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

Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) has disclosed Return on Invested Capital for 16 consecutive years, with 0.01% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital rose 1.0% to 0.01% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.01% through Dec 2025, up 1.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.02% for FY2025, 1.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital hit 0.01% in Q4 2025 for Telephone & Data Systems, down from 0.01% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Invested Capital ranged from a high of 0.04% in Q2 2021 to a low of 0.13% in Q3 2024.
  • Historically, Return on Invested Capital has averaged 0.01% across 5 years, with a median of 0.01% in 2025.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: decreased -12bps in 2024 and later grew 13bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.03% in 2021, then crashed by -69bps to 0.01% in 2022, then tumbled by -1060bps to 0.08% in 2023, then surged by 93bps to 0.01% in 2024, then soared by 195bps to 0.01% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Invested Capital for TDS at 0.01% in Q4 2025, 0.01% in Q3 2025, and 0.01% in Q2 2025.