Telephone & Data Systems (TDS-PU) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Telephone & Data Systems' (TDS-PU) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 1.69% in Q1 2026, up 298.0% year-on-year from 0.42% in Q1 2025, and up 400.46% quarter-over-quarter from 0.56% in Q4 2025.

Telephone & Data Systems (TDS-PU) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Telephone & Data Systems has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 1.69% for Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 1.69%, up 298.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.69% (up 298.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.92%, up 59.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed came in at 1.69% for Q1 2026 at Telephone & Data Systems, up from 0.56% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 1.94% in Q2 2022 to a low of 6.58% in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.21% (2024), against an average of 0.97%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed tumbled 723 bps in 2024 and soared 615 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Telephone & Data Systems' Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.94% in 2022, then plunged by 660 bps to 5.26% in 2023, then surged by 96 bps to 0.21% in 2024, then slumped by 164 bps to 0.56% in 2025, then soared by 400 bps to 1.69% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 1.69% (Q1 2026), 0.56% (Q4 2025), and 0.43% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Bce 382.57 Bn 381.58 Bn - -
2 T-Mobile US 195.94 Bn 192.42 Bn 17.62 Bn 9.14%
3 Verizon Communications 190.78 Bn 183.73 Bn 27.94 Bn 8.65%
4 At&T 159.64 Bn 149.68 Bn 25.25 Bn 6.77%
5 Telefonica Brasil 146.21 Bn 144.47 Bn 1.32 Bn 9.71%
6 America Movil Sab De Cv 128.31 Bn 126.27 Bn 10.13 Bn -
7 Chunghwa Telecom 109.39 Bn 107.21 Bn 719.92 Mn 3.96%
8 Millicom International Cellular 106.22 Bn 104.67 Bn - 11.68%
9 Veon 82.81 Bn 80.59 Bn - -
10 Telephone & Data Systems - - 287.84 Mn 1.69%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 1.69%
Dec 31, 2025 -0.56%
Sep 30, 2025 -0.43%
Jun 30, 2025 -1.30%
Mar 31, 2025 -1.29%
Dec 31, 2024 -0.21%
Sep 30, 2024 -6.58%
Jun 30, 2024 -5.00%
Mar 31, 2024 -5.01%
Dec 31, 2023 -5.26%
Sep 30, 2023 0.65%
Jun 30, 2023 0.20%
Mar 31, 2023 0.42%
Dec 31, 2022 0.94%
Sep 30, 2022 1.32%
Jun 30, 2022 1.94%
Mar 31, 2022 1.94%
Dec 31, 2021 2.12%
Sep 30, 2021 2.18%
Jun 30, 2021 2.28%