Telephone & Data Systems (TDS-PU) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Telephone & Data Systems' (TDS-PU) quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.07 in Q1 2026, up 256.07% year-on-year from 0.02 in Q1 2025, and up 1450.3% quarter-over-quarter from 0.0 in Q4 2025.

Telephone & Data Systems (TDS-PU) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Telephone & Data Systems has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 0.07 for Q1 2026.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q1 2026 came in at 0.07, up 256.07% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.37 (up 1865.33% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.35, down 1249.4% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.07 for Q1 2026 at Telephone & Data Systems, up from 0.0 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 1.0 in Q1 2023 to a low of 3.55 in Q1 2024.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.03 (2024), against an average of 0.12.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio tumbled 2607.32% in 2022 and surged 897.37% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Telephone & Data Systems' FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.16 in 2022, then surged by 301.14% to 0.33 in 2023, then plunged by 97.12% to 0.01 in 2024, then plunged by 54.55% to 0.0 in 2025, then surged by 1450.3% to 0.07 in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.07 (Q1 2026), 0.0 (Q4 2025), and 0.26 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Bce 382.57 Bn 381.58 Bn - -0.21
2 T-Mobile US 195.94 Bn 192.42 Bn 17.62 Bn 0.24
3 Verizon Communications 190.78 Bn 183.73 Bn 27.94 Bn 0.77
4 At&T 159.64 Bn 149.68 Bn 25.25 Bn 0.73
5 Telefonica Brasil 146.21 Bn 144.47 Bn 1.32 Bn -
6 America Movil Sab De Cv 128.31 Bn 126.27 Bn 10.13 Bn 0.00
7 Chunghwa Telecom 109.39 Bn 107.21 Bn 719.92 Mn -
8 Millicom International Cellular 106.22 Bn 104.67 Bn - -
9 Veon 82.81 Bn 80.59 Bn - -
10 Telephone & Data Systems - - 287.84 Mn 0.07

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.07
Dec 31, 2025 0.00
Sep 30, 2025 -0.26
Jun 30, 2025 0.06
Mar 31, 2025 -0.04
Dec 31, 2024 0.01
Sep 30, 2024 0.08
Jun 30, 2024 -0.06
Mar 31, 2024 -3.55
Dec 31, 2023 0.33
Jun 30, 2023 0.24
Mar 31, 2023 1.00
Dec 31, 2022 -0.16
Sep 30, 2022 0.00
Jun 30, 2022 0.21
Mar 31, 2022 0.10
Dec 31, 2021 -0.01
Jun 30, 2021 -0.23
Mar 31, 2021 -0.36
Sep 30, 2020 -0.66