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Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2026)

Telephone & Data Systems' Return on Capital Employed history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.3% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed rose 51.0% to 0.3% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.3%, a 51.0% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at 0.92%, up 59.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 0.3% in Q4 2025 for Telephone & Data Systems, up from 0.23% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for TDS hit a ceiling of 2.47% in Q1 2021 and a floor of 6.58% in Q3 2024.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 0.3% across 5 years, with a median of 0.36% in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: plummeted -723bps in 2024 and later soared 681bps in 2025.
  • Tracing TDS's Return on Capital Employed over 5 years: stood at 2.12% in 2021, then crashed by -56bps to 0.94% in 2022, then tumbled by -660bps to 5.26% in 2023, then soared by 96bps to 0.21% in 2024, then soared by 240bps to 0.3% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for TDS at 0.3% in Q4 2025, 0.23% in Q3 2025, and 0.46% in Q2 2025.