Communication Services
Live Price
Offline$39.59
+0.46% today
1Y Change
+17.64%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 12, 2026
Coverage: 245 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 12, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (TDS) is a Communication Services stock with a market cap of $4.83B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $39.59 and up 17.6% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 12, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -75.3%, EPS growth of +22.4%, a dividend yield of 22.9%. What stands out right now is revenue -75.3%, EPS +22.4%, free cash flow -19.0% with operating margin 0.5% and ROIC 0.2%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 22.9%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at price/sales 1.6. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines TDS price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Communication Services peers on this page.
Benchmark Comparison
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TDS
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
TDS Max Drawdown
-18.34%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
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Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$5.3B
-1.6% YoY
FY Net Income
$156.0M
+151.6% YoY
Free Cash Flow
-$48.0M
+92.3% YoY
Revenue Growth
-75.3%
EPS Growth
+22.4%
Gross Margin
49.4%
Net Margin
-0.2%
Income statement
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.2B | 5.0B | 5.2B | 5.4B | 5.3B |
| Gross Profit | -62M | 2.8B | 2.8B | 2.8B | 2.9B |
| Operating Income | -62M | 63M | -414M | 122M | 261M |
| EBITDA | 554M | 1.2B | 682M | 1.1B | 1.2B |
| Net Income | -6M | -28M | -500M | 62M | 156M |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 766M | 364M | 236M | 360M | 367M |
| Total Assets | 8.4B | 13.7B | 13.9B | 14.6B | 13.5B |
| Total Liabilities | 3.1B | 7.8B | 7.9B | 7.9B | 6.7B |
| Shareholder Equity | 5.3B | 5.1B | 5.2B | 5.8B | 5.9B |
| Total Debt | 2.0B | 5.1B | 5.1B | 4.8B | 4.0B |
| Net Debt | 1.2B | 4.7B | 4.9B | 4.4B | 3.7B |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
1.1B
-4.5% YoY
Capital Expenditures
1.2B
+35.2% YoY
Free Cash Flow
48M
+92.3% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
49.4%
Operating Margin
0.5%
Net Margin
-0.2%
ROE
-0.1%
Debt / Equity
0.37x
Next Step
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