Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
General ticker "TDS" information:
- Sector: Communication Services
- Industry: Telecommunications Services
- Capitalization: $4.2B (TTM average)
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 57.1%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.7%: low 43.48$, high 44.94$
Factors to consider:
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2025-12-15, amount 0.04$ (Y0.36%)
- Total employees count: 7900 as of 2024
- Company does not operate outside US (retrieved using AI)
- Top business risk factors: Low profit margins, Cost increases, Labor/talent shortage/retention, Consumer preferences, Operational and conduct risks
- Current price 28.9% above estimated high
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 exceed our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2024-12-31 to 2026-12-31
- 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31 estimated range: [25.08$, 39.19$]
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [21.54$, 34.73$]
Financial Metrics affecting the TDS estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of -309.7 at the end of fiscal year the price was very high
- Positive: -5.02 < Operating profit margin, % of 1.26
- Positive: Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 29.48 > 12.91
- Positive: Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 21.98 > 10.14
- Positive: 2.95 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 3.26
- Positive: 19.35 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 37.21 <= 42.53
- Positive: -3.57 < Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of -0.19
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of -0.64 <= 0
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Long-term TDS plot with estimates
Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $5,387.00MM | $5,135.00MM | $4,999.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $5,265.00MM | $5,549.00MM | $4,936.00MM |
| Operating Income | $122.00MM | $-414.00MM | $63.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $3.00MM | $-63.00MM | $-83.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $174.00MM | $244.00MM | $279.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $125.00MM | $-477.00MM | $-20.00MM |
| Taxes | $53.00MM | $10.00MM | $6.00MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $62.00MM | $-500.00MM | $-28.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $5,849.00MM | $5,202.00MM | $5,091.00MM |
| Inventory | $268.00MM | $208.00MM | $183.00MM |
| Assets | $14,550.00MM | $13,922.00MM | $13,683.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $1,155.00MM | $1,142.00MM | $1,145.00MM |
| Capital expenditure | $1,775.00MM | $1,341.00MM | $904.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-1,783.00MM | $-1,327.00MM | $-754.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $613.00MM | $56.00MM | $-277.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $0.54 | $-4.42 | $-0.25 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.