TDS — Stock Film
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TDS
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc
~5 min film100% real numbersplain English
WHAT DOES THIS COMPANY DO?
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. What it actually does.

Provides wireless solutions to consumers and businesses. Offers connected Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. Now — the numbers.

on the stock market since 1981
4,000 employees
$4B market value
WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM?
83%Services
ServicesProducts 17%
83% of all revenue comes from a single line: Services.

That much dependence is a risk in itself: if this one line weakens, the whole company feels it directly.

Revenue last year:
$1.2B
The loss that same year:
$6.2M
Sales don’t cover the costs; the gap drains from the cash pile every year.

The company closed last year at a loss: costs ran above sales. The picture changes only if spending is reined in.

THE SALES TREND
Sales have been shrinking.

An average decline of 31% a year over the last 4 years — the most striking risk in this picture. Red columns mark years that ended in a loss.

$5.3B
2021
2022
2023
2024
$1.2B
2025
In the vault right now:
$766M
DEBT: $2.0B
At this pace, that money lasts about 122.8 years.

At this burn rate the cash pile isn’t the pressing question — for now, time is on the company’s side.

INSIDE THE REPORT CARD

We compared this company with its own sector across five subjects.

A score of 50 means class average.

BUSINESS QUALITY
56
average

Profit indicators sit around the sector average.

FINANCIAL STRENGTH
96
very strong

A solid grade overall — yet the debt outweighs the cash. The strength here comes from earnings power.

VALUATION
71
strong

Clearly above the class average — a step short of the very top.

GROWTH
2
very weak

Clearly below the class average.

PRICE MOMENTUM
48
weak

Clearly below the class average.

WORTH WATCHING

Growth: Sales growth trails the sector average.

Price Momentum: The stock has lagged the market in recent months; investor interest is weak right now.

THE FIVE-YEAR JOURNEY
Below the peak, but no collapse.

The stock trades 21% below its peak. The market has trimmed its expectations for the company.

1
THE BRIGHT SIDE · 1/1
Pays a steady dividend

It pays out $10.41 per share each year — regular cash for whoever holds the stock.

1
THE RISKS · 1/2
The losses continue

A loss of $6.2M against $1.2B in annual sales. And on top of that, sales fell from the year before.

2
THE RISKS · 2/2
The price sits above analysts’ target

The stock trades 26% above the average analyst price target.

FINALE · THE GRADE
C
46 / 100 · MoonshotScore

On our five-subject report card, TDS sits behind the class. A low grade doesn’t mean “doomed” — it means “big claim, small proof.”

The takeaway: TDS’s sales are going backwards, and it closed last year at a loss. The road back runs through both.

The total grade weighs these five subjects against the sector — it isn’t a simple average of the five.

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Data: FMP & company filings
Sep 11, 2026 · stockexpertai.com · Stock Film