With 0.74 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 0.94 million shares. During the session, the Telecom Services company that operates in wider Communication Services sector, reached to the highest price of $39.64 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $38.785. The 52-week range on TDS shows that it touched its highest point at $41.21 and its lowest point at $14.04 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $53.50. With its current market cap of 4.23 billion, TDS has annualized dividend of $0.16 while the current yield stands at 0.40%. TDS paid its most recent dividend on 1742169600, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1742169600. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.57.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of TDS was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 3.78%, but this was up by 14.75% over a month. Three-month performance surged to 16.20% while six-month performance rose 69.98%. The stock gained 152.20% in the past year, while it has gained 15.86% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for TDS yields -0.84 with Next year EPS estimates of -0.27. For the next quarter, that number is -0.01. This implies an EPS growth rate of 61.64% for this year and 17.46% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 107.00 million TDS shares are outstanding with a float of 98.80 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-03-14, short shares totaled 4.64 million, which was 405.99998 higher than short shares on 1739491200. In addition to Mr. Walter C. D. Carlson J.D. as the firm’s Chairman, President & CEO, Ms. Vicki L. Villacrez CPA serves as its Executive VP, CFO & Director.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.92854 of TDS’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-12-31, TDS reported revenue of $1240000000.0 and operating income of -$13000000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $274000000.0 and diluted EPS was -$0.1.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for TDS since 3 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 1 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 1 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 1 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With TDS analysts setting a high price target of 56.0 and a low target of 51.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 53.5. Based on these targets, TDS could surge 41.7% to reach the target high and rise by 29.05% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 35.37% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of -$1.07306 being high and -$1.10497 being low. For TDS, this leads to a yearly average estimate of -$1.08655. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0 and the low estimate is $0. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.
