managed To Accelerate Its Returns

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Analysis Article • May 12

Is Consolidated Communications Holdings (NASDAQ:CNSL) A Risky Investment?

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Analysis Article • Mar 07

Consolidated Communications Holdings (NASDAQ:CNSL) Hasn't Managed To Accelerate Its Returns

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Seeking Alpha • Jan 31

Consolidated Communications: Revisiting The Thesis

CNSL is slowly deleveraging and aggressively reinvesting into its broadband network, stabilizing the business. Voice and video remain pain points, which limits revenue growth. The recent investment from Search Light Capital Partners is highly dilutive, which makes shares uninvestable.
Seeking Alpha • Nov 04

Consolidated Communications: New Fiber, But No Revenue Growth

Consolidated Communications shares are up over 60% in this year, but the shares turned south after the recent Q3 earnings report. A disappointing revenue decline was the likely cause. The company has left behind a few years of distress and is currently delivering on its strategy: a big bet on fiber with an accelerated build-out of fiber infrastructure. The challenge for the company remains to reverse revenue trends. The planned 300,000 new fiber connections in 2021, and many more after that, don't translate to top-line growth yet. The bet on fiber should pay off, but it may take years. In the absence of dividends, the question for retail investors is if an investment is worth the wait.
Analysis Article • Apr 20

Shareholders May Be Wary Of Increasing Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:CNSL) CEO Compensation Package

Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. ( NASDAQ:CNSL ) has not performed well recently and CEO Bob Udell will...
Analysis Article • Mar 18

An Intrinsic Calculation For Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNSL) Suggests It's 36% Undervalued

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Analysis Article • Feb 28

Is Now An Opportune Moment To Examine Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:CNSL)?

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Analysis Article • Feb 10

Consolidated Communications Holdings (NASDAQ:CNSL) Takes On Some Risk With Its Use Of Debt

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Analysis Article • Jan 26

How Did Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:CNSL) 9.8% ROE Fare Against The Industry?

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Analysis Article • Jan 11

Consolidated Communications Holdings' (NASDAQ:CNSL) Stock Price Has Reduced 73% In The Past Five Years

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Analysis Article • Dec 27

Should You Use Consolidated Communications Holdings's (NASDAQ:CNSL) Statutory Earnings To Analyse It?

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Analysis Article • Dec 14

What Type Of Shareholders Make Up Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:CNSL) Share Registry?

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Shareholder Returns

CNSLUS TelecomUS Market
7D1.3%-1.6%-4.1%
1Y8.5%-5.0%20.6%

Return vs Industry: CNSL underperformed the US Telecom industry which returned 19.4% over the past year.

Return vs Market: CNSL underperformed the US Market which returned 24.6% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is CNSL's price volatile compared to industry and market?
CNSL volatility
CNSL Average Weekly Movement0.6%
Telecom Industry Average Movement7.7%
Market Average Movement7.2%
10% most volatile stocks in US Market16.6%
10% least volatile stocks in US Market3.1%

Stable Share Price: CNSL has not had significant price volatility in the past 3 months compared to the US market.

Volatility Over Time: CNSL's weekly volatility (1%) has been stable over the past year.

About the Company

FoundedEmployeesCEOWebsite
18943,180Bob Udellwww.consolidated.com

Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides broadband and business communication solutions for consumer, commercial, and carrier channels in the United States. It offers high-speed broadband Internet access, SIP trunking, and voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) phone services; commercial data connectivity services in various markets, including Ethernet services, private line data services, software defined wide area network, and multi-protocol label switching services; networking services; cloud-based services; and data center and disaster recovery solutions. The company also provides voice services, such as local phone and long-distance services; and high-speed fiber data transmission services to regional and national interexchange; and wireless carriers, including Ethernet, cellular backhaul, dark fiber, and colocation services.

Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. Fundamentals Summary

How do Consolidated Communications Holdings's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
CNSL fundamental statistics
Market capUS$559.17m
Earnings (TTM)-US$233.88m
Revenue (TTM)US$1.09b
0.5x
P/S Ratio
-2.4x
P/E Ratio

Is CNSL overvalued?

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
CNSL income statement (TTM)
RevenueUS$1.09b
Cost of RevenueUS$461.19m
Gross ProfitUS$628.46m
Other ExpensesUS$862.34m
Earnings-US$233.88m

Last Reported Earnings

Sep 30, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)-1.97
Gross Margin57.68%
Net Profit Margin-21.46%
Debt/Equity Ratio367.9%

How did CNSL perform over the long term?

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/28 03:22
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/26 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc. is covered by 9 analysts. 1 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
James MoormanD.A. Davidson & Co.
Michael McCormackGuggenheim Securities, LLC
Scott GoldmanJefferies LLC