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Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2025)

Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) has disclosed Operating Expenses for 17 consecutive years, with $313.9 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 12.72% to $313.9 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $3.0 billion through Dec 2025, down 6.17% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $1.3 billion for FY2025, 10.93% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses hit $313.9 million in Q4 2025 for Telephone & Data Systems, down from $376.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $1.4 billion in Q3 2022 to a low of -$1.7 billion in Q4 2023.
  • Historically, Operating Expenses has averaged $925.1 million across 5 years, with a median of $1.2 billion in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Expenses: plummeted 223.03% in 2023 and later soared 116.38% in 2024.
  • Year by year, Operating Expenses stood at $1.3 billion in 2021, then rose by 2.52% to $1.4 billion in 2022, then tumbled by 223.03% to -$1.7 billion in 2023, then skyrocketed by 116.38% to $278.5 million in 2024, then grew by 12.72% to $313.9 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Expenses for TDS at $313.9 million in Q4 2025, $376.5 million in Q3 2025, and $1.1 billion in Q2 2025.