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Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) EBITDA Margin (2016 - 2026)

Telephone & Data Systems' EBITDA Margin history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 5.09% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, EBITDA Margin fell 63.0% to 5.09% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.8%, a 166.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 7.93%, up 682.0% from a year prior.
  • EBITDA Margin hit 5.09% in Q4 2025 for Telephone & Data Systems, up from 22.03% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, EBITDA Margin for TDS hit a ceiling of 31.79% in Q4 2023 and a floor of 45.72% in Q3 2024.
  • Historically, EBITDA Margin has averaged 1.36% across 5 years, with a median of 3.56% in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in EBITDA Margin: skyrocketed 3364bps in 2023 and later tumbled -4947bps in 2024.
  • Tracing TDS's EBITDA Margin over 5 years: stood at 1.75% in 2021, then plummeted by -205bps to 1.84% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 1826bps to 31.79% in 2023, then plummeted by -82bps to 5.71% in 2024, then fell by -11bps to 5.09% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows EBITDA Margin for TDS at 5.09% in Q4 2025, 22.03% in Q3 2025, and 3.37% in Q2 2025.