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Telephone & Data Systems free cash flow TDS

Cash from operations less capital spending, by quarter and over the last twelve months, from 2009.

Last 12 months, to Jun 30, 2026
−$316.5M
Latest quarter, Q2 FY26
−$113.3M
−134% on a year earlier
Fiscal year 2025
$335.1M
−15% on the year before

Telephone & Data Systems' free cash flow was −$316.5M over the twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, down 147% on a year earlier.

In its latest quarter, Q2 FY26, it was −$113.3M, down 134% on the same quarter a year before.

Free cash flow over time

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearFree cash flowChange
FY2025$335.1M−15%
FY2024$394.6Mn/a
FY2023−$69Mn/a
FY2022−$6Mn/a
FY2021−$28M−114%
FY2020$194M+229%
FY2019$59M−76%
FY2018$241M+165%
FY2017$91M−38%
FY2016$146Mn/a
FY2015−$10.9Mn/a
FY2014−$404.7Mn/a
FY2013−$389.2M−455%
FY2012$109.7M−61%
FY2011$284M−23%

Each fiscal year is the twelve months to its fourth quarter.

Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedFree cash flowOn a year earlierLast 12 months
Q2 FY26−$113.3M−134%−$316.5M
Q1 FY26−$81.6M−167%$132.3M
Q4 FY25−$108.9M−193%$335.1M
Q3 FY25−$12.7M−112%$560.6M
Q2 FY25$335.6M+80%$676.4M
Q1 FY25$121.2Mn/a$526.8M
Q4 FY24$116.5Mn/a$394.6M
Q3 FY24$103.1M−22%$192.1M
Q2 FY24$186M+9%$221M
Q1 FY24−$11Mn/a$205M
Q4 FY23−$86Mn/a−$69M
Q3 FY23$132Mn/a−$96M

Against its peers

Companies in Telecommunications Services nearest Telephone & Data Systems' size, closest first, today.

CompanyFree cash flow yield
TDSTelephone & Data Systems−7.8%
IRDMIridium Communications5.9%
ADArray Digital Infrastructure−7.0%
CALXCalix3.7%
IDTIDT3.3%
ATEXAnterix0.7%
CHTRCharter Communications33.6%
Peer median3.5%

What the free cash flow tells you

Cash from operations minus capital spending. The cash the company could hand back or reinvest.

Seasonal and lumpy quarter to quarter. The TTM view is the one to trust.

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