Telephone and Data Systems Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Telephone and Data Systems in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Telephone and Data Systems stock.
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Telephone and Data Systems saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 13th, there was short interest totaling 3,440,000 shares, an increase of 21.1% from the July 29th total of 2,840,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,200,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.9 days. Currently, 3.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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Telephone and Data Systems is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 4th 2021.
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Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (NYSE:TDS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 5th. The Wireless communications provider reported $0.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.23 by $0.06. The Wireless communications provider had revenue of $1.31 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.31 billion. Telephone and Data Systems had a net margin of 3.34% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 3.17%.
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Telephone and Data Systems' stock was trading at $16.22 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, TDS stock has increased by 20.3% and is now trading at $19.52.
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Telephone and Data Systems declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 12th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, September 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.175 per share on Thursday, September 30th. This represents a $0.70 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.59%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 14th.
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Telephone and Data Systems pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.58%. The dividend payout ratio of Telephone and Data Systems is 36.27%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Telephone and Data Systems will have a dividend payout ratio of 56.91% next year. This indicates that Telephone and Data Systems will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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5 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Telephone and Data Systems' stock. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $38.50. On average, they expect Telephone and Data Systems' stock price to reach $29.70 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 52.2% from the stock's current price.
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38 employees have rated Telephone and Data Systems CEO LeRoy T. Carlson Jr. on Glassdoor.com. LeRoy T. Carlson Jr. has an approval rating of 72% among Telephone and Data Systems' employees.

Some companies that are related to Telephone and Data Systems include Crown Castle International (CCI), SBA Communications (SBAC), BlackBerry (BB), United States Cellular (USM), Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN) and Spok (SPOK).
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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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (12.97%), BlackRock Inc. (11.78%), Vanguard Group Inc. (8.71%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (6.29%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.44%) and Gabelli Funds LLC (2.16%). Company insiders that own Telephone and Data Systems stock include Clarence A Davis, Gary L Sugarman and Joseph R Hanley.
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TDS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Trust Advisors LP, Millennium Management LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Panagora Asset Management Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., Russell Investments Group Ltd., and Invesco Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold Telephone and Data Systems company stock in the last year include Clarence A Davis, and Joseph R Hanley.
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TDS stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, BlackRock Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Vanguard Group Inc., Northern Trust Corp, ProShare Advisors LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC, and Morgan Stanley.
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Shares of TDS 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 $19.52.

Telephone and Data Systems has a market capitalization of $2.24 billion and generates $5.23 billion in revenue each year. The Wireless communications provider earns $226 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.93 on an earnings per share basis.

Telephone and Data Systems employs 9,200 workers across the globe.

The official website for Telephone and Data Systems is www.tdsinc.com.

Telephone and Data Systems is headquartered at 30 NORTH LASALLE STREET SUITE 4000, CHICAGO IL, 60602.

Telephone and Data Systems' mailing address is 30 NORTH LASALLE STREET SUITE 4000, CHICAGO IL, 60602. The Wireless communications provider can be reached via phone at (312) 630-1900 or via email at [email protected]