Telephone & Data Systems PE ratio TDS

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 11.8×
10-year median: 19.5×
Against its 10-year history: 12th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 8.8× to 87.7×
Peer median: 22.6×

Telephone & Data Systems' PE ratio is 11.8× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $35.33 against $3.00 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is below its ten-year median of 19.5×, lower than on 88% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 8.8× in Dec 2018 to 87.7× in May 2026.

The median for 6 telecom stocks of a similar size is 22.6×.

PE ratio over time

median 19.5×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	11.8×	11.0×	87.7×
2025	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2024	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2023	28.8×	28.6×	33.7×
2022	26.2×	15.8×	30.7×
2021	20.0×	9.3×	20.4×
2020	9.8×	9.0×	23.7×
2019	23.2×	9.7×	27.8×
2018	9.0×	8.8×	21.7×
2017	57.8×	42.5×	78.6×
2016	68.7×	11.8×	70.5×
2015	14.0×	13.7×	93.9×
2014	17.1×	17.1×	28.8×
2013	27.8×	20.5×	96.8×
2012	20.0×	9.8×	21.7×
2011	11.4×	10.3×	24.5×

Against its peers

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

Company	PE ratio
TDSTelephone & Data Systems	11.8×
IRDMIridium Communications	29.4×
ADArray Digital Infrastructure	5.4×
CALXCalix	49.3×
IDTIDT	23.8×
ATEXAnterix	21.4×
CHTRCharter Communications	2.8×
Peer median	22.6×

Where Telephone & Data Systems ranks

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.