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TELEPHONE AND DATA SYSTEMS INC (NYSE)
TDS 31.42 -0.18 (-0.57%) Vol.  191,684 13:53 ET

Day Low - High 31.06 - 31.61
52wk Low - High 22.01 - 35.98
Avg Volume 298,381
Industry UTIL-TELEPHONE
Market Cap 3.45 B
Div - Yield 0.43 - 1.36
PE (forward) 16.92
PEG Ratio N/A
Current Year Est. 1.87
EPS Last Year 2.52
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#2 Buy 16.63%
#3 Hold 7.53%
#4 Sell 2.01%
#5 Strong Sell -0.07%
S&P 500 8.70%
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Top Peers Ticker Zacks Rank
TELEPHONE AND DATA SYSTEMS INC TDS PREMIUM
TELECOM ITA-ADR TI PREMIUM
ATLANTIC TELE-N ATNI PREMIUM
NIPPON TELE-ADR NTT PREMIUM
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BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS
Current ABR 2.84
ABR (Last Week) 2.84
# of Recs in ABR 8
Average Target Price 32.50
Industry Rank by ABR 168 out of 217
Rank in Industry 34 out of 56
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3 stars Hold 40%
2 stars Sell 20%
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ZACKS COMMENTARY FOR TDS
Zacks Equity Research: Report for TDS
Nov 18, 2009
Zacks Blog: US Cellular Dragged Down by Low Sales
Nov 06, 2009
Zacks Blog: TDS' 3Q Profit Plummets
Nov 06, 2009
Zacks Blog: BlackBerry Tour Coming to USM?
Oct 16, 2009
Zacks Blog: Fitch Revises TDS Outlook
Aug 21, 2009
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NEWS
TDS Announces Fourth Quarter 2009 Dividend
Nov 19, 2009
TDS Announces New $250 Million Stock Repurchase Authorization
Nov 19, 2009
TDS: Q3 Earnings Call @ 11:00 ET Today [delayed]
Nov 05, 2009
TDS Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results
Nov 05, 2009
TD Split Inc. Announces Partial Call for Redemption
Oct 30, 2009
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EARNINGS ESTIMATES
  This Quarter
12/2009
Next Quarter
03/2010
This Year
12/2009
Next Year
12/2010
Average Estimate 0.14 0.37 1.83 1.80
Number of Estimates 6 2 7 8
Low Estimates 0.00 0.34 1.74 1.33
High Estimate 0.22 0.40 2.00 2.26
Year Ago EPS 0.92 0.64 2.98 1.83
EPS Growth -84.42% -42.19% -38.73% -1.41%

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Telephone & Data Systems is a diversified telecommunications corporation. Through its strategic business units, U.S. Cellular and TDS Telecom, TDS operates primarily by providing cellular and local telephone service. TDS builds value for its shareholders by providing excellent communications services in growing, closely related segments of the telecommunications industry.

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FINANCIALS
EPS TTM 2.52
Sales 5092.02
Net Income 8.46
Price/Earnings 12.54
Price/Book .77
Price/Cash Flow 3.05
Price/Sales .69


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