The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Telephone And Data Systems, Inc shares valued at $2,858,499 were purchased by JAMES W BUTMAN on Aug 28 ’25. At $40.06 per share, JAMES W BUTMAN acquired 71,359 shares.
Also, JAMES W BUTMAN purchased 84,882 shares, netting a total of over 3,370,257 in proceeds.
Before that, JAMES W BUTMAN had added 23,681 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $928,035, the Former Officer bought Telephone And Data Systems, Inc shares for $39.19 each.
As published in a research note from Raymond James on November 07, 2024, Telephone And Data Systems, Inc [TDS] has been rated up from a Mkt perform to an Outperform and the price target has been revised to $51. Analysts at JP Morgan upgraded the stock from ‘”a Neutral”‘ to ‘”an Overweight”‘ outlook in a report released in early August. As of August 04, 2023, Citigroup has increased its “Neutral” rating to a “Buy” for TDS. Earlier on July 17, 2023, Citigroup downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for TDS stock which previously was a “a Buy”.
Analyzing TDS Stock Performance
On last trading session, Telephone And Data Systems, Inc [NYSE: TDS] rose 1.21% to $38.34. The stock’s lowest price that day was $38.08, but it reached a high of $38.965 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -0.93%. Over the course of the year, Telephone And Data Systems, Inc shares have jumped approximately 62.80%.
Is Telephone And Data Systems, Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Telephone And Data Systems, Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-08-29 dropping by -0.52 million shares to 6.41 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-07-31 was 6.93 million shares. A decline of -8.09% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.66 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 4.66.
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In terms of Telephone And Data Systems, Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 16 in the next 12 months, down nearly -57.76% from the previous closing price of $37.88. Analysts anticipate Telephone And Data Systems, Inc stock to reach 51 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 16. In spite of this, 3 analysts ranked Telephone And Data Systems, Inc stock as Strong Buy at the end of 2025. On November 08, 2022, JP Morgan assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $14.
