Telephone and Data Systems (TDS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Telephone and Data Systems in the last twelve months. There are currently 3 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" TDS shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in TDS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Telephone and Data Systems' stock. Their TDS share price forecasts range from $14.00 to $16.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $15.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 103.5% from the stock's current price.
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Telephone and Data Systems' stock was trading at $10.49 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, TDS shares have decreased by 29.7% and is now trading at $7.37.
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Telephone and Data Systems saw a increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,080,000 shares, an increase of 27.0% from the April 30th total of 4,000,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,160,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.4 days. Currently, 5.2% of the company's shares are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 3rd 2023.
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Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (NYSE:TDS) issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May, 5th. The Wireless communications provider reported ($0.08) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.06 by $0.14. The Wireless communications provider had revenue of $1.30 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.33 billion. Telephone and Data Systems had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 0.16% and a net margin of 0.17%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.37 EPS.

Telephone and Data Systems declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, May 19th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.185 per share on Friday, June 30th. This represents a $0.74 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 10.04%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 14th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Telephone and Data Systems (NYSE:TDS) stock in their portfolio include SPDR S&P Telecom ETF (XTL), Invesco S&P SmallCap Utilities & Communication Services ETF (PSCU), Invesco S&P SmallCap High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (XSHD), Invesco S&P SmallCap Value with Momentum ETF (XSVM), Invesco High Yield Equity Dividend Achievers ETF (PEY), Invesco S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Value ETF (RZV), ETC 6 Meridian Small Cap Equity ETF (SIXS) and ProShares Russell 2000 Dividend Growers ETF (SMDV).

Telephone and Data Systems (NYSE:TDS) pays an annual dividend of $0.74 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 9.95%. TDS has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer.
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38 employees have rated Telephone and Data Systems Chief Executive Officer LeRoy T. Carlson Jr. on Glassdoor.com. LeRoy T. Carlson Jr. has an approval rating of 72% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Telephone and Data Systems investors own include AT&T (T), NVIDIA (NVDA), Pfizer (PFE), Intel (INTC), Energy Transfer (ET), Micron Technology (MU), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

Telephone and Data Systems trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "TDS."

Telephone and Data Systems' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (15.00%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.67%), State Street Corp (3.77%), Private Management Group Inc. (2.97%), Gabelli Funds LLC (2.19%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.68%). Insiders that own company stock include Clarence A Davis, Gary L Sugarman, Joseph R Hanley and Kurt B Thaus.
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Shares of TDS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of TDS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $7.37.

Telephone and Data Systems (NYSE:TDS) has a market capitalization of $829.64 million and generates $5.41 billion in revenue each year. The Wireless communications provider earns $62 million in net income (profit) each year or ($0.53) on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 9,300 workers across the globe.

Telephone and Data Systems' mailing address is 30 NORTH LASALLE STREET SUITE 4000, CHICAGO IL, 60602. The official website for the company is www.tdsinc.com. The Wireless communications provider can be reached via phone at (312) 630-1900, via email at julie.mathews@tdsinc.com, or via fax at 608-830-5618.