Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) Return on Assets [ROA] (2010 - 2026)
Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) reported Return on Assets [ROA] of 6.43% for Q2 2026, up 6.95 percentage points from -0.51% a year earlier and up 4.20 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) Return on Assets [ROA] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Telephone & Data Systems posted Return on Assets [ROA] of 0.18%, up 0.38 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Assets [ROA] has a five-year change of -2.13 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Assets [ROA] came in at -0.19% in FY2024 (+3.23 pp), -3.42% in FY2023 (-3.94 pp), 0.51% in FY2022 (-0.93 pp) and 1.45% in FY2021 (-0.86 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] in data going back to Q1 2010.
- Year over year, Return on Assets [ROA] has now increased in each of the last seven quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.32 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Assets [ROA] in five years was Q2 2026 (a gain of 6.95 percentage points); the low point was Q4 2023 (a drop of 3.94 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 2.23% (Q1 2026), 0.24% (Q4 2025) and -0.43% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROA (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verizon Communications | 190.70 Bn | 155.11 Bn | 27.03 Bn | 4.01% |
| 2 | T-Mobile US | 175.28 Bn | 160.03 Bn | 14.76 Bn | 4.93% |
| 3 | At&T | 167.47 Bn | 115.42 Bn | 25.82 Bn | 5.42% |
| 4 | Grupo Televisa, S.A.B | 141.87 Bn | 130.50 Bn | 318.12 Mn | -2.93% |
| 5 | Comcast | 76.96 Bn | 41.21 Bn | - | 4.16% |
| 6 | Chunghwa Telecom | 35.31 Bn | 31.16 Bn | 728.80 Mn | 1.94% |
| 7 | EchoStar | 25.94 Bn | 17.08 Bn | 1.65 Bn | -14.06% |
| 8 | AST SpaceMobile | 22.90 Bn | 23.41 Bn | 7.95 Mn | -13.62% |
| 9 | Bce | 18.99 Bn | 17.31 Bn | - | 10.78% |
| 10 | Telephone & Data Systems | 3.91 Bn | -1.12 Bn | 179.96 Mn | 6.43% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 6.43% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.23% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.24% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -0.43% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -0.51% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -0.48% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -0.19% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -3.89% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -3.28% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -3.32% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -3.44% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -0.09% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -0.19% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.08% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.50% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.95% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 1.37% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.37% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 1.40% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.27% |
Telephone & Data Systems Return on Assets [ROA] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=TDS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "ticker": "TDS", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=TDS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();