TDS Stock Analysis: Telephone Data Systems | NYSE
Telecom Services | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 3.991m USD | 12M Return: 11.7% | US8794338298 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 34.4M
Qual. Beats: 2
Rev. Trend: -80.7%
Qual. Beats: 0
Warnings
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Seasonality 11.6 years of data
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Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (TDS) is a US telecommunications company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, incorporated in 1968. It provides communications services to residential, commercial, and wholesale customers through two operating segments: TDS Telecom and Array. Its offerings span broadband and fiber internet, Wi-Fi, security, TV (including the TDS TV+ cloud platform), local and long-distance voice, VoIP, hosted voice/video collaboration, wireless services, and wholesale data transport. The company also leases tower space and operates sales channels including direct sales, retail stores, sales agents, and online platforms.
TDS operates in the US Communication Services sector and is classified under Wireless Telecommunication Services. It serves as a regional and rural-focused provider in a market dominated by national carriers such as AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile, with a long-standing emphasis on extending communications services to underserved and smaller-market areas. The company distributes its products through a mix of third-party direct sales, retail stores, commissioned sales agents, and digital channels.
- Rural fiber broadband expansion accelerates with BEAD funding
- UScellular sale proceeds boost capital returns to shareholders
- TDS Telecom segment margins pressured by elevated capex
| Net Income: 418.6m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: -0.05 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -9.34 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 137.9% < 20% (prev 16.34%; Δ 121.6% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.01 > 3% & CFO 105.7m > Net Income 418.6m |
| Net Debt (-376.1m) to EBITDA (1.20b): -0.31 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 3.82 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (116.3m) vs 12m ago 1.12% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 28.68% > 18% (prev 57.74%; Δ -29.06% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 11.48% > 50% (prev 35.52%; Δ -24.03% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 11.13 > 6 (EBIT TTM 849.1m / Interest Expense TTM 76.3m) |
| A: 0.21 (Total Current Assets 2.35b - Total Current Liabilities 615.6m) / Total Assets 8.38b |
| B: 0.24 (Retained Earnings 2.02b / Total Assets 8.38b) |
| C: 0.08 (EBIT TTM 849.1m / Avg Total Assets 11.0b) |
| D: 1.73 (Book Value of Equity 5.17b / Total Liabilities 2.98b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 4.49 = AA |
| DSRI: 0.40 (Receivables 105.8m/1.01b, Revenue 1.26b/4.80b) |
| GMI: 2.01 (GM 57.74% / 28.68%) |
| AQI: 0.65 (AQ_t 0.29 / AQ_t-1 0.44) |
| SGI: 0.26 (Revenue 1.26b / 4.80b) |
| TATA: 0.04 (NI 418.6m - CFO 105.7m) / TA 8.38b) |
| Beneish M = -3.33 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of August 25, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 33.09 with a total of 1,183,584 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -4.14%, over one month by -3.72%, over three months by -14.76% and over the past year by +11.65%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 31.60 (which is 4.5% or 1.2 ATR below the current price).
Telephone Data Systems has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.00. Therefore, it is recommended to buy TDS.
- StrongBuy: 0
- Buy: 2
- Hold: 0
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 49 | 48.1% |
P/E Trailing = 8.5394
P/E Forward = 39.0625
P/S = 3.1726
P/B = 0.9602
P/EG = 7.7889
Revenue TTM = 1.26b USD
EBIT TTM = 849.1m USD
EBITDA TTM = 1.20b USD
Long Term Debt = 670.6m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 37.1m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 1.82b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 568.9m
Net Debt = -376.1m USD (calculated: Debt 1.82b - CCE 2.19b)
Enterprise Value = 3.61b USD (3.99b + Debt 1.82b - CCE 2.19b)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 11.13 (Ebit TTM 849.1m / Interest Expense TTM 76.3m)
EV/FCF = -7.99x (Enterprise Value 3.61b / FCF TTM -452.3m)
FCF Yield = -12.51% (FCF TTM -452.3m / Enterprise Value 3.61b)
FCF Margin = -35.96% (FCF TTM -452.3m / Revenue TTM 1.26b)
Net Margin = 33.27% (Net Income TTM 418.6m / Revenue TTM 1.26b)
Gross Margin = 28.68% ((Revenue TTM 1.26b - Cost of Revenue TTM 897.1m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 58.19% (prev 32.00%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.43 (Enterprise Value 3.61b / Total Assets 8.38b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 4.20% (Interest Expense 76.3m / Debt 1.82b)
Taxrate = 14.36% (111.0m / 772.8m)
NOPAT = 727.2m (EBIT 849.1m * (1 - 14.36%))
Current Ratio = 3.82 (Total Current Assets 2.35b / Total Current Liabilities 615.6m)
Debt / Equity = 0.35 (Debt 1.82b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 5.17b)
Debt / EBITDA = -0.31 (Net Debt -376.1m / EBITDA 1.20b)
Debt / FCF = 0.83 (negative FCF - burning cash) (Net Debt -376.1m / FCF TTM -452.3m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 4.84b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 3.82% (Net Income 418.6m / Total Assets 8.38b)
RoE = 8.65% (Net Income TTM 418.6m / Total Stockholder Equity 4.84b)
RoCE = 15.41% (EBIT 849.1m / Capital Employed (Equity 4.84b + L.T.Debt 670.6m))
RoIC = 9.39% (NOPAT 727.2m / Invested Capital 7.74b)
WACC = 6.96% (E(3.99b)/V(5.81b) * Re(8.49%) + D(1.82b)/V(5.81b) * Rd(4.20%) * (1-Tc(0.14)))
Discount Rate = 8.49% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: 48.45 | Cagr: -0.27%
[DCF] Fair Price = unknown (Cash Flow -452.3m)
EPS Correlation: N/A | EPS CAGR: N/A | SUE: 2.52 | # QB: 2
Revenue Correlation: -80.68 | Revenue CAGR: -33.21% | SUE: -0.02 | # QB: 0
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=0.10 | Chg30d=+42.25% | Revisions=+25% | Analysts=1
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=3.70 | Chg30d=+171.06% | Revisions=+25% | GrowthEPS=+660.6% | GrowthRev=+1.2%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=0.28 | Chg30d=+21.89% | Revisions=-25% | GrowthEPS=-92.5% | GrowthRev=+1.3%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +17% (up=2, down=1)