UNITI GROUP INC (UNIT)
Communication Services · Communication infrastructure / Fiber networks · NASDAQ
Uniti Group is a provider of mission-critical fiber infrastructure and broadband services, owning and operating an extensive network of communications assets.
What UNITI GROUP INC does
Uniti Group is a communications infrastructure company that provides fiber-based solutions, including lit and dark fiber, as well as broadband services. The company owns, operates, and maintains an extensive network of fiber and other communication assets, catering primarily to wholesale, enterprise, and carrier customers.
Themes: fiber networks, communications infrastructure, broadband connectivity, telecommunications infrastructure
Fundamentals
- Price$9.97 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$2.4B as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return+67.0% 2025-08-21 close $5.97 → 2026-08-21 close $9.97
- P/E2.15 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+30.4% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+59.1% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+279.3% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity65.92 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+91.5% FY2025 vs FY2024, SEC XBRL
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+39.4% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.42 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-07-30 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +11.0%; pays a dividend.
How UNIT compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiobottom 10% 79 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit margintop 10% 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating margintop 10% 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginmiddle range 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitytop 10% 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRtop 10% 121 covered Communication Services peers
- indicated dividend yieldtop 10% 48 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
Position among covered Communication Services companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
UNIT is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Long-term score
59.7 #191 of 987 scored · #3 of 25 in Communication Services
Growth 98th (3-year revenue CAGR 39.4%) and profitability 97th (return on equity 279.3%, operating margin 45.7%); weakest is financial health (1st, debt to equity 65.9).
Short-term score
35.9 #1538 of 1,704 scored · #60 of 66 in Communication Services
Trend 46th: a trend forming but not yet strong (ADX below 25); setup 43rd: over the past year its closes ranged, and it has retraced roughly a third of its move over the past year — 38% of it; weakest is volume and participation 7th: trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average.
Communication Services Long-term Top 10
Left this list on 19 Aug 2026
- Left 19 Aug 2026: this list closed — Communication Services now has 23 eligible companies, below the 25-name floor.
- Entered 18 Aug 2026: first selection for this list at rank 3, score 60.9.
Scores as of 21 Aug 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 2.
Dividend coverage
Not assessed — last reported dividend predates the accounts. The most recent fiscal year in which UNIT reported a dividend payment is FY2024, while its reported financial statements run through FY2025. Coverage is therefore not assessed for the latest year — an FY2024 ratio would not describe UNIT today.
Coverage is derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures, comparing dividends paid against net income and free cash flow for the SAME fiscal year. It is not shown here because the latest fiscal year with a reported dividend payment (FY2024) is older than the latest year of reported financial statements (FY2025), so any ratio would describe an out-of-date year. Informational only — not financial advice.
How UNITI GROUP INC looks technically
UNITI GROUP INC (UNIT) is trading 10.5% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 136 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 23 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 47, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 6 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive). It made a new 20-day low about 9 trading days ago. It is 22.9% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 10.5% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +10.5% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $10.74 | $10.74 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $9.03 | $9.03 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been lower than the one before it and each dip deeper — the pattern chart-watchers call a downtrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | lower highs and lower lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing low 22 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 22 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a completed three-part downward correction — a pullback in the A-B-C shape Elliott-wave chartists use; the labelling fails if price closes below 8.985. It is one of several labellings that fit, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. The same swings also read as a five-part sequence in leg 4. | possible three-wave downward correction, complete (one of several readings) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 136 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 136 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 23 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend) | 22.8 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 47, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 46.9 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading in the upper half of its 14-day range ($9.21 to $10.46) — its "stochastic" reading is 61 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 60.8 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bullish about 6 trading days ago (its momentum flipped positive) | 6 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $12.94 | $12.94 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 22.9% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -22.9% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 88.1% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +88.1% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 22.9% below its highest point of the past year | 22.9% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 9 trading days ago | 9 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 9 trading days ago | 9 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $57.52 (set on 2015-04-22) | $57.52 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($5.36 to $12.75), and it has given back roughly a third of its rise from last year’s low — 38% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $7.95 to $8.18. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 37.6% |
| From the all-time high | it is 82.7% below its all-time high | -82.7% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 1.2% below a resistance level at $10.09 — a price it turned at twice since 2024-11-11, most recently on 2025-01-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has 12 such levels below the current price and 5 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +1.2% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $4.27 (set on 2024-06-18) | $4.27 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 133.5% above its all-time low | +133.5% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 41st percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.4411 between its high and its low — about 4.4% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.4411 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $9.08 and $10.63 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $9.08 – $9.86 – $10.63 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 4.4% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 4.4% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 2.1 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (10.5% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 2.1 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.53× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
1
| Since a bearish engulfing | 4 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 4 sessions ago |
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Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 0.8% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +0.8% |
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| Gap filled | a 3.8% gap down opened on 2026-07-30 has been "filled" 16 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it closed again during the very session that opened it | 16 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed lower 2 sessions in a row, a -3.48% move over the run — an unbroken run of down days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 2 sessions down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 12.3 percentage points (the stock lost 9.9% while the market gained 2.3%) | -12.3% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 13.4 percentage points (the stock lost 10.3% while the market gained 3.1%) | -13.4% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 5.1 percentage points (the stock gained 16.2% while the market gained 11.1%) | +5.1% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 46.5 percentage points (the stock gained 67.0% while the market gained 20.5%) | +46.5% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, MACD momentum is positive, outperforming the market over 6 months — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bearish state: trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 12% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is moderate, spanning 3.3% of the share price. | -12.0% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 1% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $9.90 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 155 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +0.7% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 3% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-30 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $9.71 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 17 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +2.7% |
Price levels it has turned at before
UNIT last closed at $9.97 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 12 prices below its last close and 5 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $10.09 | Resistance | 1.2% above the last close | turned there twice · 2024-11-11 to 2025-01-21 |
| $9.77 | Support | 2.0% below the last close | turned there three times · 2024-09-30 to 2025-07-25 |
| $10.37 | Resistance | 4.0% above the last close | turned there four times · 2024-11-25 to 2026-07-02 |
| $9.26 | Support | 7.2% below the last close | turned there four times · 2024-09-13 to 2026-08-11 |
| $9.00 | Support | 9.7% below the last close | turned there three times · 2024-09-05 to 2026-07-30 |
| $10.96 | Resistance | 9.9% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-04-01 to 2026-06-01 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a three-part downward correction — the A-B-C shape chartists use for a pullback — now complete.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes below $8.98.
This is one of several labellings that fit the same swings, so treat it as a reading rather than the reading. It was chosen from 2 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
Alternate reading: The same swings also read as a five-part sequence in leg 4, which fails on a close above $10.38.
This labelling was already in place when we began recording count changes on 2026-08-13, so how long it has stood is not something we can say yet.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · Pulled back from the 12-month high · beating the market · Trading at this year’s average price paid (anchored VWAP) · Trading below the Ichimoku cloud · Near a resistance level (pressing into a price that has capped it before) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingHold (2.78 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 9 analysts
- Mean price target$10.31 range $6.00 – $16.00; median $11.00
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-17. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["High leverage and significant interest expense related to debt obligations","Regulatory and operational risks associated with broadband expansion and government-funded projects","Potential for decreased profitability due to integration and transaction-related costs"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of UNIT's 10-Q filed 2026-05-11 against the prior one filed 2025-11-07.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Reference to Company's 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 2, 2026 (in newer filing)
- Specific customer count: 564,000 residential fiber customers (in newer filing)
- Specific fiber-equipped households count: 1.9 million (in newer filing)
- Reference to company not qualifying as a REIT (reiterated in newer filing)
- Common Stock terminology: uses 'Common Stock' without 'New' prefix (in newer filing)
- Removed:
- Reference to Old Uniti's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed February 21, 2025, amended March 7, 2025 (in older filing)
- Statement about 'more than 1.1 million customers' (replaced with 'more than 1.0 million')
- Statement about 'more than 500,000 residential fiber customers' (replaced with '564,000')
- Statement about '1.7 million fiber-equipped households' (replaced with '1.9 million')
- Reference to 'Old Uniti' in parenthetical for prior REIT description (removed 'Uniti Group LLC (F/k/a Uniti Group Inc.)')
- Parenthetical naming convention for Old Uniti in merger description
- Reference to 'New Uniti HoldCo LP' in merger parties list (simplified)
- Phrase 'immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger' (shortened to 'outstanding immediately prior')
- 'New Uniti Common Stock' terminology (replaced with 'Common Stock')
- 'New Uniti Preferred Stock' terminology (replaced with 'Preferred Stock')
- 'New Uniti Warrants' terminology (replaced with 'Warrants')
- Information about private letter ruling from IRS and post-closing restructuring tax basis step-up
- Reworded:
- Period covered changed from 'three and nine months ended September 30, 2025' to 'three months ended March 31, 2026'
- Accounting method disclosure moved: reverse merger/acquisition method description reordered in newer filing (appears after merger consideration details rather than before)
- Old Uniti reference changed from 'Uniti Group LLC (F/k/a Uniti Group Inc.) ("Old Uniti")' to 'Old Uniti' with simpler antecedent
- Notes:
- Older filing contains additional tax-related content (private letter ruling, post-closing restructuring) not present in newer filing—this appears to be a content removal rather than a correction
- The two filings cover different quarterly periods (Q3 2025 vs. Q1 2026), which explains some metric variations (customer counts, fiber-equipped households)
- Text is truncated at similar points in both versions, limiting full comparison of the Segments section
Risk Factors
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales recorded in the last 90 days.
- Last 180 days0 buys · 1 sell ($58575) — 1 selling insider
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-03-13. As of 2026-08-24.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about UNIT's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
4 institutional 13F filers reported holding UNIT as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 4
- Reported shares held 36,712,653
- Reported value $344,364,686
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 2 increased, 2 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
UNIT had 19,670,791 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
UNIT had 8.10% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 7.85 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 19,670,791
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 8.10%
- Prior settlement (shares) 16,495,576
- Reported change 19.25%
- Days to cover (reported) 7.85
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- American Tower (AMT)
- Crown Castle (CCI)
- Lumen Technologies (LUMN)
- Zayo Group
- DigitalBridge (DBRG)
- GTT Communications
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Frequently asked questions
What does UNITI GROUP INC (UNIT) do?
Uniti Group is a communications infrastructure company that provides fiber-based solutions, including lit and dark fiber, as well as broadband services. The company owns, operates, and maintains an extensive network of fiber and other communication assets, catering primarily to wholesale, enterprise, and carrier customers.
What sector is UNITI GROUP INC (UNIT) in?
UNITI GROUP INC (UNIT) is classified in the Communication Services sector. Its industry is Communication infrastructure / Fiber networks. It trades on NASDAQ.
Does UNIT pay a dividend?
Yes — UNITI GROUP INC (UNIT) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 11.03% (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are UNITI GROUP INC's (UNIT) competitors?
Notable peers of UNITI GROUP INC (UNIT) include American Tower, Crown Castle, Lumen Technologies, Zayo Group and DigitalBridge. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is UNITI GROUP INC (UNIT) overbought or oversold right now?
UNITI GROUP INC (UNIT) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 47, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on UNIT come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.