Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.

TDS Communication Services Telecom Services

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $1.2 billion, down 75.3% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+3.60%
EPS
+5,000.0%
Free cash flow
−134.0%
Total debt
−83.3%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

32.49 3.52 −9.78%
Market cap
$3.5B
P/E
10.6×
Fwd P/E
9.3×
Dividend yield
0.49%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
1.36
Beneish M
−0.96
Dividend safety
16/100

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (TDS) EV/Sales

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As of 5 November 2026, Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (TDS) trades at a EV/Sales of 1.8×. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.7× (March 2020) to 4.5× (February 2026); the current reading is higher than 86% of that period. That is in line with the Telecom Services industry median of 1.8× and above the Communication Services sector median of 1.4×.

EV/Sales, daily

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Annual newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
FY2025 3.9× 224.39%
FY2024 1.2× 4.73%
FY2023 1.1× 33.64%
FY2022 0.9× (6.37%)
FY2021 0.9× 16.40%
FY2020 0.8× (14.38%)
FY2019 0.9× (8.69%)
FY2018 1.0× 5.02%
FY2017 1.0× 1.12%
FY2016 0.9× 15.15%

Quarterly newest first

Period EV/Sales Change
Jun 2026 2.2× (34.26%)
Mar 2026 3.3× (15.46%)
Dec 2025 3.9× 87.04%
Sep 2025 2.1× (16.62%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.7× High 4.5×
Ten-year median 0.9×
Current reading's percentile 85

EV/Sales against peers

Company EV/Sales
TKC Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS compare 1.0×
LUMN Lumen Technologies, Inc. compare 1.4×
TDS Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. 1.8×
VEON VEON Ltd. compare 1.8×
LBTYK Liberty Global Ltd compare 1.9×
LBTYA Liberty Global Ltd compare 1.9×
PHI PLDT Inc. compare 2.3×
KYIV Kyivstar Group Ltd. compare 2.4×
IRDM Iridium Communications Inc compare 7.3×
Telecom Services industry median 1.8×
Communication Services sector median 1.4×
Market median 2.1×

What EV/Sales is

EV/Sales tells an investor how the value of a whole company, counting its debt and cash, compares with the sales it brings in.

((Stock Price × Shares (Basic, Weighted) (latest quarter)) + (Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter)) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)) ÷ Revenue (TTM)

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