Telephone and Data Systems (NYSE:TDS – Get Free Report) announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday. The Wireless communications provider reported $0.10 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.05) by $0.15, RTT News reports. The firm had revenue of $1.26 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.26 billion. Telephone and Data Systems had a negative net margin of 9.69% and a positive return on equity of 0.21%. The company’s revenue was down 3.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned ($0.08) EPS.
Telephone and Data Systems Price Performance
Shares of NYSE:TDS opened at $14.36 on Friday. Telephone and Data Systems has a 52 week low of $6.43 and a 52 week high of $21.75. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $15.61 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $17.39. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.83, a current ratio of 1.40 and a quick ratio of 1.23.
Telephone and Data Systems Increases Dividend
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 15th were paid a $0.19 dividend. This is a boost from Telephone and Data Systems’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.19. This represents a $0.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.29%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, March 14th. Telephone and Data Systems’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -15.61%.
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About Telephone and Data Systems
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc, a telecommunications company, provides communications services in the United States. It operates through two segments: UScellular and TDS Telecom. The company offers wireless solutions to consumers, and business and government customers, including a suite of connected Internet of things (IoT) solutions, and software applications for monitor and control, business automation/operations, communication, fleet and asset management, smart water solutions, private cellular networks and custom, and end-to-end IoT solutions; wireless priority services and quality priority and preemption options; smartphones and other handsets, tablets, wearables, mobile hotspots, fixed wireless home internet, and IoT devices; and accessories, such as cases, screen protectors, chargers, and memory cards, as well as consumer electronics, including audio, home automation and networking products.
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