Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.TDS

Where TDS's Dividend Yield sits inside its own 10-year distribution, with the yearly high, low and average.

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TDS Dividend Yield: current value, 10-year range and year-by-year history

27.8%Near historic high

TDS's dividend yield is higher than 95% of the last 10 years.

Dividend Yield History

Historically priceyAbove avgAround avgBelow avgHistorically cheap
TDS Dividend Yield historyTDS Dividend Yield from Sep 2023 to Sep 2026: low 0.34%, high 31.56%, latest 27.79%.-2.16%6.9%15.95%25%34.06%Sep 23Apr 24Nov 24Jun 25Feb 26Sep 26med 2.92%

TDS Dividend Yield by year

Yearly range of TDS’s dividend yield from 2016 to 2026. Over the full period it ranged from 0.3% to 31.6%, averaging 4.5%.

TDS Dividend Yield — yearly low, average, high and year-end values
YearLowAverageHighYear-end
20260.4%24.0%31.6%27.8%
20250.3%0.5%1.0%0.4%
20240.9%3.1%5.3%0.9%
20233.4%6.2%11.0%4.0%
20223.4%4.5%7.2%6.9%
20212.6%3.3%4.5%3.5%
20202.4%3.4%4.3%3.7%
20191.7%2.3%3.0%2.6%
20181.8%2.2%2.6%2.0%
20171.8%2.2%2.5%2.2%
20162.0%2.2%2.3%2.1%

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Annual dividends per share as a percentage of the stock price. Moves inversely with price — so a historically high yield for a quality business often means the stock is temporarily depressed.

FormulaAnnual Dividends / Price × 100%
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How to read this chart

For dividend investors, yield near the top of its historical range is the signal worth waiting for: same business, same dividend, lower price than usual. Zones are inverted vs P/E — green at the top (historically high yield = historically cheap stock), red at the bottom (low yield = historically expensive).

Key caveats
  • An unusually high yield can also signal an expected dividend cut — always check the payout ratio and recent earnings before acting on a high-yield signal.
  • Verify whether a rising yield comes from a price decline (potentially interesting) or from a growing dividend (healthy but changes the entry signal logic).

Is TDS Dividend Yield High or Low Right Now?

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.'s Dividend Yield is currently 27.8%, which is near historic high relative to its 10-year historical range. The 10-year median Dividend Yield for TDS is approximately 2.9%. See all TDS valuation metrics →

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