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Telephone and Data Systems on earnings: earnings per share grow for a few years, then the stock trades at a normal price-to-earnings multiple.
Years to project
Growth of earnings per share
Earnings per share; starts at its own recent growth
Exit P/E
Starts at the average of its 5-year median P/E, today's and a mature 18
Your desired return
Margin of safety
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Your buy price
The expected return is measured from it; starts at today's price
How it's worked out
Today's earnings per share
Diluted EPS of $3.00 as filed, last twelve months, lowered to what operating profit after tax supports (one-off gains left out)
$2.91
Earnings in 2031
Grows 0.0% a year for 5 years
$2.91
Price in 2031
$2.91 × 15.0 P/E
$43.62
Worth today
÷ 1.10^5: your 10% a year, taken back out
$27.08
Plus dividends
$3.67 paid over 5 years, discounted the same way
+ $2.78
Fair value
The most you can pay and still earn 10% a year
$29.87
Buy below
Fair value minus your 25% margin of safety
$22.40
Paying $36.01 instead gives 5.6% a year. Every rule is on the methodology page.
Outcome
What your assumptions give, and the path from today's price.
Fair value
$29.87
Expected return
5.6% a year
Future price, 2031
$43.62
Buy below
$22.40
Price 21% above fair valuePrice $36.01, at your 10% return
Projection
Solid blue: the price at each year end. Dashed blue: from today's price to the 2031 price. Green: from the fair value, rising at your 10% a year to the same end point; buy at or below it and you earn at least that. Every rule is on the methodology page. A model, not a forecast or advice.
Telephone and Data Systems (TDS) intrinsic value and fair value
The calculator grows one of Telephone and Data Systems's per-share figures (earnings, free cash flow, revenue, book value or dividends) for a few years, puts an exit multiple on it, and discounts the result back at the yearly return you want. The answers below use its starting inputs for TDS; this is analysis, not investment advice.
Frequently asked
What is Telephone and Data Systems's (TDS) intrinsic value?+
With Intrinsiqq's starting inputs, Telephone and Data Systems's fair value is about $29.87 a share, based on its earnings per share. That assumes earnings per share of $2.91 grows about 0.0% a year for 5 years, the stock then trades at 15.0 times earnings, and you want a 10.0% yearly return. On its other figures: revenue $13.53, dividends $27.24. Every input can be changed on the page; the result is a model, not a forecast.
Is Telephone and Data Systems overvalued?+
At $36.01, the price is 21% above that fair value of $29.87, and buying at today's price would return about 5.6% a year if those inputs hold. Whether that is cheap or dear depends on whether you believe the growth and the exit multiple, which is what the calculator lets you test. This is analysis from SEC filings, not investment advice.
What growth does the Telephone and Data Systems valuation assume?+
Earnings per share grows about 0.0% a year to start, its own recent growth per share (three years for a company not yet profitable, five otherwise). The exit multiple starts at a default.
What is a good margin of safety for Telephone and Data Systems?+
A margin of safety is the cushion you want below the fair value before buying, in case the inputs are wrong. The calculator uses 25%, which puts the buy-below price at $22.40. Less predictable businesses deserve a wider cushion, or a higher desired return.
SourceFair value computed from the 10-Q filed 7 Aug 2026, covering the period ending 30 Jun 2026, as reported to the SEC. Data last refreshed 28 Sept 2026. How this is calculated.
Price from market data, last close as of 4 Nov 2026. Fiscal year ends Dec.
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