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

Telephone & Data Systems' (TDS) quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.05 in Q2 2026, down 488.67% year-over-year from 0.01 in Q2 2025, and up 80.15% quarter-over-quarter from 0.27 in Q1 2026.

Analysis

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

Telephone & Data Systems has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 0.05 for Q2 2026.

  • In Q2 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 488.67% year-over-year to 0.05; the TTM figure through Jun 2026 stood at 0.12 (down 350.52% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.44, up 228.79% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.05 for Q2 2026 at Telephone & Data Systems, up from 0.27 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 0.39 in Q2 2022 to a low of 3.55 in Q1 2024.
  • Average FCF Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.17, with a median of 0.01 recorded in 2024.
  • Year-over-year, FCF Payout Ratio jumped 195.0% in 2022 and slumped 2559.09% in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.33 in 2022, then soared by 124.54% to 0.08 in 2023, then surged by 133.7% to 0.19 in 2024, then sank by 206.94% to 0.2 in 2025, then soared by 73.31% to 0.05 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent FCF Payout Ratio figures were 0.05 in Q2 2026, 0.27 in Q1 2026, and 0.2 in Q4 2025.
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 Grupo Televisa, S.A.B 148.09 Bn 146.25 Bn 318.12 Mn -
2 Comcast 89.13 Bn 81.66 Bn - 0.23
3 Charter Communications 17.39 Bn 21.83 Bn - 0.02
4 Lumen Technologies 7.15 Bn 5.27 Bn 1.39 Bn -
5 Liberty Broadband 4.49 Bn 4.45 Bn - -
6 Telephone & Data Systems 4.31 Bn 2.35 Bn 185.25 Mn -
7 Liberty Global 3.56 Bn 1.38 Bn 796.60 Mn -
8 Uniti 2.37 Bn 1.76 Bn 567.70 Mn -
9 Liberty Latin America 1.77 Bn 1.52 Bn 652.20 Mn 0.02
10 Idt 1.65 Bn 1.42 Bn 122.50 Mn 0.13
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 -0.05
Mar 31, 2026 -0.27
Dec 31, 2025 -0.20
Sep 30, 2025 -0.03
Jun 30, 2025 0.01
Mar 31, 2025 0.18
Dec 31, 2024 0.19
Sep 30, 2024 0.01
Jun 30, 2024 0.12
Mar 31, 2024 -3.55
Dec 31, 2023 0.08
Sep 30, 2023 0.29
Jun 30, 2023 0.22
Mar 31, 2023 -0.13
Dec 31, 2022 -0.33
Sep 30, 2022 -0.38
Jun 30, 2022 0.39
Mar 31, 2022 0.35
Dec 31, 2021 -0.23
Sep 30, 2021 0.28