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

Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.0% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales rose 1.0% to 0.0% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.04% through Dec 2025, down 6.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.11% for FY2025, 15.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales hit 0.0% in Q4 2025 for Telephone & Data Systems, up from 0.49% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Sales ranged from a high of 0.23% in Q4 2023 to a low of 0.49% in Q3 2025.
  • Historically, Return on Sales has averaged 0.0% across 5 years, with a median of 0.01% in 2025.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: increased 25bps in 2023 and later crashed -56bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Sales stood at 0.03% in 2021, then tumbled by -181bps to 0.02% in 2022, then surged by 1158bps to 0.23% in 2023, then crashed by -103bps to 0.01% in 2024, then surged by 154bps to 0.0% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Sales for TDS at 0.0% in Q4 2025, 0.49% in Q3 2025, and 0.02% in Q2 2025.