How to buy Telephone and Data Systems shares in the UK

Telephone and Data Systems Inc (TDS) is a publicly traded telecom services business based in the US which employs around 8,800 staff. Telephone and Data Systems is listed on the NYSE and traded in US dollars. Its current price of $33.00 is 44.0% up on its price a month ago ($22.92).

How to buy shares in Telephone and Data Systems

Open a brokerage account. Choose from our top broker picks or compare brokers in depth. Then, complete an application.
Fund your account. Add money to your account via bank transfer, debit card or credit card.
Search the platform by ticker symbol. TDS in this case.
Choose an order type. Place a market order or limit order with your preferred number of shares or dollar amount.
Submit the order. It's that simple.

The whole process can take as little as 15 minutes. You'll need a smartphone or computer, an internet connection, your passport or driving licence and a means of payment.

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Alternative ways to invest in Telephone and Data Systems

Via a fund

Buying shares in just one company is generally considered a riskier bet than investing in a range of investments - AKA a "diversified portfolio". Experts generally recommend holding a mix of investments in specific assets and funds. Funds are ready-made portfolios of multiple companies' shares (potentially including Telephone and Data Systems), and the idea is that drops in the value of one constituent company's share price might be offset by rises in others.

Telephone and Data Systems is a major part of the NYSE, so it's included in many global funds and investment trusts, as well as tracker-style exchange traded funds (ETFs).

Is it a good time to buy Telephone and Data Systems stock?

Review technicals and fundamentals to help you determine if now's a good time for you to invest.

Technical analysis

View Telephone and Data Systems's price performance, share price volatility, historical data and technicals.

Use our graph to track the performance of TDS stock over time.

Historical closes compared with the last close of $33.00

1 week (2024-11-14)	30.64%
1 month (2024-10-21)	43.98%
3 months (2024-08-21)	57.79%
6 months (2024-05-21)	109.90%
1 year (2023-11-21)	87.65%
2 years (2022-11-21)	129.51%
3 years (2021-11-21)	91.90%
5 years (2019-11-21)	55.14%

The gauge below shows real-time ratings that are based on 26 popular indicators such as moving averages, for specific time periods. It's not a recommendation but is simply technical analysis that can form part of your research.

Finder might not agree with the analysis and we take no responsibility. We also give no representations or warranty on the accuracy or completeness of the information provided on this page.

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Is Telephone and Data Systems under- or over-valued?

Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Telephone and Data Systems P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA.

Telephone and Data Systems's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 0x. In other words, Telephone and Data Systems's shares trade at around 0x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of November 09, 2023 (20.44). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Telephone and Data Systems's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 4.56. Higher PEG ratios such as this can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value given the current rate of growth.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Telephone and Data Systems's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Telephone and Data Systems's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $1.1 billion (£897.3 million).

The EBITDA is a measure of Telephone and Data Systems's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Frequently asked questions

Telephone and Data Systems's shares were split on a 1087:1000 basis on 24 January 2012. So if you had owned 1000 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1087 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Telephone and Data Systems shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 8% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Telephone and Data Systems shares which in turn could have impacted Telephone and Data Systems's share price.
It's as easy to sell Telephone and Data Systems as it is to buy! Here's how to sell Telephone and Data Systems shares that you already own.
1. Open your investment app. If you've got one with desktop access, you can log in online
2. Go to your portfolio. This should be in the main menu
3. Find your shares. You may be able to search your portfolio
4. Choose how many you'd like to sell. You'll be able to review the price and see how much you'll receive
5. Sell your Telephone and Data Systems shares. Your investment platform will let you know when your shares are sold
The easiest way to get hold of some Telephone and Data Systems shares is to sign up for a share trading app and place a market order or basic order. This type of order tells the platform that you're interested, so it'll try to execute it as quickly as it can. It could take some time for the order to go through, especially if there's a lot of volatility in Telephone and Data Systems shares.

Telephone and Data Systems financials

Revenue TTM	$5 billion
Operating margin TTM	3.92%
Gross profit TTM	$2.8 billion
Return on assets TTM	0.91%
Return on equity TTM	-8.65%
Profit margin	-10.72%
Book value	$35.41
Market capitalisation	$3.5 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

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