TELEPHONE AND DATA SYSTEMS, INC. vs VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC, two Telecom stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where TDS and VZ diverge most: on revenue growth, TDS reads -1.1% and VZ reads +1.4%; on fcf yield, TDS reads -1.3% and VZ reads 19.9%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What VZ'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 | VZ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $33.58 | $46.83 |
| Market cap | $3.9B | $195.3B |
| Sector | Telecom | Telecom |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 63.4 | 12.2 |
| P/B | 0.74 | 1.86 |
| P/S | 2.17 | 1.41 |
| EV/EBITDA | 281.9 | 4.5 |
| Revenue growth | -1.1% | +1.4% |
| Operating margin | 46.5% | 21.0% |
| Net margin | 7.3% | 11.6% |
| Return on equity | 2.5% | 15.4% |
| Return on assets | 1.6% | 3.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 0.1% | 16.8% |
| FCF yield | -1.3% | 19.9% |
| Dividend yield | 0.5% | 5.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.13 | 0.21 |
| Current ratio | 3.43 | 0.60 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.74 | 6.66 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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