TDS — Telephone and Data Systems Inc

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About Telephone and Data Systems Inc

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc., a telecommunications company, provides communications services to residential, commercial, and wholesale customers in the United States. It operates through two segments: TDS Telecom and Array. The company offers internet connections and all-home Wi-Fi services, fiber internet, security, and support services; advanced home TV entertainment combined with a digital video recording (DVR) services; TDS TV+, an integr… Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$39.49
Market Cap$4.69B
Float88.3M
Shares Outstanding106.3M
P/E (Forward)39.06
P/E (TTM)24.24
Price/Sales (TTM)3.76
vs. Analyst Target+27.9% to analyst PT
Profit Margin10.49%
Operating Margin (TTM)-1.19%
Revenue (TTM)$1.25B
Earnings Growth (YoY)-11.80%
Dividend Rate0.2%
Analyst Target Price$50.50 (2 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $5.22B $226M $2.87B $1.19B
2021 $5.33B $156M $2.86B $1.18B
2022 $5.41B $62.0M $2.85B $1.08B
2023 $5.16B -$500M $2.83B $682M
2024 $4.96B -$28.0M $2.83B $1.20B
2025 $1.23B -$6.2M -$62.0M $554M

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Jun 2025 $1.19B $12.0M
Sep 2025 $309M -$81.8M
Dec 2025 $331M $56.5M
Mar 2026 $309M $145M

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership8.7%
Institutional Ownership97.3%
Short Float0.0%
% of All Funds Holding4.05%
Number of Funds Holding333

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$43.49Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$41.59Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$38.74Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$25.16Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$41.60Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$38.53Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$27.44Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

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Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$45.00 resistance 1.04x 0 months ago
$15.70 support 1.35x 23 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (121 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap -0.01% 0.00% 47.93% 7.10% -9.67%
1 Day -0.32% -0.04% 45.45% 23.09% -25.89%
1 Week -0.05% -0.41% 47.93% 46.03% -30.78%
2 Weeks -0.35% 0.00% 49.59% 36.98% -37.24%
1 Month 0.40% 0.60% 53.33% 55.71% -37.90%

Next earnings: July 27, 2026 (60 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan1.3%55.6%45
Feb-0.9%44.4%45
Mar-0.3%46.7%45
Apr1.7%55.6%45
May1.6%56.8%44
Jun0.0%45.5%44
Jul1.2%54.5%44
Aug4.5%61.4%44
Sep-0.6%43.2%44
Oct1.9%56.8%44
Nov1.2%56.8%44
Dec2.9%52.3%44

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday -0.01% 45.6% 2114
Tuesday 0.10% 47.7% 2298
Wednesday 0.07% 47.4% 2295
Thursday 0.08% 47.3% 2253
Friday 0.04% 47.5% 2239

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 97.3%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 8.7%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings12
Net Value-$10.7M
Net Shares Change-250,270
% of Float-0.3%
C-Suite Filings8
Clusters Detected1

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
Villacrez Vicki L Executive Vice President and CFO -$4.6M 2 2 sell
CARLSON LEROY T JR Vice Chair -$2.0M 1 1 sell
Hanley Joseph R SVP-Strategy and Corp Dev -$1.8M 1 1 sell
Kroll Anita J VP, Controller and CAO -$1.6M 3 3 sell
OLeary Christopher D -$990,184 1 1 sell
Chambers Douglas W President of a Subsidiary -$784,014.165 1 1 sell
Carlson Prudence E -$171,402 1 1 sell

Transaction Clusters

PeriodFilingsInsidersNet ValueSeniority
2025-08-14 – 2025-08-22 10 7 -$11.5M 7 C-suite

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2025-08-18 Hanley Joseph R SVP-Strategy and Corp Dev -$1.8M Transaction at $33.27, now +18.7%
2025-08-15 Villacrez Vicki L Executive Vice President and CFO -$3.6M Transaction at $32.65, now +21.0%
2025-08-22 Kroll Anita J VP, Controller and CAO -$202,607.156 Transaction at $30.34, now +30.2%
2025-08-14 Kroll Anita J VP, Controller and CAO -$695,928.938 Transaction at $33.10, now +19.3%
2025-08-14 CARLSON LEROY T JR Vice Chair -$2.0M Transaction at $35.07, now +12.6%
2025-08-14 OLeary Christopher D -$990,184 Transaction at $38.08, now +3.7%

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