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 revenue growth, T reads +2.6% and TDS reads -1.1%; on fcf yield, T reads 2.5% and TDS reads -1.3%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What T's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (segment-resolved 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 | T | TDS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $23.27 | $33.58 |
| Market cap | $161.6B | $3.9B |
| Sector | Telecom | Telecom |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 7.7 | 63.4 |
| P/B | 1.28 | 0.74 |
| P/S | 1.27 | 2.17 |
| EV/EBITDA | 3.3 | 281.9 |
| Revenue growth | +2.6% | -1.1% |
| Operating margin | 22.3% | 46.5% |
| Net margin | 12.4% | 7.3% |
| Return on equity | 12.5% | 2.5% |
| Return on assets | 3.7% | 1.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 16.3% | 0.1% |
| FCF yield | 2.5% | -1.3% |
| Dividend yield | 4.8% | 0.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.07 | 0.13 |
| Current ratio | 0.97 | 3.43 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.41 | 6.74 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 5 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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