Telephone and Data Systems Inc.
Telephone and Data Systems Inc. is classed by the SEC under Telephone Communications (No Radiotelephone) (industry code 4813), based in Chicago, IL. In its latest annual figures on file, for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, it reported revenue of $1.1 billion and a loss of $75 million (its filed statements).
vs its business-model standard
Three tenses, nine metrics. Unseen metrics stay unseen; the grade never fakes a number. Proxy era: provisional values, marked. Weighed as a subscription business: prior from its industry code (SEC 4813, Telephone Communications (No Radiotelephone)); the filing read can change it. All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
The grade, in three tenses
Headline 4.3 out of ten, 9 of 9 metrics filed: past 3.7 out of ten, present 4.3 out of ten, future 4.8 out of ten. The past asks what it actually did, the present what it is doing right now, the future what it is set up to do next.
The nine metrics
- Surviving crises (past): 7.6 out of ten. No warning events in its filings since 2017. 76th percentile among 21 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Track record (past): 2.0 out of ten. -14.7% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 7 of 10. 20th percentile among 19 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Shareholder treatment (past): 3.4 out of ten. Share count grew 1.3% a year. 4% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 4 sales, 0 purchases. 34th percentile among 18 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Financial health (present): 4.7 out of ten. ROE 0%: lost 0¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 37%: owes 37¢ per asset dollar. 47th percentile among 20 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Industry position (present): 3.3 out of ten. bottom 33% of 19 in its family; net margin -0.5%. 33rd percentile among 19 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Leadership (present): 4.7 out of ten. bottom 47% of 11 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025. 47th percentile among 11 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-09).
- Room to expand (future): 6.9 out of ten. top 31% of 19 in its family for room to expand. 69th percentile among 19 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Growth drivers (future): 1.7 out of ten. bottom 17% of 19 in its family for growth drivers. 17th percentile among 19 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Expectations vs reality (future): 7.5 out of ten. top 25% of 17 in its family for expectations against reality. 75th percentile among 17 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
The filing record
Newest annual report: Form 10-K filed 2026-02-24 for the period ended 2025-12-31 (on EDGAR). Newest quarterly report: Form 10-Q filed 2026-08-07 for the period ended 2026-06-30 (on EDGAR). Newest results release: Form 8-K filed 2026-08-07 (on EDGAR). Newest filing: Form 4, 2026-09-17. Filings on record since 1997. Read from EDGAR 2026-10-12.
Where the revenue comes from
Product and service lines in fiscal 2025: Service 85%, Site Rental 13%, Product 2%. As tagged in its annual report (Form 10-K, filed 2026-02-24).
Who runs it
Dixon, Kenneth S. (President & CEO, subsidiary); Carlson, Walter Cd (President and CEO); Carlson, Leroy T Jr (Vice Chair); Carlson, Anthony J (President of Array); Villacrez, Vicki L (Executive Vice President & CFO); Chambers, Douglas W (President of a Subsidiary); Kroll, Anita J (VP, Controller & CAO); Hanley, Joseph R (SVP-Strategy & Corp Dev); Carlson, Letitia G C (director); Carlson, Prudence E (director); and 6 more. 16 officers and directors have filed their own trades in the last fifteen months, names and titles as filed with the SEC, through 2026-09-30.
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