Stock Research: Telephone and Data Systems

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Telephone and Data Systems

NYQ:TDS US8794338298
78
  • Value
    82
  • Growth
    48
  • Safety
    Safety
    45
  • Combined
    58
  • Sentiment
    81
  • 360° View
    360° View
    78
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Company Description

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. is a telecommunications company providing wireless, cable, and wireline services. It operates in the telecommunications industry through its businesses UScellular and TDS Telecom. The company operates throughout the United States. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $4,400 million, profits of $2,829 million, and revenue of $4,964 million with 7,900 employees.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 78 (better than 78% compared with alternatives) for 2026, overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Telephone and Data Systems are very positive. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half the metrics below and half above average for Telephone and Data Systems. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 82, which means that the share price of Telephone and Data Systems is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means that the stock price is lower than for 82% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 81, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 81% of alternative investment opportunities. But the consolidated Growth Rank has a low rank of 48, which means that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth, and stock returns. The consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 45, meaning the company has a riskier financing structure than 55 comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. ...read more

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Last update: 26-Mar-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
82 55 92 95
Growth
48 63 29 8
Safety
Safety
45 66 88 94
Sentiment
81 25 37 65
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78 55 76 85
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
64 43 41 53
Opinions Change
50 50 50 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 29 58 67
Market Pulse
47 18 32 50
Sentiment
81 25 37 65
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
82 55 92 95
Growth
48 63 29 8
Safety Safety
45 66 88 94
Combined
58 81 94 85
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
21 67 82 91
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
90 88 88 38
Price vs. Book (P/B)
52 84 88 94
Dividend Yield
77 26 75 98
Value
82 55 92 95
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
40 20 16 28
Profit Growth
9 51 4 6
Capital Growth
90 47 40 42
Stock Returns
53 97 99 45
Growth
48 63 29 8
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
74 81 86 88
Refinancing
36 71 83 91
Liquidity
19 27 17 28
Safety Safety
45 66 88 94

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With good value and positive sentiment, but low growth and risky financing, this combination is generally dangerous as debt requires growth to sustain it. Only investors with a strong belief in future growth potential and a high-risk tolerance should consider this stock.

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