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

TDS-PV Dividends

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
1W: -0.5% 1M: -5.7% 3M: -10.0% YTD: -14.4% 1Y: -9.8% 3Y: +58.3% 5Y: -6.5%
$16.94
+0.18 (+1.07%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±1.6%
$16 $17 $17 $17 $17
NYSE · Communication Services · Telecommunications Services · Tech Score Strong Sell · Power 30 · $3.7B mcap · 28M float · 0.155% daily turnover
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 77% of companies Debt: 24.5% 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 $0.20 (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 8.97 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, 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.

Dividend Overview

29.17%
Dividend Yield
$10.41
Annual Dividend
20.9%
Payout Ratio
—%
FCF Payout
0
Yr Increase Streak
5.03%
Buyback Yield
9.08%
Total Return
4.56%
Chowder Number

Annual Dividend History

Quarterly Payment History

Shareholder Returns: Dividends vs Buybacks

Full Payment History (21 payments)
Ex-DateAmountAdj. AmountYieldFrequency
2026-09-15 $0.3750 $0.3750 797.02% Quarterly
2026-06-15 $0.3750 $0.3750 789.06% Quarterly
2026-03-16 $0.3750 $0.3750 791.56% Quarterly
2025-12-15 $0.3750 $0.3750 747.38% Quarterly
2025-09-15 $0.3750 $0.3750 714.63% Quarterly
2025-06-13 $0.3750 $0.3750 828.27% Quarterly
2025-03-14 $0.3750 $0.3750 829.19% Quarterly
2024-12-16 $0.3750 $0.3750 842.70% Quarterly
2024-09-13 $0.3750 $0.3750 784.52% Quarterly
2024-06-14 $0.3750 $0.3750 851.31% Quarterly
2024-03-14 $0.3750 $0.3750 925.35% Quarterly
2023-12-14 $0.3750 $0.3750 1009.42% Quarterly
2023-09-14 $0.3750 $0.3750 1074.50% Quarterly
2023-06-14 $0.3750 $0.3750 1185.77% Quarterly
2023-03-14 $0.3750 $0.3750 998.00% Quarterly
2022-12-14 $0.3750 $0.3750 965.25% Quarterly
2022-09-14 $0.3750 $0.3750 785.34% Quarterly
2022-06-14 $0.3750 $0.3750 704.16% Quarterly
2022-03-14 $0.3750 $0.3750 420.61% Quarterly
2021-12-14 $0.3750 $0.3750 218.10% Quarterly
2021-09-14 $0.1833 $0.1833 71.73% Quarterly

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