TELEPHONE & DATA SYSTEMS INC /DE/ (TDS)
As-reported financials and SEC filings for TELEPHONE & DATA SYSTEMS INC /DE/. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.
About TELEPHONE & DATA SYSTEMS INC /DE/
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (TDS) provides communications services through its subsidiary TDS Telecom, serving 1.1 million broadband, video, voice, and wireless connections across 30 states in the United States. TDS Telecom offers high-speed internet, video entertainment, voice calling, and wireless services primarily to residential and commercial customers in small to mid-sized urban, suburban, and rural communities. Additionally, TDS owns Array Digital Infrastructure, Inc., which operates 4,450 wireless communication towers in 19 states, leasing tower space and providing related services to wireless carriers.
Snapshot
Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.
What changed at Telephone & Data Systems Inc /de/
- Revenue fell 9.0% to $1.1B in FY2025, after a 4.2% decline the year before.
- Operating margin is now a 9.1% loss in FY2025, from 5.0% in FY2021.
- Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $255M, down 5.7% from Q2 FY2025.
- Free cash flow was $199M in FY2025, 18.6% of revenue.
- Net loss narrowed to $6M in FY2025, from $28M in FY2024.
Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.
Peer comparison
Where Telephone & Data Systems Inc /de/’s fundamentals sit among the 216 Communication Services companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).
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Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.
Institutional ownership
Held by 1 of the superinvestors we track (plus 6 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).
| Investor | As of | Position value | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Third Point | Q2 2026 | $232.2M | 6.3M | Reduced |
| Point72 Asset Managementquant | Q2 2026 | $18.2M | 490.9K | Reduced |
| Citadel Advisorsquant | Q2 2026 | $11.3M | 304.3K | Reduced |
| AQR Capital Managementquant | Q2 2026 | $3.3M | 88.5K | Added |
| Two Sigma Investmentsquant | Q2 2026 | $2.4M | 65.9K | Reduced |
| D. E. Shawquant | Q2 2026 | $950,787 | 25.7K | Reduced |
| Millennium Managementquant | Q2 2026 | $324,282 | 8.8K | Reduced |
From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.
Short interest
Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.
| Settlement | Shares short | Change | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | 6.0M | +18.3% | 3.86 |
| 2026-07-31 | 5.0M | +3.7% | 6.29 |
| 2026-07-15 | 4.9M | -2.2% | 4.03 |
| 2026-06-30 | 5.0M | -0.9% | 3.69 |
| 2026-06-15 | 5.0M | +22.7% | 5.43 |
| 2026-05-29 | 4.1M | +8.8% | 3.04 |
| 2026-05-15 | 3.8M | -7.7% | 3.35 |
| 2026-04-30 | 4.1M | +3.2% | 6.66 |
Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.
Income statement (as reported)
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.07B | $1.18B | $1.23B | $5.29B | $5.22B |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | $-97.4M | $-191.3M | $-682.6M | $122.0M | $261.0M |
| Net income | $-6.2M | $-27.7M | $-500.0M | $62.0M | $156.0M |
| Diluted EPS | $-0.65 | $-0.85 | $-5.05 | $-0.07 | $1.00 |
Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.
Balance sheet (as reported)
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $766.0M | $363.6M | $236.0M | $360.0M | $367.0M |
| Current assets | $923.5M | $1.70B | $1.66B | $2.03B | $2.04B |
| Total assets | $8.40B | $13.68B | $8.14B | $14.55B | $13.49B |
| Current liabilities | $440.3M | $1.09B | $1.18B | $1.51B | $1.18B |
| Long-term debt | $823.4M | $2.42B | $4.08B | $3.73B | $2.93B |
| Total liabilities | $3.13B | $7.81B | $2.14B | $7.95B | $6.76B |
| Total equity | $5.27B | $5.87B | $6.00B | $6.60B | $6.73B |
Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.
Cash flow (as reported)
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $589.9M | $1.15B | $1.14B | $1.16B | $1.10B |
| Capital expenditure | $390.5M | $365.4M | $643.1M | $1.16B | $1.13B |
| Free cash flow | $199.4M | $780.4M | $498.1M | $-6.0M | $-28.0M |
Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.
Quarterly trend (as reported)
| Quarter | Revenue | Revenue YoY | Net income | Diluted EPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 FY2026 | $255.3M | -5.7% | $298.4M | $2.42 |
| Q1 FY2026 | $257.7M | -2.1% | $144.6M | $1.09 |
| Q4 FY2025 | $275.4M | 1.7% | $56.5M | $0.48 |
| Q3 FY2025 | $261.9M | -11.9% | $-81.8M | $-0.84 |
| Q2 FY2025 | $270.7M | -77.6% | $11.6M | — |
| Q1 FY2025 | $263.2M | -78.6% | $7.5M | — |
| Q4 FY2024 | $270.7M | — | $5.9M | $0.05 |
| Q3 FY2024 | $297.1M | -76.2% | $-65.7M | $-0.73 |
Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.