AT&T 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 T and TDS diverge most: on fcf yield, T reads 2.3% and TDS reads -10.4%; on dividend yield, T reads 4.3% and TDS reads 0.4%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | T | TDS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $26.05 | $37.45 |
| Market cap | $180.9B | $4.4B |
| Sector | Telecom | Telecom |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 8.7 | 12.5 |
| P/B | 1.43 | 0.81 |
| P/S | 1.42 | 4.70 |
| EV/EBITDA | 3.8 | 8.2 |
| Revenue growth | +2.6% | +1.4% |
| Operating margin | 22.3% | 120.7% |
| Net margin | 12.4% | 45.0% |
| Return on equity | 12.5% | 7.7% |
| Return on assets | 3.7% | 5.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 16.3% | 4.3% |
| FCF yield | 2.3% | -10.4% |
| Dividend yield | 4.3% | 0.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.07 | 0.12 |
| Current ratio | 0.97 | 3.82 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.41 | 6.84 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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