Company profile
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
NYSE: TDS · Communication Services · Telecommunications Services
#63 of 329 Communication Services companies by revenuebottom-decile growth
EA Score
67BFH 69DQ 80GM 25SS 90
v0.1 · 65/100 weight · provisional
↑ disclosure history, listing tenure · ↓ revenue growth (YoY), 3-yr revenue growth
Methodology →Revenue TTM
$2.1B
Rev growth YoY (TTM)
-56.0%
Net income (FY)
-$6.2M
Employees
4,000
as of 2026-08-07
Market cap
$3.8B
as of 2026-08-07
Financials — latest annual
SEC EDGAR · USD-normalizedConceptUSDNativeFY
Revenue$1.1B$1.1B2025
Net income-$6.2M-$6.2M2025
Operating income-$97.4M-$97.4M2025
Total assets$8.4B$8.4B2025
Equity$4.8B$4.8B2025
Revenue trend
FY2018 – FY2025 · USD
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
FY25
Revenue by segment
Filed disclosures · FY2024
By product
Service83%
Product17%
By geography
Total Segments100%
The read
What is Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.’s revenue?
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. booked $1.1B in FY2025 revenue, contracting 78% year over year — among the slowest-growing Communication Services companies we track, at a -0.6% net margin.
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Cook →Key facts
CEOWalter Carlson
SectorCommunication Services
IndustryTelecommunications Services
HeadquartersChicago, IL
ExchangeNYSE: TDS
Employees4,000
IPO date1981-12-15
Financials: SEC EDGAR (XBRL), USD-normalized per IAS 21 · TTM/quarterly + segments: FMP from filed disclosures · Filings: EDGAR submissions. County headcount and EA Score are in progress — see docs/DATA_GAPS.md.