After finishing at $19.45 in the prior trading day, Telephone And Data Systems, Inc. (NYSE: TDS) closed at $18.24, down -6.22%. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.21 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1535318 shares were traded. TDS stock price reached its highest trading level at $19.28 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $18.20.
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Ratios:
Our goal is to gain a better understanding of TDS by taking a closer look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.13 and its Current Ratio is at 1.27. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.86 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.83.
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 2.06B and an Enterprise Value of 7.79B. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 0.40 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 0.44. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.50 whereas that against EBITDA is 6.57.
Stock Price History:
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 18.30, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 12.36.
Shares Statistics:
The stock has traded on average 2.19M shares per day over the past 3-months and 994.23k shares per day over the last 10 days, according to various share statistics. A total of 105.00M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 97.95M. Insiders hold about 13.13% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 83.48% stake in the company. Shares short for TDS as of Oct 12, 2023 were 3.11M with a Short Ratio of 3.11M, compared to 5.09M on Sep 14, 2023. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2.76% and a Short% of Float of 5.10%.
Dividends & Splits
In the trailing 12 months, TDS’s forward annual dividend rate was 0.74, compared to 0.74 this year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 3.78%, it implies a Forward Annual Dividend Yield of 3.80%. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.89.
Earnings Estimates
Its stock is currently analyzed by 3 different market analysts. On average, analysts expect EPS of -$0.11 for the current quarter, with a high estimate of -$0.08 and a low estimate of -$0.14, while EPS last year was -$0.22. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.09, with high estimates of $0.16 and low estimates of -$0.22.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between -$0.52 and -$0.83 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of -$0.62. EPS for the following year is -$1.02, with 3 analysts recommending between -$0.67 and -$1.66.
Revenue Estimates
2 analysts predict $1.28B in revenue for the current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $1.28B to a low estimate of $1.27B. As of the current estimate, Telephone And Data Systems, Inc.’s year-ago sales were $1.35B, an estimated decrease of -5.30% from the year-ago figure. For the next quarter, 2 analysts are estimating revenue of $1.29B, a decrease of -5.20% over than the figure of -$5.30% in the same quarter last year. There is a high estimate of $1.29B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $1.29B.
A total of 4 analysts have provided revenue estimates for TDS’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $5.31B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $5.13B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $5.18B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $5.41B, down -4.30% from the average estimate. Based on 4 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $5.14B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $5.32B and the low estimate is $5.02B. The average revenue growth estimate for next year is down -0.80% from the average revenue estimate for this year.
