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 +1.4% and TMUS reads +9.7%; on operating margin, TDS reads 120.7% and TMUS reads 24.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. 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 | $33.54 | $148.57 |
| Market cap | $3.9B | $160.8B |
| Sector | Telecom | Telecom |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | — | 15.5 |
| P/B | — | 2.86 |
| P/S | — | 1.74 |
| EV/EBITDA | — | 5.0 |
| Revenue growth | +1.4% | +9.7% |
| Operating margin | 120.7% | 24.1% |
| Net margin | 45.0% | 11.4% |
| Return on equity | 7.7% | 18.8% |
| Return on assets | 5.0% | 4.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 5.4% | 21.9% |
| FCF yield | — | 11.4% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.13 | 0.11 |
| Current ratio | 3.82 | 0.92 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.84 | 6.67 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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