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Also trades as: TDS (NYSE) · $vol 50M · TDS-PV (NYSE) · $vol 1M · TDA (NYSE) · $vol 0M

TDS-PU NYSE

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
1W: -0.1% 1M: -6.3% 3M: -8.8% YTD: -14.7% 1Y: -10.7% 3Y: +58.5% 5Y: -1.2%
$18.57
+0.15 (+0.81%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±1.8%
$18 $18 $18 $19 $19
NYSE · Communication Services · Telecommunications Services · Tech Score Strong Sell · Power 36 · $3.7B mcap · 17M float · 0.177% daily turnover
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 77% of companies Debt: 24.6% of company value Bonds: none of note held by US funds details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the safest four tenths, about 1 in 3,500 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $0.22 (down 99%), Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $1.25B against a stock market value of $3.84B.
Distance to default 8.96 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-06-30, debt counted $344.8M (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 30.2%; Altman Z'' 4.65. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
US fund filings (SEC N-PORT) show under $25M of this company's bonds, so there is no bond page. Its debt may be bank loans or privately placed. How these are computed.

📊 Key Metrics

TTM
$1B
Revenue
-73.8% YoY
$419M
Net Income
+1120.9% YoY
$-319M
Free Cash Flow
-180.1% YoY
58.2%
Gross Margin
120.7%
Op. Margin
96.5%
Net Margin

💰 Income Flow

How revenue becomes profit

💵 Cash Flow

Where cash goes

🏦 Balance Sheet

Assets = Liabilities + Equity

📈 Financial Health

Profitability

ROE8.2%
ROA3.8%
ROIC6.3%

Valuation

P/E8.4
P/B0.8
EV/EBITDA1.2

Leverage

Debt/Equity0.24
Current Ratio3.82
Interest Cov.11.1x

Quality Scores

Piotroski F5/9
Altman Z1.55
Beneish M-3.85

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