Why is TMUS down?
Down 13% on Oct 9, and still 9% under its Oct 8 close.
- T-Mobile US fell 13% that day while wireless carrier stocks fell a median 1%:
−3Long-term trend
TMUS's Quality Score rose 4 points on Fri, Oct 30, to 5. Buying volume reached a 20-day high (3 chart checks started).
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Down 13% on Oct 9, and still 9% under its Oct 8 close.
−3Long-term trend
| Since its 2025 high | Down 43% |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Oct 28 |
Wed Nov 25: Ex-dividend, $1.17 a shareAt the open. Pays Dec 10.
After its last 4 reports it closed 0.0% on average, higher 2 of 4 times.
TMUS is #4 of 9 by Quality Score among Radiotelephone Communications.
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Expected to report Wed Feb 10, after the close (in 100 days). Expected.
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
Sales of $23.6B; a profit of $3.22 a share.
“Net income was $3.5 billion and Diluted earnings per share was $3.22 in Q3 2026, compared to $2.7 billion and $2.41 in Q3 2025, primarily due to the factors described above and included the following:”
TMUS's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
| Measure | Figure |
|---|---|
| Core adjusted EBITDA | $37.35B to $37.45B |
Sales grew 5.2% a year over 5 years, fiscal 2020 to 2025.
Pays $4.68 a share a year.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 sessions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2026 | +1.7% | -0.5% | open |
| Jul 23, 2026 | -8.0% | -10.8% | -4.9% |
| Apr 28, 2026 | +3.8% | +6.1% | +4.1% |
Sales grew in three of the last five years, to $88B in 2025. It made a profit in each of the six years.
Its dividends come to 27% of its free cash flow.
| Dividend | $4.68 a share a year |
| Paid out | About $5B a year |
| Free cash flow | $18B |
| Record | Raised each of the last 2 years |
One insider sold $138K across 1 filing in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest:
33 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: TMUS is 0.8% of QQQ, 0.8% of QQQI, and 0.8% of QQQM, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by each fund's latest filing, Jun 30 to Aug 31, 2026.
Deutsche Telekom merged its T-Mobile USA unit with prepaid specialist MetroPCS in 2013, and that firm merged with Sprint in 2020, creating the second-largest wireless carrier in the US. T-Mobile now serves about 88 million postpaid and 25 million prepaid phone customers, equal to around 30% of the US retail wireless market. The firm entered the fixed-wireless broadband market aggressively in 2021 and now serves around 9 million residential and business customers with its wireless network. It also serves more than 1 million fiber broadband customers through joint ventures with fiber network owners. T-Mobile owns a stake in these firms, which provide wholesale access to their networks. In addition, T-Mobile provides wholesale services to wireless resellers.
“The telecommunications industry remains competitive.”
TMUS scores 5 today, which Breakaway calls Below Average. It is #4 of 9 in Radiotelephone Communications by Quality Score, with 5 of 14 chart checks firing. Down 13% on Oct 9, and still 9% under its Oct 8 close. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
TMUS scores 5 today, which Breakaway calls Below Average (0 to 5). That is #4 of 9 in Radiotelephone Communications by Quality Score. The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind TMUS's 5.
One insider sold $138K across 1 filing in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest is Daniel James Drobac, VP & Chief Accounting Officer, who sold $138K on Sep 10.
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