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Telephone & Data Systems Inc /De/
$36.19 -0.90 (-2.43%) At close · Jul 2
Market Cap
$4.41B
Shares
113,850,000

Price & Indicators

20d MA 50d MA 200d MA Earnings Filing Insider Congress Investor day
Close$36.19 Open$37.47 Day$35.34–37.62 52W$34.84–49.12 Avg vol 30d1.0M Short int5.0M · 4.4% float · 5.4d Short vol37% Last earningsMay 8, 2026 DataJan 2020–Jul 2026 Filing10-Q · May 8
Equibles Rating blended score · not investment advice
Overall
Sell
Technical · trend & momentum Strong Sell
50 / 200-day cross death cross
Price vs 200-day avg −13% below
Price vs 50-day avg −12% below
RSI (14) 30 · neutral
MACD trend negative
52-week position 9% · near low
Sentiment · smart money Neutral
Trend (MA cross) 50d $41 › 200d $41 — 200d above 50d
+ Institutional flow 2 of 355 funds reported for Jun 30 · net +403 sh shares
Insider flow No net insider activity over 90 days
Short interest 4.40% of float · ▲ +22.7% MoM · 5.4 days cover
Volume signal Volume near normal
+ Institution breadth 355 holders — near 3-yr high, broad support
Fundamentals Strong
Revenue growth −5% Y/Y
+ EPS growth +24% Y/Y
+ Free cash flow $199.4M
Valuation P/E 73.1 · rich
+ Buyback $523.9M remaining
+ Balance sheet net cash $766.0M

Blended from price, positioning & fundamentals · daily-close · not investment advice.

Up next
Next earnings call
Aug 11, 2026 Est · unconfirmed · in 5 wks
FQ3-26 quarter ends
~Sep 30, 2026 Est
filed May 8, 2026
AI Brief

TL;DR.

Bullish
    Bearish

      AI-generated from the earnings call and 8-K · may contain errors · not investment advice

      Guidance & track record
      Latest guidance · from the 8-K filed May 8, 2026
      Total operating revenues · Full-year 2026 Initiated $1.02B – $1.06B
      Capital expenditures · Full-year 2026 Initiated $550M – $600M
      Total operating revenues · Full-year 2026 Lowered $200M – $215M
      Capital expenditures · Full-year 2026 Lowered $25M – $35M

      Guidance from company 8-Ks · delivered figures from as-reported statements · no analyst estimates involved.

      Technicals

      trend & momentum for long-term holders Strong Sell
      5 · 1 · 0
      50 / 200-day cross
      death cross Bearish
      Price vs 200-day avg
      −13% below Bearish
      Price vs 50-day avg
      −12% below Bearish
      RSI (14)
      30 · neutral Neutral
      MACD trend
      negative Bearish
      52-week position
      9% · near low Bearish
      Market signals — smart money & positioning
      Mixed
      Trend (MA cross) Death cross
      50d $41 › 200d $41 — 200d above 50d
      Institutional flow Accumulating
      2 of 355 funds reported for Jun 30 · net +403 sh shares
      Insider flow Flat
      No net insider activity over 90 days
      Short interest Rising
      4.40% of float · ▲ +22.7% MoM · 5.4 days cover
      Volume signal Normal
      Volume near normal
      Institution breadth Multi-yr high
      355 holders — near 3-yr high, broad support
      Price context
      position in its 52-week range
      52-wk low $35 Now $36 · 9% 52-wk high $49
      vs 200-day avg -13% vs 50-day avg -12% 50-day below 200-day death cross

      Illustrative technical + ownership context — a signal mix, not investment advice.

      Key metrics

      the company's own KPIs, from its earnings releases, calls, and filings
      Metric Latest Period YoY
      Delivered marketable fiber services addresses 40,000 Q1 2026
      marketable fiber service footprint 1.1M Q1 2026
      Residential fiber net additions 10,900 Q1 2026
      Array Capital expenditures $30M Year Ended December 31, 2025
      Capital expenditures $406M Year Ended December 31, 2025
      Common Shares repurchased 1,765,863 Q4 FY2025
      fiber net additions 44,900 full year 2025
      marketable fiber service addresses 1.06M full year 2025
      new marketable fiber service addresses deployed 140,000 full year 2025

      Figures exactly as the company stated them · click a metric with a to chart its history · period links open the stating document · "call" marks figures stated on the earnings call, "filing" figures stated in the 10-K/10-Q · YoY needs the prior-year figure on file

      Versus peers

      Telecom Services — same industry group
      Open screener →
      Company Mkt cap YTD Rev growth Y/Y P/E Short % shares
      TDS
      Telephone & Data Systems Inc /De/
      this stock
      $4.41B -11.7% -5.3% 73.1 4.4%
      TMUS
      T-Mobile US, Inc.
      $192.11B -12.1% +8.3% 18.9 2.2%
      VZ
      Verizon Communications Inc
      $177.71B +6.3% +2.5% 10.4 2.2%
      T
      At&T Inc.
      $143.00B -16.2% +2.7% 6.9 1.8%
      DTEGY
      Deutsche Telekom AG
      $139.85B -12.4% 0.0%

      Peers by industry group · P/E from as-reported trailing EPS · short % is of shares outstanding

      At a glance

      key data from every section
      Ownership
      Institutional Holders Accumulating
      Holders
      355
      % held
      83.6%
      Reported
      2 of 355
      Top holder
      BlackRock, Inc.
      Held Float
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      Held by Funds
      Fund positions
      298
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      Short & Settlement
      Short Interest Rising
      Shares short
      5.0M
      Days to cover
      5.4d
      Change
      +926.6K sh
      View
      Short Volume
      Short vol %
      37%
      As of
      Jul 2, 2026
      Short Total
      View
      Fails to Deliver
      FTD shares
      41
      Value
      $1.6K
      As of
      Jun 11, 2026
      View
      Off-Exchange
      Off-exchange %
      49.2%
      Week of
      May 4, 2026
      Off-exch Lit
      View
      Financials
      Financials
      Revenue (FY)
      $1.2B
      Net income (FY)
      $-6.2M
      EPS diluted
      $-0.65
      View
      Buybacks
      Authorized
      $500.0M
      Remaining
      $523.9M
      View
      Filings
      SEC Filings
      Latest
      Investor Event Transcript
      Filed
      Jun 30, 2026
      This year
      13
      View
      Proposed Sales
      Value
      $244.0K
      Shares
      5.8K
      Filed
      Mar 23, 2026
      View
      Earnings & Events
      Earnings Calls
      Last call
      May 8, 2026
      View
      Investor Relations
      Latest news
      Array completes sale of select sp…
      Published
      Jun 1, 2026
      View

      Performance

      5D 20D 120D MTD YTD
      TDS -2.8% -7.7% -11.1% -2.2% -11.7%
      SPY +1.4% -1.3% +8.0% -0.3% +9.2%
      vs SPY -4.3% -6.4% -19.1% -2.0% -20.9%

      Capital returns

      Latest dividend
      $0.04 / share · ex Jun 16, 2026
      Paid (TTM)
      $0.16 / share · 4 payouts
      Dividend yield (TTM, derived)
      0.44%
      Buyback program · as of Dec 31, 2025
      Authorized
      $500.00M
      Spent (derived)
      Remaining
      $523.90M

      Dividends per share over the trailing 365 days by ex-date · buyback figures as last reported in SEC filings ("spent" derived as authorized − remaining; when several programs run concurrently, authorized is their combined total per the newest filing) · components shown separately — trailing-year buyback spend isn't tracked, so no combined shareholder yield is derived.

      Key facts CIK 1051512 CUSIP 879433829 13F (30d) 4 filings 3 filers Visit website Investor relations