Telephone and data systems, inc. (TDS)
CashFlow / Quarterly
Mar'20Dec'19Sep'19Jun'19Mar'19Dec'18Sep'18Jun'18Mar'18Dec'17Sep'17Jun'17Mar'17Dec'16Sep'16Jun'16Mar'16Dec'15Sep'15Jun'15Mar'15Dec'14Sep'14Jun'14Mar'14Dec'13Sep'13Jun'13Mar'13Dec'12Sep'12Jun'12Mar'12Dec'11Sep'11Jun'11Mar'11Dec'10Sep'10Jun'10Mar'10
Cash flows from operating activities
Net Income (Loss), Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest

83,000

15,000

23,000

39,000

70,000

20,000

54,000

44,000

57,000

333,000

-231,000

12,000

43,000

-6,000

16,000

32,000

10,000

-2,000

63,000

26,000

176,000

-20,369

-121,199

-25,726

20,294

-7,511

-11,054

178,397

6,989

-41,010

40,158

55,939

67,566

-2,013

88,218

109,740

54,297

20,508

55,420

52,389

62,269

Add (deduct) adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows from operating activities
Depreciation, amortization and accretion

235,000

235,000

237,000

233,000

227,000

221,000

221,000

220,000

221,000

212,000

210,000

211,000

211,000

214,000

214,000

210,000

212,000

216,000

210,000

211,000

207,000

201,985

205,529

204,567

224,919

266,502

255,295

254,203

242,077

221,464

196,219

198,509

197,434

191,879

190,039

193,045

190,813

189,604

186,398

190,258

189,389

Bad debts expense

34,000

32,000

30,000

25,000

25,000

30,000

28,000

23,000

20,000

27,000

19,000

25,000

24,000

30,000

26,000

27,000

19,000

29,000

28,000

25,000

30,000

28,782

27,120

30,539

21,559

48,936

21,506

17,313

17,874

18,098

22,971

18,521

15,105

19,510

19,195

15,621

14,285

22,011

21,454

19,388

20,245

Stock-based compensation expense

11,000

12,000

14,000

20,000

13,000

17,000

14,000

13,000

10,000

12,000

12,000

11,000

11,000

13,000

11,000

9,000

9,000

11,000

11,000

10,000

8,000

10,285

10,227

8,729

6,759

8,471

8,965

5,317

7,585

10,147

10,769

10,625

10,330

9,045

8,879

9,454

9,459

9,073

9,312

9,299

7,444

Deferred income taxes, net

75,000

11,000

-17,000

15,000

25,000

2,000

6,000

-1,000

26,000

-346,000

-1,000

-21,000

-1,000

11,000

3,000

3,000

5,000

111,000

1,000

6,000

-47,000

105,242

104

-18,836

-14,510

-36,402

-9,502

-24,255

3,009

6,616

22,240

23,742

6,187

42,111

80,799

31,796

47,841

19,552

85,720

-15,007

-13,874

Income (Loss) from Equity Method Investments

45,000

39,000

44,000

41,000

44,000

39,000

43,000

40,000

38,000

36,000

36,000

33,000

32,000

31,000

37,000

37,000

35,000

30,000

40,000

35,000

35,000

23,802

36,081

34,790

37,327

32,411

37,609

35,605

27,089

19,071

25,015

25,392

23,389

18,507

22,053

22,590

19,388

23,027

24,147

25,997

24,903

Distributions from unconsolidated entities

25,000

62,000

24,000

57,000

19,000

62,000

21,000

53,000

17,000

51,000

20,000

54,000

11,000

38,000

25,000

16,000

14,000

15,000

18,000

14,000

13,000

37,136

9,295

52,749

12,820

76,050

4,244

39,546

8,089

39,326

38,585

4,035

2,938

39,846

5,010

38,936

8,439

41,326

10,779

41,497

7,243

(Gain) loss on asset disposals, net

-4,000

-7,000

-5,000

-5,000

5,000

-6,000

0

-1,000

-2,000

-5,000

-6,000

-6,000

-4,000

-7,000

-8,000

-6,000

-6,000

-7,000

-5,000

-5,000

-5,000

-7,374

-9,293

-7,903

-2,430

-14,751

-2,155

-8,319

-5,616

-3,025

-11,642

-2,995

-2,079

-15,922

9,351

-3,238

-1,143

-2,740

-2,378

-1,214

-5,431

(Gain) loss on sale of business and other exit costs, net

0

0

-1,000

0

2,000

0

0

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

6,000

1,000

5,000

124,000

6,921

4,790

-2,611

6,900

3,019

1,534

303,034

-6,931

-25,170

-65

0

4,174

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Intangible Assets

0

0

-2,000

0

2,000

0

1,000

10,000

7,000

3,000

0

2,000

17,000

-

-

-

-

0

24,000

0

123,000

21,554

0

0

91,446

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Other operating activities

0

-

1,000

2,000

1,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Noncash interest

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,000

-

1,000

0

1,000

-

0

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

0

1,000

416

570

508

506

965

501

500

497

-3,127

827

866

862

876

826

16,272

875

-

-

-

-

Other operating activities

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,013

-10

44

-47

-37

-70

-249

-256

257

-640

-158

-852

563

-560

89

-1,159

-885

-164

-282

948

Changes in assets and liabilities from operations
Accounts receivable

-43,000

7,000

40,000

30,000

-28,000

34,000

56,000

26,000

-77,000

55,000

11,000

23,000

-28,000

14,000

3,000

26,000

-20,000

26,000

76,000

39,000

-21,000

52,653

-3,517

23,419

-90,555

77,029

210,919

39,819

-34,038

11,629

59,281

49,138

-38,941

25,736

31,871

46,257

-8,438

128,073

-27,906

-30,633

9,648

Equipment installment plans receivable

-23,000

55,000

31,000

1,000

10,000

61,000

41,000

30,000

17,000

97,000

57,000

63,000

44,000

86,000

66,000

53,000

41,000

38,000

31,000

29,000

36,000

57,480

83,549

50,365

-2,394

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Inventory

52,000

22,000

-7,000

-11,000

15,000

18,000

-21,000

0

8,000

-

-

-

-

-1,000

-29,000

25,000

1,000

-25,000

37,000

-32,000

-95,000

81,078

-13,404

-19,018

-19,656

94,650

-19,219

24,965

-16,860

-41,001

12,451

53,625

4,842

-23,005

-12,439

51,804

-2,978

-73,228

394

33,124

-947

Accounts payable

87,000

-56,000

5,000

-55,000

46,000

-11,000

63,000

-18,000

-32,000

52,000

0

16,000

-75,000

-11,000

15,000

-7,000

39,000

-118,000

95,000

44,000

-14,000

-128,034

54,166

10,271

-53,403

52,716

-24,892

61,407

-3,203

25,396

-14,392

2,036

-25,372

-8,078

12,691

-31,511

56,189

1,275

-13,462

5,104

-40,676

Customer deposits and deferred revenues

-9,000

-7,000

-10,000

3,000

5,000

15,000

18,000

3,000

-28,000

12,000

-6,000

2,000

-12,000

-11,000

-23,000

-12,000

-6,000

14,000

-43,000

-20,000

13,000

5,316

15,545

14,586

-1,447

44,577

13,986

-7

7,904

4,658

5,537

12,041

10,745

4,266

8,591

12,258

10,342

4,115

-1,854

3,433

784

Accrued taxes

-74,000

-54,000

35,000

-7,000

9,000

-26,000

2,000

19,000

-24,000

-4,000

-12,000

20,000

33,000

-17,000

1,000

13,000

63,000

-174,000

21,000

-61,000

252,000

-137,307

13,258

2,683

-1,634

-24,450

-108,587

145,116

5,309

-30,044

18,069

7,419

82,014

-29,882

2,470

-19,291

18,832

-52,441

-67,052

-12,289

36,498

Accrued interest

9,000

-

-

-

11,000

-

-

-

11,000

-

-

-

9,000

-

8,000

-10,000

9,000

-

-

-

9,000

-8,105

9,083

-9,114

9,136

-9,071

7,279

-7,107

9,279

-10,379

11,311

-10,940

9,117

-7,168

9,164

-13,717

15,072

-17,023

9,241

-9,110

9,212

Other assets and liabilities

82,000

-17,000

-31,000

0

74,000

-31,000

-30,000

-8,000

74,000

-40,000

-35,000

-13,000

57,000

-16,000

-19,000

-19,000

78,000

-35,000

22,000

-8,000

96,000

-36,569

28,933

-18,835

99,471

-84,347

12,715

-14,083

95,669

-65,262

14,268

-22,631

104,148

-71,759

-14,114

2,559

87,732

-76,502

14,495

26,583

-58,051

Net cash provided by operating activities

367,000

142,000

282,000

265,000

327,000

205,000

349,000

249,000

214,000

155,000

263,000

221,000

137,000

144,000

238,000

154,000

246,000

63,000

189,000

183,000

355,000

-101,211

180,569

210,705

104,937

56,710

-83,592

275,140

246,352

344,636

253,626

224,665

282,245

316,510

376,990

229,169

333,042

311,427

262,434

291,686

210,660

Cash flows from investing activities
Cash paid for additions to property, plant and equipment

377,000

326,000

238,000

238,000

155,000

329,000

172,000

144,000

131,000

287,000

156,000

115,000

127,000

210,000

145,000

122,000

159,000

243,000

199,000

193,000

166,000

245,282

213,811

189,017

150,890

252,427

247,089

207,963

176,318

264,620

229,686

258,600

242,611

369,999

250,904

192,959

157,897

253,084

168,188

171,328

146,622

Cash paid for licenses

26,000

-

-

-

1,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Cash paid for acquisitions and licenses

-

-

-

-

-

6,000

0

1,000

9,000

18,000

0

186,000

14,000

-

-

-

-

0

6,000

0

281,000

10,911

265,408

10,427

8,254

34,187

266,233

0

14,150

65,859

45,310

41,117

11,096

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

21,118

Cash received from investments

0

0

18,000

9,000

2,000

0

0

0

100,000

0

0

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

40,000

0

0

10,000

-

-

-

-

100,000

15,000

108,195

20,249

124,560

55,656

90,245

122,785

65,490

25,104

100

15,561

Cash paid for investments

1,000

0

0

10,000

1,000

17,000

0

0

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

75,000

0

35,000

10,000

-

-

-

-

60,000

48,750

335,000

50,000

Cash received from divestitures and exchanges

0

9,000

0

1,000

31,000

1,000

7,000

17,000

4,000

2,000

2,000

1,000

16,000

1,000

3,000

15,000

2,000

18,000

33,000

18,000

274,000

36,631

25,464

22,863

103,042

-

-

-

-

0

146

0

50,036

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Advance payments for license acquisitions

0

-

-

-

135,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Advance Payment For License Acquisition

0

-

-

-

135,000

-

-

-

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Transfer of cash to Restricted cash

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-282,500

-

-

-

-

Other investing activities

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4,000

-4,000

1,000

-3,000

-402

-1,878

-2,097

-1,623

2,266

267

-7,763

-6,364

-325

4,205

8,480

436

-2,555

2,887

-687

1,503

1,311

-202

-1,040

-439

Net cash used in investing activities

-404,000

-412,000

-221,000

-357,000

-259,000

-355,000

-164,000

-125,000

-36,000

-303,000

-254,000

-299,000

-125,000

-214,000

-142,000

-295,000

-157,000

-229,000

-168,000

-176,000

-170,000

-239,160

-451,877

-174,484

-44,479

72,940

-444,289

294,800

-184,104

-305,154

-264,055

-235,002

-193,858

-323,128

-311,152

87,306

-319,115

-302,332

-191,632

-512,334

-201,740

Cash flows from financing activities
Issuance of long-term debt

50,000

-

-

-

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

195,000

0

0

358

0

0

343,700

300,000

-

-

-

-

Repayment of long-term debt

2,000

102,000

5,000

6,000

5,000

5,000

5,000

5,000

5,000

8,000

3,000

3,000

3,000

3,000

3,000

3,000

3,000

-

-

-

-

181

230

197

392

385

591

277

328

-

1,483

459

493

706

546

612,985

402

218,067

902

583

697

TDS Common Shares reissued for benefit plans, net of tax payments

-1,000

-12,000

0

9,000

-3,000

15,000

20,000

-2,000

9,000

3,000

2,000

-2,000

1,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-2,486

85

451

-50

2,117

6,761

636

140

-1,096

16

-6

-33

-1,370

347

468

587

-874

338

382

463

U.S. Cellular Common Shares reissued for benefit plans, net of tax payments

0

-17,000

0

9,000

-1,000

11,000

7,000

-2,000

2,000

-

-

-

3,000

2,000

1,000

2,000

1,000

-

-

-

-

-150

320

514

316

2,944

5,046

-2,329

123

94

166

-2,822

357

180

491

-41

1,305

-229

594

-342

486

Repurchase of TDS Common Shares

6,000

-

-

-

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

0

0

3,000

-

-

-

-

7,707

11,203

16,748

3,342

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

0

9,897

11,603

17,510

19,451

16,282

14,810

Repurchase of U.S. Cellular Common Shares

21,000

-

-

-

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3,000

0

0

2,000

2,000

2,000

0

2,000

4,302

6,400

6,298

2,000

0

119

0

18,425

-

-

-

-

0

-14

44,951

17,357

12,307

19,097

16,237

5,186

Dividends paid to TDS shareholders

19,000

18,000

19,000

19,000

19,000

18,000

18,000

18,000

18,000

18,000

17,000

17,000

17,000

16,000

17,000

16,000

16,000

15,000

15,000

16,000

15,000

14,425

14,468

14,525

14,582

13,863

13,832

13,806

13,792

13,235

13,320

13,309

13,301

12,174

12,153

12,146

12,197

11,700

11,770

11,841

11,891

Payment of debt issuance costs

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

10,000

0

0

3,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

7

459

11,343

9,848

-

-

-

-

Distributions to noncontrolling interests

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

1,000

4,000

0

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

561

-43

136

346

319

155

896

2,396

19,365

848

425

218

14,560

299

691

686

13,802

1,514

2,030

2,284

Other financing activities

-3,000

5,000

5,000

3,000

0

8,000

2,000

1,000

-5,000

-

-

-

-

-1,000

2,000

6,000

3,000

7,000

3,000

4,000

-2,000

3,111

2,387

2,668

2,834

7,151

1,258

1,682

-1,351

-638

1,418

1,992

798

6,627

-4,734

1,109

968

9,725

-7,469

592

-527

Net cash used in financing activities

-3,000

-117,000

-41,000

-33,000

-29,000

10,000

5,000

-30,000

-17,000

-18,000

-16,000

-27,000

-16,000

-15,000

-10,000

-14,000

-20,000

281,000

212,000

-10,000

-22,000

239,318

-30,485

-34,271

-17,562

-10,725

-7,445

-90,225

-36,029

111,715

-14,051

-15,029

-12,532

-22,010

-50,010

-346,777

250,767

-60,897

-59,271

-46,341

-34,446

Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

-40,000

-387,000

20,000

-125,000

39,000

-140,000

190,000

94,000

161,000

-166,000

-7,000

-105,000

-4,000

-

-

-155,000

69,000

115,000

233,000

-3,000

163,000

-101,053

-301,793

1,950

42,896

118,925

-535,326

479,715

26,219

151,197

-24,480

-25,366

75,855

-17,391

10,278

-35,989

264,694

-51,802

11,531

-266,989

-25,526