ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. vs TELEPHONE AND DATA SYSTEMS, INC., two Telecom stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AD and TDS diverge most: on revenue growth, AD reads +58.2% and TDS reads -1.1%; on dividend yield, AD reads 65.5% and TDS reads 0.5%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What AD's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What TDS's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | AD | TDS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $35.10 | $34.35 |
| Market cap | $3.0B | $4.0B |
| Sector | Telecom | Telecom |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| P/E | 14.6 | 64.8 |
| P/B | 1.63 | 0.76 |
| P/S | 2.99 | 2.22 |
| EV/EBITDA | 126.6 | 289.8 |
| Revenue growth | +58.2% | -1.1% |
| Operating margin | 309.1% | 46.5% |
| Net margin | 20.5% | 7.3% |
| Return on equity | 11.2% | 2.5% |
| Return on assets | 5.3% | 1.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 0.8% | 0.1% |
| FCF yield | -7.4% | -1.3% |
| Dividend yield | 65.5% | 0.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.36 | 0.13 |
| Current ratio | 1.03 | 3.43 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.41 | 6.74 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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