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Back to Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
How Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. stacks up
TDS · against 102 other Communication Services companies of similar size
Profitability
19/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #95 of 103 · scores higher than 7% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score6 peers with a profitability score of 10–19, including TDS · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 19?
Weighted metrics compared with all Communication Services companies.Mainly because of its operating margin, return on invested capital and return on assets, which are weaker than most Communication Services peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 86% of peers. Operating margin: -5.0% vs peer median 8.2%
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 80% of peers. Return on invested capital: -2.3% vs peer median 6.0%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 74% of peers. Return on assets: -0.2% vs peer median 2.7%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = TDS, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | TDS | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 94 reported | -2.3% | 8.7% | 10% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 103 reported | -5.0% | 13.3% | 7% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 101 reported | -0.2% | 3.6% | 13% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 97 reported | 11.8% | 8.8% | 59% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 104 reported | 59.4% | 50.8% | 61% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around TDS| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4.2B GBP (≈$5.4B) | 99 | 68 | |
| 1 | 3.9B GBP (≈$5.1B) | 99 | 68 | |
| 3 | 736.3B JPY (≈$5.0B) | 98 | 69 | |
| 3 | 385.6B JPY (≈$2.6B) | 98 | 76 | |
| 3 | 3.0B USD | 98 | 69 | |
| 92 | 2.9B USD | 24 | 28 | |
| 93 | 6.61T KRW (≈$4.8B) | 23 | 44 | |
| 93 | 3.7B USD | 23 | 23 | |
| 95 | 4.9B USD | 19 | 23 | |
| 95 | 4.1B USD | 19 | 44 | |
| 97 | 20.7B CNY (≈$2.9B) | 17 | 41 | |
| 98 | 2.2B EUR (≈$2.4B) | 14 | 46 | |
| 99 | 3.6B USD | 13 | 22 | |
| 99 | 3.8B USD | 13 | 39 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score