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Telephone and Data Systems

The past year was a good year for Telephone and Data Systems investors

Over the period from December 2015 till December 2016 the stock gained around 15 percent. Telephone and Data Systems' stock rose the past 5 years at around 29 percent. Telephone and Data Systems's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were quite similar and moved between 5,35 billion dollars and 5,18 billion dollars. Telephone and Data Systems's net results between 2011 and 2015 were very constant and moved between 250,24 million dollars and 262,61 million dollars.

The company mostly operates in the telecommunications sector. The global telecommunications companies gained around 5 percent over the last 10 years. Over the past 5 years the sector is -2 percent lower.

Telephone and Data Systems paid out dividends in the past 5 years. On average the Telephone and Data Systems stock yielded a delivered a dividend yield of around 2,12 percent over the past 5 years.

Telephone and Data Systems financed with a quite low debt position

As per the end of 2015 the American company's balance sheet equaled 9,42 billion dollars. Last year the total debt of the company was 5,3 billion dollars. This equals around 56,21 percent of the total balance sheet. At the end of 2015 the telecommunications company's stock was traded with a price/earnings-ratio 44. So the stock' value was 44 times the 2015' earnings per share. We could say that based on her price/earnings-ratio and dividend yield the American stock can be seen as a value stock.

At the end of 2015 the market capitalization (the number of shares outstanding multiplied by the stock price) of the telecommunications company equaled around 2,73 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 around 108,65 million stocks were listed.

All the annual reports of Telephone and Data Systems are available here. More information about Telephone and Data Systems can be found it's website. .