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telephone & data systems inc. - TDS

TDS

Close Chg Chg %
44.12 0.77 1.73%

Closed Market

44.88

+0.77 (1.73%)

Volume: 1.24M

Last Updated:

Apr 2, 2026, 3:59 PM EDT

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Company Overview: telephone & data systems inc. - TDS

TDS Key Data

Open

$43.89

 Day Range

43.66 - 45.24

52 Week Range

31.50 - 47.80

 Market Cap

$5.10B

Shares Outstanding

113.70M

 Public Float

98.27M

Beta

0.32

 Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

N/A

 EPS

-$0.64

Yield

35.64%

 Dividend

$0.04

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Mar 16, 2026

 SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

901.24K

  

TDS Performance

1 Week
 
 7.06%
 
1 Month
 
 -0.04%
 
3 Months
 
 9.35%
 
1 Year
 
 25.85%
 
5 Years
 
 93.08%
 

TDS Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 3
Full Ratings ➔

About telephone & data systems inc. - TDS

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc. is a diversified telecommunications company, which engages in the provision of communications services, retail wireless connections, broadband, video, and voice connections. It operates through the following segments: UScellular Wireless, UScellular Towers, TDS Telecom, and Corporate, Eliminations, and Other. The UScellular Wireless segment provides wireless telecommunications services. The UScellular Towers segment leases tower space on UScellular-owned towers to other wireless carriers. The TDS Telecom segment offers communications services through fiber, coaxial, and copper networks. The Corporate, Eliminations, and Other segment operates through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Suttle-Straus, Inc. The company was founded by LeRoy T. Carlson in 1968 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

TDS At a Glance

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.
30 North LaSalle Street
Chicago, Illinois 60602-2585
Phone 1-312-630-1900 Revenue 1.23B
Industry Wireless Telecommunications Net Income -6,236,000.00
Sector Communications Employees 4,000
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2026
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TDS Valuation

P/E Current N/A
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) N/A
Price to Sales Ratio 3.845
Price to Book Ratio 1.251
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 8.01
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 23.79
Enterprise Value to Sales 5.615
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.204

TDS Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 307,051.75
Income Per Employee -1,559.00
Receivables Turnover 11.038
Total Asset Turnover 0.108

TDS Liquidity

Current Ratio 2.097
Quick Ratio 2.088
Cash Ratio 1.749

TDS Profitability

Gross Margin 30.375
Operating Margin -5.048
Pretax Margin 7.243
Net Margin -0.508
Return on Assets 1.029
Return on Equity 2.374
Return on Total Capital 1.892
Return on Invested Capital 1.451

TDS Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 29.249
Total Debt to Total Capital 22.63
Total Debt to Total Assets 16.723
Long-Term Debt to Equity 36.832
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 22.123
  • Income Statement
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  • Cash Flow Statement

Annual Financials for Telephone & Data Systems Inc. - TDS

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
5.41B 5.16B 4.96B 1.23B
Sales Growth
+1.58% -4.67% -3.80% -75.26%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
3.49B 3.25B 3.08B 855.14M
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
929.00M 915.00M 943.00M 351.88M
Depreciation
908.00M 893.00M 921.00M 322.79M
Amortization of Intangibles
21.00M 22.00M 22.00M 29.10M
COGS Growth
+3.77% -7.01% -5.26% -72.22%
Gross Income
1.92B 1.91B 1.89B 373.06M
Gross Income Growth
-2.19% -0.42% -1.31% -80.22%
Gross Profit Margin
+35.45% +37.03% +37.99% +30.37%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
1.77B 1.75B 1.72B 435.06M
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
1.77B 1.75B 1.72B 435.06M
SGA Growth
+5.43% -0.85% -1.83% -74.72%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
3.00M 547.00M 137.00M 48.58M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
148.00M (389.00M) 28.00M (110.58M)
Non Operating Income/Expense
151.00M 156.00M 231.00M 312.21M
Non-Operating Interest Income
17.00M 20.00M 27.00M 40.31M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
159.00M 159.00M 164.00M 176.10M
Interest Expense
174.00M 244.00M 279.00M 112.67M
Interest Expense Growth
-25.00% +40.23% +14.34% -59.62%
Gross Interest Expense
174.00M 244.00M 279.00M 112.67M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
125.00M (477.00M) (20.00M) 88.96M
Pretax Income Growth
-43.44% -481.60% +95.81% +544.81%
Pretax Margin
+2.31% -9.24% -0.40% +7.24%
Income Tax
53.00M 10.00M 6.00M (62.18M)
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
6.00M 2.00M 3.00M 4.01M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
47.00M 8.00M 3.00M (66.19M)
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- - - -
-
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
159.00M 159.00M 164.00M 176.10M
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
72.00M (487.00M) (26.00M) 151.15M
Minority Interest Expense
10.00M 13.00M 2.00M 33.74M
Net Income
62.00M (500.00M) (28.00M) 117.40M
Net Income Growth
-60.26% -906.45% +94.40% +519.30%
Net Margin Growth
+1.15% -9.69% -0.56% +9.56%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - (123.64M)
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - (123.64M)
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
62.00M (500.00M) (28.00M) (6.24M)
Preferred Dividends
69.00M 69.00M 69.00M 69.22M
Net Income Available to Common
(7.00M) (569.00M) (97.00M) (75.46M)
EPS (Basic)
-0.0614 -5.0354 -0.8509 -0.6552
EPS (Basic) Growth
-106.03% -8,100.98% +83.10% +23.00%
Basic Shares Outstanding
114.00M 113.00M 114.00M 115.18M
EPS (Diluted)
-0.0702 -5.0442 -0.8509 -0.6552
EPS (Diluted) Growth
-107.02% -7,085.47% +83.13% +23.00%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
114.00M 113.00M 114.00M 115.18M
EBITDA
1.08B 1.07B 1.11B 289.88M
EBITDA Growth
-8.47% -0.65% +3.26% -73.84%
EBITDA Margin
+19.95% +20.79% +22.32% +23.60%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 52.333
Number of Ratings 3 Current Quarters Estimate 0.079
FY Report Date 06 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate -0.355
Last Quarter’s Earnings -0.436 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings -0.65 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 0.066
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 2 2 2 2
Mean Estimate 0.08 -0.02 -0.36 0.07
High Estimates 0.15 0.01 0.03 0.23
Low Estimate 0.01 -0.05 -0.74 -0.10
Coefficient of Variance 126.98 -217.53 -153.14 353.92

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 1 1 2
OVERWEIGHT 1 1 1
HOLD 0 0 0
UNDERWEIGHT 1 1 1
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Telephone & Data Systems Inc. - TDS

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
May 21, 2025 LeRoy T. Carlson Vice Chair; Director 163,146 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
May 21, 2025 Anita J. Kroll VP, Controller & CAO N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
May 21, 2025 Vicki L. Villacrez Executive Vice President & CFO; Director 79,276 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $34.93 per share 2,769,110.68
May 21, 2025 Vicki L. Villacrez Executive Vice President & CFO; Director 93,298 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
May 21, 2025 James W. Butman President & CEO of subsidiary; Director N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
May 21, 2025 James W. Butman President & CEO of subsidiary; Director 57,362 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
May 21, 2025 James W. Butman President & CEO of subsidiary; Director 291,098 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $34.93 per share 10,168,053.14
May 21, 2025 James W. Butman President & CEO of subsidiary; Director 311,413 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
May 21, 2025 James W. Butman President & CEO of subsidiary; Director 265,915 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $34.93 per share 9,288,410.95
May 21, 2025 James W. Butman President & CEO of subsidiary; Director 291,528 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
May 21, 2025 LeRoy T. Carlson Vice Chair; Director N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
May 21, 2025 Joseph R. Hanley SVP-Strategy & Corp Dev 94,958 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
May 21, 2025 LeRoy T. Carlson Vice Chair; Director 344,233 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $34.93 per share 12,024,058.69
May 21, 2025 LeRoy T. Carlson Vice Chair; Director 413,541 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
May 21, 2025 LeRoy T. Carlson Vice Chair; Director 248,327 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $34.93 per share 8,674,062.11
May 21, 2025 LeRoy T. Carlson Vice Chair; Director 316,767 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
May 21, 2025 Joseph R. Hanley SVP-Strategy & Corp Dev N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
May 21, 2025 Joseph R. Hanley SVP-Strategy & Corp Dev 19,966 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
May 21, 2025 Joseph R. Hanley SVP-Strategy & Corp Dev 96,714 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $34.93 per share 3,378,220.02
May 21, 2025 Joseph R. Hanley SVP-Strategy & Corp Dev 105,146 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00

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