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Ownership

13F as of Q2 2026 · 114.5M shares outstanding

Who owns TDS?

By type of holder
Institutions 93.1% Insiders 6.9% Everyone else 0.0%
Concentration Top 10 holders own 62.5%
BlackRock, Inc. 13.8% · The Trustees of Amendment and Restatement (dated as of April 22, 2005) of Voting Trust under Agreement dated as of June 30, 1989 11.8%
Institutional ownership
93.1%
+4.6 pts vs last qtr
Institutional holders
351
-7 vs last qtr
Net shares bought
+5.3M
by institutions in Q2 2026
New / sold out
54 / 61
positions opened vs closed

How is ownership changing?

Institutions, last 8 quarters

Biggest buyers in Q2 2026
  • Diameter Capital Partners LP NEW +1.7M
  • UBS Group AG +1.1M

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Biggest sellers in Q2 2026
  • Rubric Capital Management LP SOLD OUT −1.9M
  • Dendur Capital LP SOLD OUT −802.0K

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Who is planning to sell?

Notices of proposed sale, last 12 months
$3.13M
2 notices from 2 people
Shares covered
82.9K
0.07% of the company
Arranged in advance
8%
of the value is under a 10b5-1 plan
Under a 10b5-1 plan No plan
$0$1.4M$2.9MNovDecJanFebMar 2026: $244.0K under a 10b5-1 planMarAprMayJunJulAugSep 2026: $2.9M without a planSepOct
Largest proposed sellers
  • Leroy T. Carlson JR. Officer $2.89M
  • Prudence Carlson Director 10b5-1 $244K
Every notice on Red Flags →

A Form 144 is notice of a planned sale, not the sale itself. What insiders actually sold is on Insider Transactions.

Is your stake being diluted?

Diluted share count, FY2016–FY2025
+6.8%
+0.74% a year
Each share's claim on the business
−6.4%
shrank without buying or selling a share
Spent on buybacks vs paid in stock
$179M vs $410M
over 10 fiscal years
Diluted shares, split-adjusted
107.7M113.7M119.7M2016: 111.0M shares'162017: 112.0M shares'172018: 114.0M shares'182019: 116.0M shares'192020: 115.0M shares'202021: 116.0M shares'212022: 114.0M shares'222023: 112.8M shares'232024: 113.7M shares'242025: 118.6M shares'25
Buybacks Stock-based comp
$0$54.1M$108.1M2016 buybacks: $3.0M2016 stock comp: $42.0M'162017 buybacks: $02017 stock comp: $46.0M'172018 buybacks: $02018 stock comp: $54.0M'182019 buybacks: $02019 stock comp: $59.0M'192020 buybacks: $14.0M2020 stock comp: $53.0M'202021 buybacks: $8.0M2021 stock comp: $49.0M'212022 buybacks: $40.0M2022 stock comp: $42.0M'222023 buybacks: $5.8M2023 stock comp: $19.6M'232024 buybacks: $02024 stock comp: $18.3M'242025 buybacks: $108.1M2025 stock comp: $27.2M'25

How patient are the owners?

Institutional shares by how long they've been held
5+ years61% 3–5 years1% 1–3 years21% Under 1 year17%
Quarterly turnover
11.5%
of institutional shares changed hands
Top 10 managers, median time held
5 years

Super Investors

Investment managers reporting TDS on Form 13F
B
BlackRock, Inc.
Shares
15.8M
% of company
13.77%
Change vs last qtr
+845.9K (+5.7%)
Held since
≤2021
TP
Third Point LLC
Shares
6.3M
% of company
5.48%
Change vs last qtr
−325.0K (−4.9%)
Held since
2023

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Institutional Funds

Mutual funds and ETFs reporting TDS on Form N-PORT; together they hold 43.2% of the company
Position value
$216M
% of company
5.09%
% of the fund
0.19%
As of
June 30, 2026
AU
American Century ETF Trust
Position value
$150M
% of company
3.34%
% of the fund
0.55%
As of
May 31, 2026

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Insiders and 5%+ holders

From Forms 3/4/5 and Schedules 13D/G
TO
The Trustees of Amendment and Restatement (dated as of April 22, 2005) of Voting Trust under Agreement dated as of June 30, 1989
5%+ holder13D · 11.7%
Shares
13.5M
% of company
11.81%
Change vs last qtr
—
Held since
—
CL
Carlson Leroy T JR
Insider
Shares
3.8M
% of company
3.36%
Change vs last qtr
—
Held since
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