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) Net margin

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Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.'s net margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 27.7%, up 33.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (−6.14%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −42.0% (fiscal 2023) to 4.33% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Telecom Services industry median of 6.67% and above the Communication Services sector median of 0.00%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 −6.14% (4.19)
FY2024 −1.95% 40.06
FY2023 −42.0% (41.88)
FY2022 −0.13% (2.33)
FY2021 2.20% (2.13)
FY2020 4.33% 1.99
FY2019 2.34% (0.30)
FY2018 2.64% (0.39)
FY2017 3.03% 2.20
FY2016 0.83% (3.37)

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 90.9% 49.75
Mar 2026 41.1% 29.29
Dec 2025 11.8% 43.95
Sep 2025 −32.1% (30.19)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −42.0% High 4.33%
Ten-year median 2.20%
Current reading's percentile 100

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
TDS Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. 27.7%
IRDM Iridium Communications Inc compare 18.1%
KYIV Kyivstar Group Ltd. compare 12.5%
PHI PLDT Inc. compare 12.1%
TKC Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS compare 7.21%
VEON VEON Ltd. compare 1.24%
LUMN Lumen Technologies, Inc. compare −5.83%
LBTYK Liberty Global Ltd compare −62.1%
LBTYA Liberty Global Ltd compare −62.1%
Telecom Services industry median 6.67%
Communication Services sector median 0.00%
Market median 1.06%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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