United States Cellular Financial Health

Short Term Liabilities: USM's short term assets ($1.7B) exceed its short term liabilities ($1.1B).

Long Term Liabilities: USM's short term assets ($1.7B) do not cover its long term liabilities ($5.3B).

Debt Level: USM's net debt to equity ratio (63.5%) is considered high.

Reducing Debt: USM's debt to equity ratio has increased from 48.3% to 69% over the past 5 years.

Debt Coverage: USM's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (24.7%).

Interest Coverage: USM's interest payments on its debt are not well covered by EBIT (0.9x coverage).

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