Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) Total Debt (2009 - 2026)
Telephone & Data Systems' Total Debt came in at $680.09 million for Q2 2026, down 83.3% from $4.07 billion a year earlier and unchanged from the prior quarter.
Powered by 
Analysis
Telephone & Data Systems (TDS) Total Debt (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Telephone & Data Systems' Total Debt was $828.64 million, down 66.1% from FY2024.
- Total Debt carries a five-year compound annual growth rate of -24.7% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Total Debt was $2.45 billion in FY2024 (-40.4%), $4.11 billion in FY2023 (+9.5%), $3.75 billion in FY2022 (+27.8%) and $2.93 billion in FY2021 (-14.4%).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the lowest quarterly Total Debt in data going back to Q4 2009.
- Year-over-year, Total Debt has declined for seven consecutive quarters, with an average decline of 43.8% over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Total Debt over five years came in Q4 2022 (growth of 27.8%), and the weakest in Q1 2026 (a decline of 83.3%).
- Business Quant data shows TDS's Total Debt at $680.22 million (Q1 2026), $828.64 million (Q4 2025) and $828.5 million (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Total Debt (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Verizon Communications | 185.89 Bn | 149.02 Bn | 27.03 Bn | 165.23 Bn |
| 2 | T-Mobile US | 172.47 Bn | 157.21 Bn | 14.76 Bn | 84.62 Bn |
| 3 | At&T | 162.94 Bn | 94.90 Bn | 25.82 Bn | 143.95 Bn |
| 4 | Grupo Televisa, S.A.B | 152.36 Bn | 144.09 Bn | 318.12 Mn | 4.70 Bn |
| 5 | Comcast | 78.94 Bn | 43.01 Bn | - | 90.40 Bn |
| 6 | Vodafone Group Public | 38.45 Bn | 7.85 Bn | - | 60.32 Bn |
| 7 | Chunghwa Telecom | 37.06 Bn | 29.08 Bn | 728.80 Mn | 184.96 Mn |
| 8 | EchoStar | 25.20 Bn | 16.29 Bn | 1.65 Bn | 17.43 Bn |
| 9 | Telefonica Brasil | 20.75 Bn | 14.77 Bn | 1.42 Bn | 29.48 Mn |
| 10 | Telephone & Data Systems | 3.91 Bn | -1.35 Bn | 179.96 Mn | 680.09 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 680.09 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 680.22 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 828.64 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 828.50 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 4.07 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 4.08 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 2.45 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 4.13 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 4.13 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 4.19 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 4.11 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 3.86 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 3.93 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 4.06 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 3.75 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 3.62 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 3.47 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.58 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.93 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 3.00 Bn |
API Access
Telephone & Data Systems Total Debt API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=total-debt&ticker=TDS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "total-debt", "ticker": "TDS", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=total-debt&ticker=TDS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();