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Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (SHEN)

Communication Services | Telecom Services | Edinburg, United States | NasdaqGS
12.46 USD +0.30 (2.467%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 12.46

Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:★☆☆☆☆
Hot Take | Aug. 22, 2026, 4:22 a.m. EDT

The investment case here is fundamentally broken. The company is generating negative free cash flow and posting losses, yet it is paying a dividend that exceeds its earnings, forcing it to burn capital to maintain the payout. This is a classic value trap where the yield is a trap, not a reward. The price action confirms the deterioration, as the stock has lost nearly half its value over the last nine years, with five consecutive years of declines ending recently. While the balance sheet shows the stock trades below book value, the relentless operational bleed and lack of growth make this a dangerous hold. On the short end, the heavy put open interest signals that the market expects further weakness, keeping the immediate outlook bearish.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.171797
AutoETS0.171834
AutoTheta0.171979
AutoARIMA0.174080

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 41%
H-stat 1.26
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.019
Excess Kurtosis 0.90
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 689,843,904
Forward P/E -12.34
Beta 0.69
Profit Margins -12.23%
Website https://www.shentel.com

As of Aug. 22, 2026, 4:22 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy open interest in out-of-the-money puts (strikes 7.5 and 10.0) expiring in October and January, while call volume is negligible. This distribution suggests a strong expectation of further downside or stagnation rather than a catalyst for a rally.


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
dividendRate 0.11
dividendYield 0.88
exDividendDate 2025-11-07
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.11
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.009046053
lastDividendValue 0.11
lastDividendDate 2025-11-07
dividendDate 2025-12-01

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.037837863
Address1 500 Shentel Way
All Time High 61.53
All Time Low 1.760417
Ask 15.84
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 6
Average Daily Volume10 Day 381,570
Average Daily Volume3 Month 448,976
Average Volume 448,976
Average Volume10Days 381,570
Beta 0.687
Bid 8.96
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 12.46
Current Ratio 0.852
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,786,665,600
Day High 12.66
Day Low 12.21
Debt To Equity 77.081
Dividend Date 1,764,547,200
Dividend Rate 0.11
Dividend Yield 0.88
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,785,328,200
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,785,328,200
Earnings Timestamp 1,785,328,200
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 12.838
Enterprise To Revenue 4.063
Enterprise Value 1,491,157,888
Eps Forward -1.01
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -0.81
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,762,473,600
Exchange NMS
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 12.8712
Fifty Day Average Change -0.41119957
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.031947263
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -3.7837863
Fifty Two Week High 17.35
Fifty Two Week High Change -4.8900003
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.2818444
Fifty Two Week Low 9.67
Fifty Two Week Low Change 2.79
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.2885212
Fifty Two Week Range 9.67 - 17.35
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 925,133,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 0.59
Float Shares 44,585,730
Forward Eps -1.01
Forward P E -12.336634
Free Cashflow -236,001,120
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 1,041
Fullday Change 0.3
Fullday Change Percent 2.46711
Fullday Price 12.46
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,785,542,400
Gross Margins 0.64852995
Gross Profits 238,012,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.04981
Held Percent Institutions 0.72963
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 1
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 689,843,904
Market State CLOSED
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 673,788,155
Number Of Analyst Opinions 2
Open 12.21
Operating Cashflow 108,334,000
Operating Margins -0.00944
Overall Risk 4
Payout Ratio 1.2857001
Peg Ratio 0.87
Phone 540 984 4141
Post Market Change 0.0
Post Market Change Percent 0.0
Post Market Price 12.46
Post Market Time 1,787,959,805
Previous Close 12.16
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.8022148
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.8796682
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 0.3
Regular Market Change Percent 2.46711
Regular Market Day High 12.66
Regular Market Day Low 12.21
Regular Market Day Range 12.21 - 12.66
Regular Market Open 12.21
Regular Market Previous Close 12.16
Regular Market Price 12.46
Regular Market Time 1,787,947,200
Regular Market Volume 356,767
Return On Assets -0.0054400004
Return On Equity -0.03941
Revenue Growth 0.055
Revenue Per Share 6.623
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20204377
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 0.0454
Shares Short 2,512,167
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,784,073,600
Shares Short Prior Month 2,589,665
Short Name Shenandoah Telecommunications C
Short Percent Of Float 0.0594
Short Ratio 4.98
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 0.009046053
Trailing Eps -0.81
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 13.43245
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.97245026
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.0723956
Type Disp Equity
Volume 356,767
Website https://www.shentel.com
Zip 22,824