TDS - Telephone And Data Systems Inc

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Business Predictability Rank: 1-Star

Back Testing (Jan. 1998 - Aug. 2008) Results:

Average gain of all 1-Star stocks: 1.1%/year.
% of Stocks that are in still loss if held for 10yrs: 45%.

Top Ranked Predictable Companies & What is Predictability Rank?

P/E: (before NRI)	12.6	Lower P/E: DCM (0.5), TKC (10), SKM (1.8), NIHD (12.3),
Price/Book:	0.8	Lower P/B: TDS-S (0.32), LEAP (0.6), GSAT (0.2), ORBC (0.7),
Price/Sales:	0.7	Lower P/S: TDS-S (0.28), LEAP (0.6), HTX (0.3), VM (0.2),
Net Margin:	0.17%	Higher Margin: CHU (102.08%), TKC (23.94%), USMO (23.32%),
Yield:	1.4%	Higher Yield: CEL (10.1%), CTC (6.59%), NTLS (6.3%), PTNR (6.1%),
Market Cap:	$3.4 Bil	EPS: (before NRI)	$2.52	Shares Outstanding:	109.09 Mil

Mobile Telecommunications COMPARE: USM, SHEN, CYCL, IPCS

Telephone & Data Systems is a diversified telecommunications corporation. more

Gurus Trades with TDS: Exclude other managers

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Ticker	Company	Picked By	Date (?)	Action	Impact to Portfolio (?)	Price Range (Average)* (?)	Current Price	Change from Average	Comment	Current Shares
TDS	Telephon...	George Soros	2009-09-30	Sold Out (history)		$24.91 - $31.23 ($27.51)	$ 31.5	15%	Sold Out	0
TDS	Telephon...	Michael Price	2009-09-30	Sold Out (history)		$24.91 - $31.23 ($27.51)	$ 31.5	15%	Sold Out	0
TDS	Telephon...	George Soros	2009-06-30	Reduce (history)	--0.01%	$27.09 - $32.19 ($29.4)	$ 31.5	7%	Reduce -23.29%	56,000
TDS	Telephon...	Michael Price	2009-03-31	Buy	2.08%	$24.98 - $34.96 ($29.8)	$ 31.5	6%	New holding, 140000 sh.	140,000
TDS	Telephon...	George Soros	2009-03-31	Buy	0.06%	$24.98 - $34.96 ($29.8)	$ 31.5	6%	New holding, 73000 sh.	73,000
TDS	Telephon...	Daniel Loeb	2009-03-31	Sold Out (history)		$24.98 - $34.96 ($29.8)	$ 31.5	6%	Sold Out	0
TDS	Telephon...	NWQ Managers	2008-09-30	Sold Out (history)		$36.23 - $44.97 ($40.7)	$ 31.5	-23%	Sold Out	0
TDS	Telephon...	NWQ Managers	2008-06-30	Buy		$37.48 - $52.73 ($44.6)	$ 31.5	-29%	New holding, 5000 sh.	5,000
TDS	Telephon...	Wallace Weitz	2007-12-31	Sold Out (history)		$61.06 - $69.1 ($65.8)	$ 31.5	-52%	Sold Out	0
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*The price and date might not be the actual time and price at which the transactions were made. In the case of institutional owners, the date is stated as the last day of their fiscal quarter. The prices are estimates if no accurate information available. Foreign holdings may not be included.

TDS is held by these Gurus: Exclude other managers

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Ticker	Guru Name	Portfolio Date*	Current Shares	% of Shares Outstanding	% of Total Assets Managed	Change from Last Holdings
TDS	Mason Hawkins	2009-09-30	2478200	2.27	0.33	-5.24%
TDS	Michael Price	2009-09-30	0	0	0	Sold Out
TDS	George Soros	2009-09-30	0	0	0	Sold Out
TDS	Mason Hawkins	2009-06-30	2615248	2.4	0.38	0%
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TDS: Insider Buys/Sells (?)

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Insider	Position	Date	Trades	Shares	Trade Price ($)	Change (%)
NEBERGALL DONALD C	Director	2009-08-07	Buy	617	$24.8	27.02
NEBERGALL DONALD C	Director	2008-08-11	Buy	762	$39.42	-20.09
CARLSON LEROY T JR	President and CEO, Director	2008-01-30	Sell	4200	$51.98	-39.4
CARLSON LEROY T JR	President and CEO, Director	2008-01-23	Sell	5900	$52.28	-39.75
CARLSON LEROY T JR	President and CEO, Director	2008-01-16	Sell	7200	$58.43	-46.09
CARLSON LEROY T JR	President and CEO, Director	2008-01-09	Sell	7200	$59.27	-46.85
CARLSON LEROY T JR	President and CEO, Director	2008-01-02	Sell	7200	$59.97	-47.47
CARLSON LEROY T JR	President and CEO, Director	2007-12-19	Sell	7200	$62.33	-49.46
CARLSON LEROY T JR	President and CEO, Director	2007-12-12	Sell	7200	$63.18	-50.14
CARLSON LEROY T JR	President and CEO, Director	2007-12-05	Sell	7200	$62.62	-49.7

Quarterly/Annual Reports:

TDS: 10-Q - TELEPHONE & DATA SYSTEMS INC /DE/ (0001051512) (Filer): (10-Q) - 2009-11-05
TDS: Quarterly report: (10-Q) - 2009-05-06
TDS: Annual report: (10-K) - 2009-02-26
TDS: Quarterly report: (10-Q) - 2008-11-05

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