What is Telephone and Data Systems's net margin?

Telephone and Data Systems (TDS) reported net margin of 6.5% in Q1 2026.

What is the long-term trend for Telephone and Data Systems's net margin?

Over 2 years (2020 to 2025), Telephone and Data Systems's net margin has grown at a -87.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 4.3% to 0.1%.

What does net margin mean?

Net income as a percentage of revenue (trailing twelve months). The bottom-line profitability measure after all costs, interest, and taxes.

Telephone and Data Systems TDS Net margin

Net margin at other companies

Lumen TechnologiesLUMN

-14.3%—

Verizon CommunicationsVZ

12.5%-0.7pp

AT&TT

16.9%+7.3pp

Charter Communications, Inc.CHTR

9%-0.4pp

ComcastCMCSA

15%+2.3pp

BeldenBDC

8.5%+0.1pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$309.5M+6.5%

Operating income$143.8M+524%

Net income$144.6M+1,836%

EPS (diluted)$1.09+1,311%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.4B+269%

Total debt$1.3B-75.4%

Total equity$4.9B-3.0%

Total assets$8.2B+2.2%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$67.5M-63.7%

CapEx$149.0M+131%

Free cash flow-$81.6M-167%

Valuation

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Market cap$4.51B+7.9%

Enterprise value$4.39B-49.0%

P/E32.6×—

P/S2.1×+0.2×

Profitability

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Gross margin77.2%—

Operating margin3.8%+2.1pp

FCF margin44.1%—

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity2.8%—

Debt / equity0.3×-0.7×

Current ratio3.4×+1.7×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Telephone and Data Systems’s reported figures.

net income/total revenue=6.5%

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Telephone and Data Systems’s 10-Q, filed May 8, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Telephone and Data Systems's net margin?: Telephone and Data Systems (TDS) reported net margin of 6.5% in Q1 2026.
What is the long-term trend for Telephone and Data Systems's net margin?: Over 2 years (2020 to 2025), Telephone and Data Systems's net margin has grown at a -87.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 4.3% to 0.1%.
What does net margin mean?: Net income as a percentage of revenue (trailing twelve months). The bottom-line profitability measure after all costs, interest, and taxes.