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Shenandoah Telecommunications Company (SHEN)

Communication Services | Telecom Services | Edinburg, United States | NasdaqGS
12.67 USD -0.04 (-0.315%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 12.67
Short-term:★★☆☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:★☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 2:42 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 cash to maintain the payout. This unsustainable dynamic is confirmed by the brutal multi-year price trajectory, which has erased nearly two-thirds of shareholder value over the last nine years, with four consecutive years of decline ending recently. While the stock trades at a discount to book value, this is a value trap driven by deteriorating operations, not a margin of safety. The recent price action shows a fragile bounce off lows, but the structural damage to the balance sheet and the lack of meaningful growth make this a dangerous hold. The options market agrees with the pessimism, with significant hedging activity at lower strikes.
Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL_55 ✓0.045984
MSTL0.062296
MSTL_55_660.065275
AutoETS0.066782
AutoARIMA0.066782
AutoTheta0.067493
MSTL_660.082657

Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL_55

Forecast Reliability
Score 34%
H-stat 3.56
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.000
Excess Kurtosis 1.19
Attribute Value
Sector Communication Services
Ex Dividend Date 2025-11-06
Last Dividend Date 2025-11-06
Debt to Equity Ratio 74.173
Revenue per Share 6.554
Market Cap 700,929,728
Forward P/E -12.54
Beta 0.61
Profit Margins -12.73%
Website https://www.shentel.com

As of July 11, 2026, 2:42 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy put open interest at the $10 strike, suggesting a fear of further downside or a floor test. Conversely, call open interest is concentrated significantly out-of-the-money at $17.50 and $20.00, indicating speculative bets on a recovery to historical highs rather than immediate near-term upside. Implied volatility is extremely low for near-term strikes, reflecting a lack of expected movement, while longer-dated calls carry higher IV premiums.

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
1.01% 1.01% 0.69% 13.22%
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 0.87
exDividendDate 2025-11-07
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.11
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.008654603
lastDividendValue 0.11
lastDividendDate 2025-11-07
dividendDate 2025-12-01

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change -0.16326529
Address1 500 Shentel Way
All Time High 61.53
All Time Low 1.760417
Ask 16.21
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 7
Average Daily Volume10 Day 499,350
Average Daily Volume3 Month 386,414
Average Volume 386,414
Average Volume10Days 499,350
Beta 0.611
Bid 9.21
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 7
Book Value 15.677
City Edinburg
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 3
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 12.67
Current Ratio 1.125
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,782,777,600
Day High 12.99
Day Low 12.665
Debt To Equity 74.173
Dividend Date 1,764,547,200
Dividend Rate 0.11
Dividend Yield 0.87
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,777,638,600
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,777,638,600
Earnings Timestamp 1,777,638,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,785,414,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,785,414,600
Ebitda 112,615,000
Ebitda Margins 0.311
Enterprise To Ebitda 12.939
Enterprise To Revenue 4.024
Enterprise Value 1,457,110,784
Eps Forward -1.01
Eps Trailing Twelve Months -0.83
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 15.3986
Fifty Day Average Change -2.7285995
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.1771979
Fifty Two Week Change Percent -16.326529
Fifty Two Week High 17.35
Fifty Two Week High Change -4.6800003
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.26974064
Fifty Two Week Low 9.67
Fifty Two Week Low Change 3.0
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.31023785
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 44,939,168
Forward Eps -1.01
Forward P E -12.544555
Free Cashflow -261,300,496
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGS
Full Time Employees 1,041
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,782,864,000
Gross Margins 0.644
Gross Profits 233,196,992
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.04973
Held Percent Institutions 0.7381
Implied Shares Outstanding 55,322,001
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 700,929,728
Market State POSTPOST
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_378088
Most Recent Quarter 1,774,915,200
Net Income To Common -46,116,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 702,589,412
Number Of Analyst Opinions 2
Open 12.75
Operating Cashflow 104,845,000
Operating Margins -0.08713
Overall Risk 5
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 12.67
Post Market Time 1,783,981,119
Previous Close 12.71
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 0.80819035
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 1.9356872
Profit Margins -0.12735
Quick Ratio 0.7
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key none
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.04
Regular Market Change Percent -0.314713
Regular Market Day High 12.99
Regular Market Day Low 12.665
Regular Market Day Range 12.665 - 12.99
Regular Market Open 12.75
Regular Market Previous Close 12.71
Regular Market Price 12.67
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,800
Regular Market Volume 333,748
Return On Assets -0.00811
Return On Equity -0.040549997
Revenue Growth 0.048
Revenue Per Share 6.554
Sand P52 Week Change 0.20847368
Sector Communication Services
Sector Disp Communication Services
Sector Key communication-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 5
Shares Outstanding 55,322,001
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0414
Shares Short 2,290,447
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,780,012,800
Shares Short Prior Month 2,646,665
Short Name Shenandoah Telecommunications C
Short Percent Of Float 0.0542
Short Ratio 5.25
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 43,767,000
Total Cash Per Share 0.791
Total Debt 709,865,024
Total Revenue 362,108,992
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.11
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.008654603
Trailing Eps -0.83
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 13.51645
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.84644985
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.06262368
Type Disp Equity
Volume 333,748
Website https://www.shentel.com
Zip 22,824