TELEPHONE AND DATA SYSTEMS, INC. vs T-MOBILE US, INC., two Telecom stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where TDS and TMUS diverge most: on revenue growth, TDS reads -1.1% and TMUS reads +9.7%; on fcf yield, TDS reads -1.3% and TMUS reads 9.8%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What TDS's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). What TMUS's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | TDS | TMUS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $33.58 | $172.69 |
| Market cap | $3.9B | $186.9B |
| Sector | Telecom | Telecom |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | -4.3% |
| P/E | 63.4 | 18.1 |
| P/B | 0.74 | 3.32 |
| P/S | 2.17 | 2.03 |
| EV/EBITDA | 281.9 | 5.8 |
| Revenue growth | -1.1% | +9.7% |
| Operating margin | 46.5% | 24.1% |
| Net margin | 7.3% | 11.4% |
| Return on equity | 2.5% | 18.8% |
| Return on assets | 1.6% | 4.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 0.1% | 21.9% |
| FCF yield | -1.3% | 9.8% |
| Dividend yield | 0.5% | 2.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.13 | 0.11 |
| Current ratio | 3.43 | 0.92 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.74 | 6.67 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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