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$33.14 -1.14 (-3.33%)
Closing price 06/13/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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TDS vs. USM, BB, SHEN, SPOK, CCI, SBAC, KT, FYBR, TIMB, and TKC

Should you be buying Telephone and Data Systems stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Telephone and Data Systems include United States Cellular (USM), BlackBerry (BB), Shenandoah Telecommunications (SHEN), Spok (SPOK), Crown Castle (CCI), SBA Communications (SBAC), KT (KT), Frontier Communications Parent (FYBR), TIM (TIMB), and Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. (TKC).

Telephone and Data Systems vs. Its Competitors

Telephone and Data Systems (NYSE:TDS) and United States Cellular (NYSE:USM) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Telephone and Data Systems has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, United States Cellular has a beta of 0.35, meaning that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Telephone and Data Systems had 4 more articles in the media than United States Cellular. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Telephone and Data Systems and 0 mentions for United States Cellular. United States Cellular's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Telephone and Data Systems' score of 1.10 indicating that United States Cellular is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Telephone and Data Systems Positive
United States Cellular Very Positive

Telephone and Data Systems currently has a consensus price target of $50.00, suggesting a potential upside of 50.89%. United States Cellular has a consensus price target of $82.67, suggesting a potential upside of 38.49%. Given Telephone and Data Systems' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Telephone and Data Systems is more favorable than United States Cellular.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Telephone and Data Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
United States Cellular
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Telephone and Data Systems received 50 more outperform votes than United States Cellular when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.41% of users gave Telephone and Data Systems an outperform vote while only 55.94% of users gave United States Cellular an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Telephone and Data SystemsOutperform Votes
295
65.41%
Underperform Votes
156
34.59%
United States CellularOutperform Votes
245
55.94%
Underperform Votes
193
44.06%

United States Cellular has a net margin of -0.79% compared to Telephone and Data Systems' net margin of -10.72%. United States Cellular's return on equity of 1.55% beat Telephone and Data Systems' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Telephone and Data Systems-10.72% 1.12% 0.40%
United States Cellular -0.79%1.55%0.68%

United States Cellular has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Telephone and Data Systems. United States Cellular is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Telephone and Data Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Telephone and Data Systems$4.86B0.78-$500M-$1.05-31.56
United States Cellular$3.71B1.37$54M-$0.46-129.76

80.0% of Telephone and Data Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.0% of United States Cellular shares are held by institutional investors. 15.0% of Telephone and Data Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of United States Cellular shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Telephone and Data Systems beats United States Cellular on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding TDS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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TDS vs. The Competition

MetricTelephone and Data SystemsTelephone communication, except radio IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.78B$24.82B$16.32B$19.68B
Dividend Yield0.45%12.64%5.59%3.80%
P/E Ratio-6.1415.3121.2834.98
Price / Sales0.783.4228.8342.66
Price / Cash4.849.0218.6817.51
Price / Book0.762.842.154.78
Net Income-$500M$1.01B$674.16M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-5.33%-0.25%0.74%0.82%
1 Month Performance-2.97%1.28%4.20%1.32%
1 Year Performance68.55%15.08%12.76%10.65%

Telephone and Data Systems Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TDS
Telephone and Data Systems
2.7593 of 5 stars
$33.14
-3.3%
$50.00
+50.9%
+68.5%$3.78B$4.86B-6.149,300Positive News
USM
United States Cellular
2.3633 of 5 stars
$62.59
-0.3%
$82.67
+32.1%
+12.0%$5.32B$3.71B-173.854,900Positive News
BB
BlackBerry
0.7871 of 5 stars
$4.21
+1.9%
$4.12
-2.2%
+73.5%$2.51B$534.90M-19.142,647Analyst Downgrade
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SHEN
Shenandoah Telecommunications
3.8804 of 5 stars
$13.69
+1.4%
$26.00
+89.9%
-12.9%$750.99M$346.71M3.61840Positive News
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SPOK
Spok
2.1687 of 5 stars
$16.54
+0.3%
$20.00
+20.9%
+13.7%$340.26M$139.04M22.66380Positive News
CCI
Crown Castle
4.6013 of 5 stars
$99.00
+0.0%
$112.71
+13.8%
-0.8%$43.11B$6.52B35.115,000Positive News
SBAC
SBA Communications
4.8632 of 5 stars
$224.99
-0.3%
$253.43
+12.6%
+16.3%$24.18B$2.69B35.491,830Positive News
KT
KT
4.4093 of 5 stars
$19.85
+0.7%
N/A+51.1%$10.24B$53.29T11.1521,800Trending News
FYBR
Frontier Communications Parent
0.6213 of 5 stars
$36.27
+0.1%
$36.07
-0.5%
+44.1%$9.08B$5.92B-28.1214,700Positive News
Short Interest ↓
TIMB
TIM
3.6236 of 5 stars
$17.84
-0.6%
$17.33
-2.8%
+25.5%$8.64B$25.75B15.119,410Analyst Downgrade
TKC
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S.
N/A$6.44
+0.7%
N/A-21.8%$5.66B$172.07B4.3816,771Short Interest ↓
Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:TDS) was last updated on 6/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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