Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Telephone & Data Systems has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 1.69% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 1.69%, up 298.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 1.69% (up 298.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.92%, up 59.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 1.69% for Q1 2026 at Telephone & Data Systems, up from 0.56% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 1.94% in Q2 2022 to a low of 6.58% in Q3 2024.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.21% (2024), against an average of 0.97%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed tumbled 723 bps in 2024 and soared 615 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
• Telephone & Data Systems' Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.94% in 2022, then plunged by 660 bps to 5.26% in 2023, then surged by 96 bps to 0.21% in 2024, then slumped by 164 bps to 0.56% in 2025, then soared by 400 bps to 1.69% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 1.69% (Q1 2026), 0.56% (Q4 2025), and 0.43% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.