Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.

TDS Communication Services Telecom Services

In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 3.60%, EPS grew 5,000.0%, free cash flow fell 134.0% and total debt fell 83.3%, each against the same quarter a year earlier.

33.90 0.12 −0.35%
Market cap
$3.7B
P/E
11.1×
Fwd P/E
34.7×
Dividend yield
0.47%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
1.36
Beneish M
−2.59
Dividend safety
16/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 3.88
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 1 — — — 1 — — — — — 1 —
Insider Ownership 12.82%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 3,660.00
Revenue 1,257.96
Net Income 533.89
Free Cash Flow (452.31)
Net Debt (1,513.92)
Current Ratio 3.82 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.13 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 11.08
Fwd P/E 34.70
P/S ratio 3.09
P/B ratio 0.90
Past 5Y EPS Growth —
This Y EPS Growth 669.37% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth (94.16%) (below 0%: weak)
Next Y revenue growth 1.04%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 56.11% (at or above 15%: strong)

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 10.99%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 86.65%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 88.32%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 78.68%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.05
Annual Dividend Rate 0.16
Annual Dividend Yield 0.47%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 0.17
0.04
0.04
0.04
2025 0.16
0.04
0.04
0.04
0.04
2024 0.31
0.19
0.04
0.04
0.04
2023 0.74
0.19
0.19
0.19
0.19
2022 0.72
0.18
0.18
0.18
0.18
2021 0.70
0.18
0.18
0.18
0.18
2020 0.68
0.17
0.17
0.17
0.17
2019 0.66
0.17
0.17
0.17
0.17
2018 0.64
0.16
0.16
0.16
0.16
2017 0.62
0.16
0.16
0.16
0.16
2016 0.59
0.15
0.15
0.15
0.15
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 236 364 766 2,194
Receivables 1,078 99 110 106
Inventory 208 4 4 4
Other 52 34 15 13
1,660 1,695 923 2,351
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 360 75 116 130
ST’ Debt 26 31 5 9
Other 447 92 166 121
1,184 1,090 440 616

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales (13.45%) (25.14%) (39.01%)
Cash Flow (2.88%) (17.38%) (20.07%)
Earnings 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value 1.14% (1.19%) (7.26%)

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 309 309 — — —
’25 290 299 309 331 1,228
’24 1,262 1,238 327 — 1,297
’23 1,303 1,267 1,278 — 1,355
’22 1,315 1,349 1,392 1,357 5,413
’21 1,318 1,311 1,328 1,372 5,329
’20 1,261 1,263 1,324 1,377 5,225
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.
value withheld pending a data check

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 67 56 — — —
’25 186 422 (37) 20 590
’24 224 402 307 213 1,146
’23 46 468 409 218 1,141
’22 381 353 167 254 1,155
’21 165 316 382 240 1,103
’20 367 439 360 366 1,532
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (82) (113) — — —
’25 119 333 (149) (109) 195
’24 (22) 182 487 114 761
’23 (290) 167 116 376 369
’22 (458) 80 (118) (124) (620)
’21 (1,316) 76 89 (205) (1,356)
’20 (36) 72 47 81 164
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1.09 2.42 — — —
’25 (0.09) (0.05) (0.84) 0.33 (0.65)
’24 0.10 (0.13) (0.73) (0.10) (0.85)
’23 (0.08) (0.17) (0.16) (4.64) (5.06)
’22 0.37 0.15 (0.22) (0.38) (0.07)
’21 0.48 0.17 0.24 0.11 1.00
’20 0.59 0.56 0.66 0.12 1.93
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2.3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 20.83 24.57 23.54 21.44 14.05 17.18 9.65 6.44 13.69 31.07

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 32.00 32.98 36.52 37.29 25.64 26.51 21.47 21.75 35.39 42.74
People
People Employees 10,300 9,900 9,400 9,400 9,200 8,800 9,300 8,800 7,900 4,000
Revenue/emp, $m 0.50 0.51 0.54 0.55 0.57 0.61 0.58 0.15 0.16 0.31
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 5,155 5,044 5,109 5,176 5,225 5,329 5,413 1,355 1,297 1,228
Gross margin, % 52.88 53.23 54.28 54.85 54.95 53.61 52.61 49.18 54.49 59.02
EBT 92 (122) 221 211 288 221 125 (563) (103) 89
EBT margin, % 1.78 (2.42) 4.33 4.08 5.51 4.15 2.31 (41.58) (7.97) 7.24
Net income 52 157 175 147 269 188 72 (487) (26) 20
Depreciation 850 1,106 883 932 909 895 929 310 326 352
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 46.86 45.44 45.62 45.40 45.83 46.34 47.48 12.02 11.41 10.66
Earnings 0.39 1.39 1.20 1.06 1.97 1.03 (0.07) (5.05) (0.85) (0.66)
Cash flow 7.11 6.99 9.08 8.91 13.44 9.59 10.13 10.12 10.08 5.12
Capex (5.78) (6.17) (7.09) (8.44) (12.00) (21.38) (15.57) (6.84) (3.38) (3.43)
Free cash flow 1.33 0.82 1.99 0.47 1.44 (11.79) (5.44) 3.28 6.69 1.69
Book value 43.18 44.07 47.26 47.40 49.06 58.56 57.92 53.18 51.60 45.73
Shares, m 110 111 112 114 114 115 114 113 114 115
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 77.95 20.23 27.12 23.99 9.43 19.56 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
P/S 0.65 0.61 0.71 0.56 0.41 0.43 0.23 1.51 2.99 3.84
P/B 0.70 0.63 0.69 0.54 0.38 0.41 0.23 0.42 0.81 1.13
EV/Sales 0.95 0.96 1.01 0.92 0.79 0.92 0.86 4.37 4.60 3.90
EV/FCF 33.49 53.16 21.35 88.15 25.09 (3.60) (7.49) 16.02 7.83 24.52
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 782 776 1,017 1,016 1,532 1,103 1,155 1,141 1,146 590
Capex (636) (685) (794) (962) (1,368) (2,459) (1,775) (772) (385) (395)
Free cash flow 146 91 223 54 164 (1,356) (620) 369 761 195
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 1,172 1,048 1,451 959 1,873 864 514 476 605 483
Total debt 2,445 2,457 2,439 2,326 3,429 2,934 3,750 4,106 2,447 829
Net debt 1,545 1,738 1,501 1,861 1,997 2,567 3,390 3,870 2,083 63
Shareholders’ equity 4,750 4,892 5,293 5,404 5,593 6,734 6,603 5,996 5,868 5,267
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 0.46 1.63 1.42 1.18 1.94 0.90 (0.05) (4.00) (0.70) (0.68)
ROIC 1.07 (1.02) 1.89 1.54 2.13 1.75 0.76 (4.32) (1.50) (1.14)
ROE 0.91 3.17 2.65 2.26 4.11 2.08 (0.13) (10.89) (2.00) (1.68)
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

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Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
LUMN Lumen Technologies, Inc. $5.0B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −9.28% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +124.34% (above 0%: growing) 49.55% (3.14%) Compare
IRDM Iridium Communications Inc $4.8B 49.6× 42.9× +3.84% (above 0%: growing) −55.00% (below 0%: shrinking) −15.24% (below 0%: shrinking) 71.23% 15.10% Compare
TKC Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS $4.3B 10.1× — +15.43% (above 0%: growing) +8.33% (above 0%: growing) −58.09% (below 0%: shrinking) 25.36% 12.41% Compare
PHI PLDT Inc. $4.3B 9.4× 7.5× −5.84% (below 0%: shrinking) −24.00% (below 0%: shrinking) +78.48% (above 0%: growing) 57.86% 20.01% Compare
TDS Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. $3.7B 11.1× 34.7× +3.60% (above 0%: growing) n/m −133.98% (below 0%: shrinking) 58.19% 120.67%
AD Array Digital Infrastructure Inc. $2.9B 5.4× 8.8× +89.53% (above 0%: growing) +1,021.62% (above 0%: growing) −115.23% (below 0%: shrinking) 56.54% 738.42% Compare
KYIV Kyivstar Group Ltd. $2.9B 18.1× 10.0× +19.37% (above 0%: growing) −16.71% (below 0%: shrinking) +29.21% (above 0%: growing) 88.79% 37.46% Compare
LBTYA Liberty Global Ltd $2.8B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −7.65% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +429.69% (above 0%: growing) 50.62% 0.26% Compare
LBTYK Liberty Global Ltd $2.8B — (loss-making) — −7.65% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +429.69% (above 0%: growing) 50.62% 0.26% Compare
Median of peers $3.6B 10.1× 9.4× −1.00% −16.71% +53.85% 53.58% 13.76%

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Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (TDS) key facts

  • Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (TDS) is a Telecom Services company in the Communication Services sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, TDS traded at $33.90, a market capitalization of $3.7 billion.
  • Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share, a yield of 0.47%, with a payout ratio of 5.33%.
  • Return on equity was −1.68% and debt-to-equity 0.13.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.36 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

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