TDS vs UNIT
Telephone & Data Systems Inc. and Uniti Group Inc., side by side — 3 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.
Most recent reported year
| Metric | TDS | UNIT |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.2B | $2.2B |
| Net income | $-6.2M | $1.3B |
| Gross margin | · | · |
| Net margin | 1.6% | 58.4% |
| Return on equity | −0.1% | · |
| Diluted EPS | −$0.65 | $4.87 |
| Dividend / share | $0.16 | $0.00 |
| Payout ratio | · | 0.0% |
| Free cash flow | $199.4M | · |
| Equity | $4.8B | $380.3M |
| Net debt / equity | 0.01× | 24.94× |
| Current ratio | 2.10× | 0.74× |
| Revenue CAGR 5y | · | · |
| Profit CAGR 5y | · | · |
UNIT bills 1.8× the revenue of TDS, and TDS closed the last reported year at a loss.
The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner. "·" marks a figure not available in our data.
3 years side by side
| Fiscal year | TDS | UNIT |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $1.2B | $2.2B |
| FY2024 | $1.3B | $1.2B |
| FY2023 | $1.4B | $1.1B |
Bottom line
| Fiscal year | TDS | UNIT |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $-6.2M | $1.3B |
| FY2024 | $-27.7M | $93.4M |
| FY2023 | $-500.0M | $-81.7M |
Standard deviation, each side
UNIT's net margin has been more volatile than TDS's over the 3 comparable fiscal years — 28.0 percentage points of standard deviation against 16.9.
3 of 18 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.
Year by year
UNIT led in net margin in every one of the 3 comparable fiscal years — a structural lead, not a recent swing.
3 of 18 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.