TDSTelephone and Data Systems, Inc.

$33.29

Is it safe?

Can TDS take a bad year?

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. holds $1.51B more cash than debt, and is burning $113M a quarter, about 4.8 years of cover.

$1.51B

Net cash

Net debt / EBITDA
net cash

Net debt / EBITDA · no net borrowings to measure against earnings

Altman Z-score
1.27

Altman Z-score · distress zone, below 1.8

Cash runway
4.8 years

Cash runway · burning $113M a quarter at the current rate

Details
Total debtQ2 2026
$680M
Cash and short-term investments
$2.19B
Net cash
$1.51B
EBITDA, trailing twelve months
$822M
Operating profit, trailing twelve months
$466M
Debt / equity
0.13×
Total debt / EBITDA
0.83×
Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
37%
Worst drawdown on file
−79%
Below its 52-week high
−30%

Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.