Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. Common Shares (TDS): Price and Financial Metrics
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TDS POWR Grades
- Value is the dimension where TDS ranks best; there it ranks ahead of 70.86% of US stocks.
- TDS's strongest trending metric is Momentum; it's been moving up over the last 179 days.
- TDS ranks lowest in Growth; there it ranks in the 13th percentile.
TDS Stock Summary
- With a one year PEG ratio of 954.57, Telephone & Data Systems Inc is expected to have a higher PEG ratio (a measure of how expensive a stock is relative to its expected earnings growth) than 96.69% of US stocks.
- The price/operating cash flow metric for Telephone & Data Systems Inc is higher than only 6.12% of stocks in our set with a positive cash flow.
- Telephone & Data Systems Inc's shareholder yield -- a measure of how much capital is returned to stockholders via dividends and buybacks -- is 30.97%, greater than the shareholder yield of 94.68% of stocks in our set.
- Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to Telephone & Data Systems Inc are PRI, INDB, OGS, SFBC, and PB.
- Visit TDS's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.tdsinc.com.
TDS Valuation Summary
- TDS's price/sales ratio is 0.4; this is 79.49% lower than that of the median Communication Services stock.
- TDS's price/earnings ratio has moved up 36.3 over the prior 243 months.
- Over the past 243 months, TDS's price/earnings ratio has gone up 36.3.
Below are key valuation metrics over time for TDS.
Stock | Date | P/S | P/B | P/E | EV/EBIT |
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TDS | 2021-09-03 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 14.0 | 14.7 |
TDS | 2021-09-02 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 13.9 | 14.6 |
TDS | 2021-09-01 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 13.8 | 14.6 |
TDS | 2021-08-31 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 13.8 | 14.6 |
TDS | 2021-08-30 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 13.7 | 14.5 |
TDS | 2021-08-27 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 13.6 | 14.5 |
TDS Growth Metrics
- Its 4 year net income to common stockholders growth rate is now at 61.21%.
- Its 5 year revenue growth rate is now at 0.22%.
- The 2 year revenue growth rate now stands at 2.94%.

The table below shows TDS's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).
Date | Revenue | Operating Cash Flow | Net Income to Common Stock |
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2021-12-31 | 5,329 | 1,103 | 117 |
2021-09-30 | 5,333 | 1,229 | 119 |
2021-06-30 | 5,329 | 1,207 | 169 |
2021-03-31 | 5,281 | 1,330 | 214 |
2020-12-31 | 5,225 | 1,532 | 226 |
2020-09-30 | 5,184 | 1,308 | 223 |
TDS's Quality Factors
The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.- TDS has a Quality Grade of D, ranking ahead of 18.23% of graded US stocks.
- TDS's asset turnover comes in at 0.421 -- ranking 28th of 64 Communication stocks.
- USM, VZ, and CXDO are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with TDS.
The table below shows TDS's key quality metrics over time.
Period | Asset Turnover | Gross Margin | ROIC |
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2021-06-30 | 0.421 | 0.538 | 0.039 |
2021-03-31 | 0.431 | 0.544 | 0.041 |
2020-12-31 | 0.450 | 0.549 | 0.040 |
2020-09-30 | 0.464 | 0.554 | 0.040 |
2020-06-30 | 0.474 | 0.552 | 0.036 |
2020-03-31 | 0.478 | 0.550 | 0.034 |
TDS Price Target
For more insight on analysts targets of TDS, see our TDS price target page. And for a list of of all stocks sorted by upside potential based on analyst target price, see our Top Price Target page.
Average Price Target | $30.63 | Average Broker Recommendation | 1.5 (Moderate Buy) |
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TDS Price/Volume Stats
Current price | $16.06 | 52-week high | $23.52 |
Prev. close | $15.79 | 52-week low | $15.04 |
Day low | $15.70 | Volume | 659,900 |
Day high | $16.12 | Avg. volume | 980,854 |
50-day MA | $17.30 | Dividend yield | 4.48% |
200-day MA | $18.93 | Market Cap | 1.84B |
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. Common Shares (TDS) Company Bio
Telephone & Data Systems provides wireless, wireline, cable, and hosted and managed services in the United States. The company was founded in 1968 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.
Latest TDS News From Around the Web
Below are the latest news stories about Telephone & Data Systems Inc that investors may wish to consider to help them evaluate TDS as an investment opportunity.
Telephone and Data Systems (NYSE:TDS) Will Pay A Larger Dividend Than Last Year At US$0.18The board of Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. ( NYSE:TDS ) has announced that it will be increasing its dividend by... |
Shareholders in Telephone and Data Systems (NYSE:TDS) are in the red if they invested three years agoAs an investor its worth striving to ensure your overall portfolio beats the market average. But in any portfolio... |
Telephone and Data Systems' (TDS) Q4 Earnings Beat EstimatesTelephone and Data Systems' (TDS) fourth-quarter 2021 results reflect growth in the TDS Telecom business. |
Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) Tops Q4 Earnings and Revenue EstimatesTDS (TDS) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of 175% and 0.78%, respectively, for the quarter ended December 2021. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock? |
TDS announces first quarter 2022 dividendsThe board of directors of Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (NYSE: TDS), a leading provider of telecommunications services, has declared first quarter 2022 dividends on its Common Shares, Series A Common Shares, Series UU Preferred Shares and Series VV Preferred Shares payable on March 31, 2022, to holders of record on March 15, 2022. |
TDS Price Returns
1-mo | -3.79% |
3-mo | -16.83% |
6-mo | -18.62% |
1-year | N/A |
3-year | -43.74% |
5-year | -33.24% |
YTD | -18.58% |
2021 | 12.04% |
2020 | -24.32% |
2019 | -19.98% |
2018 | 19.58% |
2017 | -1.46% |
TDS Dividends
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