Investors on the quest for market-beating returns often employ the strategy of stock picking. Making informed choices in stocks can greatly amplify your wealth.
Telephone And Data Systems, Inc. (NYSE: TDS) closed the day trading at $14.96 down -0.66% from the previous closing price of $15.06. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.66 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.7 million shares were traded. TDS stock price reached its highest trading level at $15.67 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $14.95.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of TDS, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.23 and its Current Ratio is at 1.40. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.99 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.96.
Citigroup Downgraded its Buy to Neutral on July 17, 2023, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $14 to $8.
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 1690480000 and an Enterprise Value of 8477479936. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.33 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.41. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.643 whereas that against EBITDA is 7.901.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for TDS is 0.83, which has changed by 0.43846154 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.2160933 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, TDS has reached a high of $21.75, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $6.43. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -6.61%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -9.60%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, TDS traded about 995.87K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, TDS traded about 756220 shares per day. A total of 106.00M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 98.60M. Insiders hold about 12.75% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 80.26% stake in the company. Shares short for TDS as of 1711584000 were 2548677 with a Short Ratio of 2.56, compared to 1709164800 on 2544709. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2548677 and a Short% of Float of 4.1300002000000005.
Dividends & Splits
TDS’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.75, up from 0.74 a year ago. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 4.08.
Earnings Estimates
Investors are eagerly awaiting the insights provided by 2 analysts currently analyzing and rating the stock of Telephone And Data Systems, Inc. (TDS).On average, analysts expect EPS of $0 for the current quarter, with a high estimate of $0.08 and a low estimate of -$0.08, while EPS last year was -$0.08. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.1, with high estimates of -$0.03 and low estimates of -$0.18.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$0.4 and -$1.74 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$1.07. EPS for the following year is -$0.5, with 2 analysts recommending between -$0.42 and -$0.58.
Revenue Estimates
2 analysts predict $1.26B in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $1.26B to a low estimate of $1.25B. As of the current estimate, Telephone And Data Systems, Inc.’s year-ago sales were $1.3B, an estimated decrease of -3.60% from the year-ago figure. For the next quarter, 2 analysts are estimating revenue of $1.24B, a decrease of -4.00% less than the figure of -$3.60% in the same quarter last year. There is a high estimate of $1.24B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $1.24B.
A total of 3 analysts have provided revenue estimates for TDS’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $5.07B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $5.01B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $5.04B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $5.16B, down -2.40% from the average estimate. Based on 3 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $5.05B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $5.11B and the low estimate is $4.93B. The average revenue growth estimate for next year is up 0.10% from the average revenue estimate for this year.
