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Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 16 consecutive years, with 0.0% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 1.0% to 0.0% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.0% through Dec 2025, up 1.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.01% for FY2025, 1.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 0.0% in Q4 2025 for Telephone & Data Systems, up from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.02% in Q1 2021 to a low of 0.07% in Q3 2024.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 0.0% across 5 years, with a median of 0.0% in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: fell -7bps in 2024 and later grew 7bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.02% in 2021, then plummeted by -56bps to 0.01% in 2022, then crashed by -660bps to 0.05% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 96bps to 0.0% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 240bps to 0.0% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for TDS at 0.0% in Q4 2025, 0.0% in Q3 2025, and 0.0% in Q2 2025.