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Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (SHEN)

Communication Services | Telecom Services | Edinburg, United States | NasdaqGS
10.42 USD -0.10 (-0.951%) ⇩ (Oct. 14, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 10.42

Short-term:★☆☆☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:★★⯪☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 11:32 a.m. EDT

The investment case for Shenandoah is currently broken by a severe deterioration in profitability and a multi-year structural decline. Despite a recent marginal price recovery, the company is generating negative free cash flow and posting negative operating margins, which fundamentally undermines any 'value' thesis given the heavy debt load relative to equity. The price history confirms this distress, showing a catastrophic -50% drop over the last nine years, even though the most recent annual report shows a slight uptick; this suggests a temporary stabilization rather than a reversal of the long-term trend. While the dividend yield appears attractive at nearly 1%, the payout ratio is dangerously low, implying the company is distributing capital it cannot sustainably generate without eroding its balance sheet further. Options market sentiment is overwhelmingly bearish, with traders aggressively buying protection against further declines. This is not a turnaround story; it is a distressed utility play where the fundamentals are actively degrading.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoARIMA ✓0.049484
MSTL0.050428
AutoETS0.050445
AutoTheta0.050689

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA

Forecast Reliability
Score 47%
H-stat 0.09
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.544
Excess Kurtosis -0.60
Attribute Value
Sector Communication Services
Ex Dividend Date 2025-11-06
Last Dividend Date 2025-11-06
Debt to Equity Ratio 77.081
Revenue per Share 6.623
Market Cap 576,899,968
Forward P/E -10.32
Beta 0.75
Profit Margins -12.23%
Website https://www.shentel.com

As of Oct. 10, 2026, 11:32 a.m. EDT: Speculators are heavily positioned for downside protection, with out-of-the-money put open interest significantly outweighing call open interest across all expirations. The bulk of put volume and open interest sits deep in the money (below $10), indicating a strong consensus expectation of further price weakness. Conversely, call activity is concentrated in far out-of-the-money strikes ($15+), suggesting speculative hopes for a rebound are priced at negligible premiums while the market remains skeptical of near-term upside.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
1.01% 1.01% 0.69% 0.55%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2025-11-07 0.110000 1.009174
2024-11-05 0.100000 0.692521
2023-11-06 0.090000 0.365705
2022-11-04 0.080000 0.416884
2021-11-05 0.070000 0.249110
2021-08-03 18.750000 63.387424
2020-11-10 0.340000 0.716695
2019-11-13 0.290000 0.805556
2018-11-08 0.270000 0.630252
2017-11-02 0.260000 0.698925
2016-11-02 0.250000 1.037344
2015-11-03 0.240000 1.007557
2014-11-03 0.235000 1.637060
2013-11-04 0.180000 1.443464
2012-11-05 0.165000 2.457185
2011-11-07 0.165000 2.606635
2010-11-05 0.165000 1.656626
2009-11-06 0.160000 1.904762
2008-11-07 0.150000 1.330377
2007-11-09 0.135000 1.193107
2006-11-13 0.125000 1.620220
2005-11-09 0.076667 1.061135
2004-11-09 0.071667 1.568778
2003-11-12 0.065000 1.591837
2002-11-13 0.061667 1.512373
2001-11-07 0.058333 1.992588
Additional Data
dividendYield 1.04
exDividendDate 2025-11-07
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.11
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.010456273
lastDividendValue 0.11
lastDividendDate 2025-11-07
dividendDate 2025-12-01

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.21120363
Address1 500 Shentel Way
All Time High 61.53
All Time Low 1.760417
Ask 13.44
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 6
Average Daily Volume10 Day 840,060
Average Daily Volume3 Month 743,889
Average Volume 743,889
Average Volume10Days 840,060
Beta 0.751
Bid 7.59
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 5
Book Value 15.532
City Edinburg
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 3
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 10.42
Current Ratio 0.852
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 10.51
Day Low 10.24
Debt To Equity 77.081
Display Name Shenandoah Telecommunications
Dividend Date 1,764,547,200
Dividend Yield 1.04
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,793,217,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,793,217,600
Earnings Timestamp 1,793,190,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,793,190,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,793,190,600
Ebitda 116,151,000
Ebitda Margins 0.31649
Enterprise To Ebitda 11.866
Enterprise To Revenue 3.755
Enterprise Value 1,378,214,016
Eps Forward -1.01
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -0.77
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,762,473,600
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 12.0396
Fifty Day Average Change -1.6196003
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.13452277
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -21.120363
Fifty Two Week High 17.35
Fifty Two Week High Change -6.9300003
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.39942363
Fifty Two Week Low 9.67
Fifty Two Week Low Change 0.75
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.07755946
Fifty Two Week Range 9.67 - 17.35
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 925,133,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 0.49
Float Shares 44,974,391
Forward Eps -1.01
Forward P E -10.316832
Free Cashflow -236,001,120
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 1,041
Fullday Change -0.10000038
Fullday Change Percent -0.9505739
Fullday Price 10.42
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.64852995
Gross Profits 238,012,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.04982
Held Percent Institutions 0.72391
Implied Shares Outstanding 55,364,680
Industry Telecom Services
Industry Disp Telecom Services
Industry Key telecom-services
Ir Website http://investor.shentel.com/
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,762,473,600
Last Dividend Value 0.11
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,451,952,000
Last Split Factor 2:1
Long Business Summary Shenandoah Telecommunications Company, together with its subsidiaries, provides broadband services and video and voice services in the United States. The company offers broadband internet, video, and voice services; high-speed Ethernet and dark fiber leasing services; and managed network services to residential and commercial customers in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Delaware, Ohio, and Indiana through fiber optics under the brand name of Glo Fiber and hybrid fiber coaxial cable under the Shentel brand name. It also provides Ethernet and wavelength fiber optic services to enterprise and wholesale customers under the Glo Fiber Business brand names; and DSL telephone services. The company was founded in 1902 and is based in Edinburg, Virginia.
Long Name Shenandoah Telecommunications Company
Market us_market
Market Cap 576,899,968
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_378088
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common -44,875,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 669,358,981
Number Of Analyst Opinions 2
Open 10.43
Operating Cashflow 108,334,000
Operating Margins -0.00944
Overall Risk 4
Payout Ratio 4.5
Peg Ratio 0.87
Phone 540 984 4141
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 10.42
Post Market Time 1,792,008,082
Previous Close 10.52
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.67087305
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.5719216
Profit Margins -0.12227
Quick Ratio 0.436
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.1
Regular Market Change Percent -0.950574
Regular Market Day High 10.51
Regular Market Day Low 10.24
Regular Market Day Range 10.24 - 10.51
Regular Market Open 10.43
Regular Market Previous Close 10.52
Regular Market Price 10.42
Regular Market Time 1,792,008,000
Regular Market Volume 598,421
Return On Assets -0.0054400004
Return On Equity -0.03941
Revenue Growth 0.055
Revenue Per Share 6.623
Sand P52 Week Change 0.1570785
Sector Communication Services
Sector Disp Communication Services
Sector Key communication-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 5
Shares Outstanding 55,364,680
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0468
Shares Short 2,591,289
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 3,153,953
Short Name Shenandoah Telecommunications C
Short Percent Of Float 0.061300002
Short Ratio 2.37
Source Interval 15
State VA
Symbol SHEN
Target High Price 29.0
Target Low Price 26.0
Target Mean Price 27.5
Target Median Price 27.5
Total Cash 23,895,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.432
Total Debt 733,521,024
Total Revenue 367,003,008
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.11
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.010456273
Trailing Eps -0.77
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 13.53395
Two Hundred Day Average Change -3.1139498
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.23008433
Type Disp Equity
Volume 598,421
Website https://www.shentel.com
Zip 22,824