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The price of Telephone And Data Systems, Inc (NYSE: TDS) closed at $39.51 in the last session, up 0.10% from day before closing price of $39.47. In other words, the price has increased by $0.10 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.98 million shares were traded. TDS stock price reached its highest trading level at $39.87 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $39.16.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at TDS’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 7.63 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 10.54. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.65 and its Current Ratio is at 1.78. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.02 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.98.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Aug 28 ’25 when JAMES W BUTMAN bought 71,359 shares for $40.06 per share.
JAMES W BUTMAN bought 84,882 shares of TDS for $3,370,257 on Aug 27 ’25. On Aug 26 ’25, another insider, JAMES W BUTMAN, who serves as the Former Officer of the company, bought 23,681 shares for $39.19 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, TDS now has a Market Capitalization of 4543649792 and an Enterprise Value of 10986649600. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.89 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.16. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.287 whereas that against EBITDA is 10.404.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for TDS is 0.41, which has changed by 0.7528838 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.18469036 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, TDS has reached a high of $42.74, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $21.81. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 3.03%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 9.83%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, TDS traded on average about 1.27M shares per day over the past 3-months and 1208740 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 108.00M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 100.12M. Insiders hold about 13.00% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 88.13% stake in the company. Shares short for TDS as of 1755216000 were 7691325 with a Short Ratio of 6.07, compared to 1752537600 on 6197244. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 7691325 and a Short% of Float of 10.92.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for TDS is 0.16, which was 0.16 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.0040537114The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.73.
