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Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (TDS) stock score

Communication Services · Telecom Services · United States

$33.53 ▼ -1.76% today

35.7
Dad Score, out of 100
weak

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (TDS) is a Telecom Services company in the Communication Services sector, listed in the United States. On DadFin's weekly run it scores 35.7 out of 100 on the Dad Score, a weak reading that places the business ahead of 36% of the 5,774 US and Canadian stocks DadFin fully scores. Inside Communication Services it ranks #150 of 256. Its strongest axes are growth, risk and liquidity; its weakest are valuation and price action.

Scores from the run of Oct 4, 2026. The Dad Score answers one question: how good is this business, measured against its own sector. How it is built →

The eight axes

Valuation
Below average
Quality
Average
Growth
Above average
Price action
Weak
Risk
Above average
Conviction
Average
Liquidity
Above average
Macro
Average

Each axis is ranked inside the stock's own sector. Subscribers see the percentile and every input behind each bar.

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)8.8×
P/E (forward)4353.0×
Dividend yield0.45%
Return on capital0.6%
Operating margin-6.6%
Revenue growth (YoY)-5.3%
FCF yield3.4%
Net debt / EBITDA-2.93×
Piotroski F-Score7 / 9
52-week change-8.9%
Market cap$4.1B
Next earningsNov 9, 2026

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Telecom Services peers

StockCompanyDad ScoreBandMarket cap
VZVerizon Communications Inc.68.0middling$190.8B
TMUST-Mobile US, Inc.97.9strong$175.5B
TAT&T Inc.51.4middling$166.5B
CMCSAComcast Corporation75.4good$76.5B
AMXAmérica Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V.89.7strong$63.6B
VODVodafone Group Public Limited Comp63.2middling$39.0B
CHTChunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.82.0good$35.8B
ECHOEchoStar Corporation19.8weak$27.4B

Prices from DadFin's live feed (refreshed about every 15 minutes in the session); scores from the weekly run of Oct 4, 2026. Fundamentals as reported in the latest filings. Research, not investment advice.