AI interpretation based on checked source excerpts. Issuer assertions and evidence limitations remain explicit.
Policy quality-scores-2: six equally weighted categories. The overall score requires full coverage. Missing inputs are not zero. Qualitative grades are sourced interpretations, not probabilities. 5/6 · 18/10/2026
Moat—
Insufficient evidence for every rubric criterion; no category score is inferred.
structural advantage · — · Spectrum access and exclusive leases are established, but their superiority over competing assets and their economic benefit are not. The evidence cannot establish a structural moat.
durability · — · Long-dated spectrum access supports operating continuity. It does not establish the duration of excess competitive returns, particularly with withdrawal provisions and ongoing deployment requirements.
customer dependency · — · Observed churn establishes recurring demand, but does not distinguish customer dependency from satisfaction, promotions or competitive alternatives. Durable switching friction is unestablished.
erosion resilience · — · Service growth and cash generation coexist with worsening churn and prepaid promotional dilution. Without an established relative advantage, its resilience to erosion cannot be graded.
Pricing power50
Equal-weight average of four evidence-backed rubric grades (0–4), scaled to 100.
realized pricing · 2/4 · 2025 postpaid phone ARPU rose $1.02, or 2%, with a positive contribution from rate-plan changes and fees. First-quarter 2026 ARPA rose 4% with pricing and account-mix contributions; first-half ARPA rose 3%. Prepaid promotional dilution and acquisition effects make overall pricing power mixed.
retention · 2/4 · Direct churn evidence shows continuing repeat demand: postpaid phone churn was 0.93% in 2025 versus 0.86% in 2024, while prepaid churn improved slightly to 2.72%. The issuer attributes part of postpaid deterioration to pricing changes. First-half 2026 account churn increased 9 basis points, partly reflecting broadband-only account mix; account churn is distinct from phone churn.
margin resilience · 2/4 · First-half 2026 service revenue grew 10% and Core Adjusted EBITDA grew 12%, with its service-revenue margin rising from 49% to 50%. GAAP operating income was approximately flat and net income fell 7%; the adjusted measure excludes material integration, restructuring and compensation costs. Results show mixed resilience rather than unqualified pricing protection.
contractual freedom · 2/4 · Implemented plan and fee changes demonstrate practical repricing ability, and wireless rates generally receive federal preemption from state regulation. Other service terms remain regulated and broadband faces state rate-setting legislation. The passages do not establish unrestricted repricing across existing customer contracts.
Predictability81
Five consecutive annual periods. Equal weights: nondeclining revenue frequency; revenue-growth volatility (5–40pp); positive FCF frequency; FCF-margin volatility (3–20pp). Stability indicator, not a growth forecast.
- Nondeclining revenue years (%)
- 50.00
- Revenue growth volatility (pp)
- 3.92
- Positive FCF years (%)
- 100.00
- FCF margin volatility (pp)
- 7.14
Financial strength31
Equal-weight grades: debt/FCF (1–8x), net debt/earnings before interest and tax (0–5x), interest service (1–12x), current ratio (0.75–2x). Earnings use reported operating income, or reported pretax profit plus reported interest expense when operating income is unavailable. Interest service uses earnings/interest expense; if unavailable, it uses reported operating cash flow/cash interest paid, without relabeling cash paid as accrued expense. Nonpositive cash flow/earnings score 0 for their service component; reported zero interest with a positive numerator scores 100. Net cash scores 100 for net leverage. Missing disclosures remain unavailable. General nonfinancial-company rubric, not a credit rating; exceptional and nonoperating gains are not normalized out. IFRS finance-cost and cash-flow classifications retain their reported scope.
- debtFcfGrade
- 41.71
- netDebtEbitGrade
- 6.10
- interestCoverageGrade
- 56.36
- currentRatioGrade
- 19.87
- Debt / FCF (x)
- 5.08
- Net debt / operating income (x)
- 4.69
- Current ratio (x)
- 1.00
- cashInterestPaid
- 3882.00
- cashInterestCoverage
- 7.20
Capital allocation87
Three-year equal-weight indicators: pretax return on average invested capital (0–25%; equity + debt − cash, each year and its prior year), share-count growth (0–5%, lower better), share-based cost/revenue (2–20%, lower better), consolidated FCF/net income (0–1x). Return uses reported operating income or, if unavailable, EBIT calculated from reported pretax profit plus reported interest expense; exceptional/nonoperating gains are not normalized out. Share-based cost uses the reported cash-flow add-back or, if absent, separately reported recognized compensation expense; the latter never becomes an FCF adjustment. Nonpositive net income scores 0 for cash conversion; absent income/FCF stays unavailable. Nonpositive invested capital has no defined return and remains unavailable. Does not establish acquisition quality or buyback timing.
- 3-year pre-tax operating return (%)
- 12.04
- 3-year average dilution (%)
- -3.35
- 3-year average SBC / revenue (%)
- 0.86
- cashConversionGrade
- 100.00
Management56
Equal-weight average of four evidence-backed rubric grades (0–4), scaled to 100.
capital discipline · 2/4 · First-half 2026 operating cash flow reached $14.722 billion against $5.901 billion of investing outflows; completed repurchases totaled $7.1 billion. Cash including restricted cash fell from $5.976 billion to $3.175 billion, while interest expense increased and substantial purchase commitments remain. Covenant compliance is positive, but acquisition returns and buyback value creation are not established.
incentive alignment · 3/4 · Actual 2025 annual LTI grants split equally between RSUs and performance units. Performance units use three-year relative shareholder return and adjusted free cash flow measures, with service and performance conditions. An adopted clawback policy and reported director ownership compliance provide additional demonstrated alignment. Executive holdings and eventual award outcomes remain incomplete; these grants are not treated as vested.
execution · 2/4 · Reported service-revenue and operating-cash-flow growth demonstrate delivery, and first-quarter net account additions increased. Acquisition-related additions contribute, deactivations increased, and GAAP earnings weakened amid integration costs. A disclosed data breach and continuing compliance costs are realized shortcomings. Assessment uses operating results as indirect evidence of management execution; projected synergies are not counted as achieved.
governance · 2/4 · Independent directors and an adopted clawback policy provide safeguards, but Deutsche Telekom has the right to designate 10 board members and holds consent rights over material financing, acquisitions, equity issuance and certain CEO decisions. Actual ownership and control disclosures support a mixed assessment; they do not establish misconduct.
Evidence
Leased spectrum agreements have varying expiration terms that generally extend through 2050.
Note 18, spectrum lease expiration terms · Filed 11/02/2026
The Comcast Licenses are subject to an exclusive leasing arrangement between us and Comcast, which was entered into contemporaneously with the Comcast License Purchase Agreement.
Spectrum license transactions, exclusive Comcast leasing arrangement · Filed 23/07/2026
Certain spectrum leases also include purchase options and right-of-first refusal clauses in which we are provided the opportunity to exercise our purchase option if the lessor receives a purchase offer from a third party.
Note 18, spectrum purchase options and rights of first refusal · Filed 11/02/2026
If Comcast elects to remove an Optional Sale License from the Comcast License Purchase Agreement, the associated lease for such Optional Sale License will terminate, but no sooner than two years from the date of the Comcast License Purchase Agreement (with us having a minimum period of time after any such termination to cease transmitting on such license’s associated spectrum).
Spectrum license transactions, optional license withdrawal and lease termination · Filed 23/07/2026
In addition to our wireless communications services, our broadband services compete against other broadband providers, including Cable, DSL and other Fiber broadband providers, other fixed wireless solutions, including AT&T and Verizon’s fixed wireless products, and satellite internet providers.
Business, broadband competition · Filed 11/02/2026
If we cannot acquire needed spectrum from the government or otherwise, if competitors acquire spectrum that will allow them to provide services competitive with our services, or if we cannot deploy services over acquired spectrum on a timely basis without burdensome conditions, at reasonable cost, and while maintaining network quality levels, our ability to attract and retain customers and our business, financial condition and operating results could be materially adversely affected.
Risk factors, spectrum acquisition and deployment · Filed 02/02/2024
Upon completion of these activities, we expect to achieve total annual run rate cost synergies of $1.2 billion, consisting of $950 million in operating expenses and $250 million in capital expenditures.
UScellular integration, expected annual cost synergies · Filed 23/07/2026
The following table sets forth the churn: Year Ended December 31, Bps Change 2025 Versus 2024 Bps Change 2024 Versus 2023 2025 2024 2023 Postpaid phone churn 0.93 % 0.86 % 0.87 % 7 bps -1 bps Prepaid churn 2.72 % 2.73 % 2.76 % -1 bps -3 bps Postpaid phone churn increased 7 basis points, primarily due to higher industry switching and from the temporary impact of current year rate plan optimizations.
Performance measures, 2023–2025 customer churn · Filed 11/02/2026
Postpaid phone ARPU increased $1.02, or 2%, primarily from:
Performance measures, 2025 postpaid phone ARPU increase · Filed 11/02/2026
•The positive impact from rate plan optimizations and higher fee revenue, including from the adoption of new tax and fee exclusive plans;
Performance measures, rate-plan changes and fee revenue · Filed 11/02/2026
•The impact of customers acquired in the UScellular Acquisition, which have slightly higher ARPU; partially offset by
Performance measures, acquisition contribution to postpaid phone ARPU · Filed 11/02/2026
Prepaid revenues decreased $170 million, or 6%, for the three months ended and decreased $296 million, or 6%, for the six months ended June 30, 2026, primarily from lower average revenue per customer, primarily from dilution from promotional activity and rate plan mix.
Results of operations, prepaid revenue decline and promotional dilution · Filed 23/07/2026
Postpaid ARPA increased $5.71, or 4%, primarily from:
Performance measures, first-quarter 2026 postpaid ARPA · Filed 28/04/2026
•The positive impact from rate plan optimizations and higher fee revenue, including from the adoption of new tax and fee exclusive plans; and
Performance measures, pricing and fee contribution to ARPA · Filed 28/04/2026
•An increase in customers per account, including from the continued adoption of 5G broadband and continued growth of T-Mobile for Business accounts, partially offset by fiber and UScellular accounts with fewer customers per account; partially offset by
Performance measures, customers per account and acquisition mix · Filed 28/04/2026
Postpaid ARPA increased $3.04, or 2%, for the three months ended and increased $4.36, or 3%, for the six months ended June 30, 2026.
Performance measures, second-quarter and first-half 2026 ARPA growth · Filed 23/07/2026
Postpaid account churn increased 9 basis points for the six months ended June 30, 2026, primarily from:
Performance measures, first-half 2026 account churn increase · Filed 23/07/2026
•Higher average broadband-only accounts, including following the acquisitions of Metronet and Lumos; and
Performance measures, broadband-only account mix contribution to churn · Filed 23/07/2026
39 Table of Contents Results of Operations Set forth below is a summary of our consolidated financial results: Three Months Ended June 30, Change Six Months Ended June 30, Change (in millions) 2026 2025 $ % 2026 2025 $ % Revenues Postpaid revenues $ 15,853 $ 14,078 $ 1,775 13 % $ 31,482 $ 27,672 $ 3,810 14 % Prepaid revenues 2,473 2,643 (170) (6) % 4,990 5,286 (296) (6) % Wholesale and other service revenues 657 717 (60) (8) % 1,342 1,405 (63) (4) % Total service revenues 18,983 17,438 1,545 9 % 37,814 34,363 3,451 10 % Equipment revenues 3,524 3,439 85 2 % 7,520 7,143 377 5 % Other revenues 284 255 29 11 % 564 512 52 10 % Total revenues 22,791 21,132 1,659 8 % 45,898 42,018 3,880 9 % Operating expenses Cost of services, exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below 2,978 2,717 261 10 % 6,317 5,319 998 19 % Cost of equipment sales, exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below 5,055 4,659 396 8 % 10,543 9,457 1,086 11 % Selling, general and administrative 5,834 5,397 437 8 % 11,800 10,885 915 8 % Depreciation and amortization 3,434 3,146 288 9 % 7,251 6,344 907 14 % Total operating expenses 17,301 15,919 1,382 9 % 35,911 32,005 3,906 12 % Operating income 5,490 5,213 277 5 % 9,987 10,013 (26) — % Other expense, net Interest expense, net (1,055) (922) (133) 14 % (2,086) (1,838) (248) 13 % Other expense, net (107) (11) (96) 873 % (239) (57) (182) 319 % Total other expense, net (1,162) (933) (229) 25 % (2,325) (1,895) (430) 23 % Income before income taxes 4,328 4,280 48 1 % 7,662 8,118 (456) (6) % Income tax expense (1,089) (1,058) (31) 3 % (1,919) (1,943) 24 (1) % Net income $ 3,239 $ 3,222 $ 17 1 % $ 5,743 $ 6,175 $ (432) (7) % Statement of Cash Flows Data Net cash provided by operating activities $ 7,500 $ 6,992 $ 508 7 % $ 14,722 $ 13,839 $ 883 6 % Net cash used in investing activities (3,052) (1,559) (1,493) 96 % (5,901) (4,968) (933) 19 % Net cash used in financing activities (5,182) (7,205) 2,023 (28) % (11,622) (4,012) (7,610) 190 % Non-GAAP Financial Measures Adjusted EBITDA $ 9,537 $ 8,547 $ 990 12 % $ 18,778 $ 16,806 $ 1,972 12 % Core Adjusted EBITDA 9,537 8,541 996 12 % 18,777 16,799 1,978 12 % Adjusted Free Cash Flow 4,797 4,596 201 4 % 9,396 8,992 404 4 % 40 Table of Contents The following discussion and analysis is for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026, compared to the same periods in 2025, unless otherwise stated.
Results of operations, reported earnings and cash flows · Filed 23/07/2026
46 Table of Contents The following table illustrates the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA and Core Adjusted EBITDA and reconciles Adjusted EBITDA and Core Adjusted EBITDA to Net income, which we consider to be the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure: Three Months Ended June 30, Change Six Months Ended June 30, Change (in millions, except percentages) 2026 2025 $ % 2026 2025 $ % Net income $ 3,239 $ 3,222 $ 17 1 % $ 5,743 $ 6,175 $ (432) (7) % Adjustments: Interest expense, net 1,055 922 133 14 % 2,086 1,838 248 13 % Other expense, net 107 11 96 873 % 239 57 182 319 % Income tax expense 1,089 1,058 31 3 % 1,919 1,943 (24) (1) % Operating income 5,490 5,213 277 5 % 9,987 10,013 (26) — % Depreciation and amortization 3,434 3,146 288 9 % 7,251 6,344 907 14 % Stock-based compensation (1) 212 178 34 19 % 415 346 69 20 % UScellular merger-related costs 182 33 149 452 % 588 47 541 NM Network Restructuring Initiative costs 52 — 52 NM 128 — 128 NM Legal-related expenses (recoveries), net (2) 16 (4) 20 (500) % 70 2 68 NM Other, net (3) 151 (19) 170 (895) % 339 54 285 528 % Adjusted EBITDA 9,537 8,547 990 12 % 18,778 16,806 1,972 12 % Lease revenues — (6) 6 (100) % (1) (7) 6 (86) % Core Adjusted EBITDA $ 9,537 $ 8,541 $ 996 12 % $ 18,777 $ 16,799 $ 1,978 12 % Net income margin (Net income divided by Service revenues) 17 % 18 % -100 bps 15 % 18 % -300 bps Adjusted EBITDA margin (Adjusted EBITDA divided by Service revenues) 50 % 49 % 100 bps 50 % 49 % 100 bps Core Adjusted EBITDA margin (Core Adjusted EBITDA divided by Service revenues) 50 % 49 % 100 bps 50 % 49 % 100 bps (1)Stock-based compensation includes payroll tax impacts and may not agree with stock-based compensation expense on the condensed consolidated financial statements.
Non-GAAP reconciliation, margins and excluded expenses · Filed 23/07/2026
While the Communications Act generally preempts state and local governments from regulating the entry of, or the rates charged by, wireless communications services providers, certain state and local governments regulate other terms and conditions of wireless service, including billing, termination of service arrangements and the imposition of early termination fees, advertising, network outages, the use of devices while driving, service mapping, protection of consumer information, zoning and land use.
Regulation, wireless rate preemption and regulation of other terms · Filed 11/02/2026
For example, California has passed separate privacy and net neutrality legislation, while many others have passed privacy laws, and New York has passed a broadband rate-setting law.
Regulation, state legislation including broadband rate setting · Filed 11/02/2026
During the three months ended June 30, 2026, we repurchased 11,420,845 shares of our common stock at an average price per share of $188.76 for a total purchase price of $2.2 billion, and during the six months ended June 30, 2026, we repurchased 34,750,770 shares of our common stock at an average price per share of $203.07 for a total purchase price of $7.1 billion under the 2026 Stockholder Return Program.
Note 12, completed 2026 share repurchases · Filed 23/07/2026
Supplemental Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Information The following table summarizes T-Mobile’s supplemental cash flow information: Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30, (in millions) 2026 2025 2026 2025 Interest payments, net of amounts capitalized $ 1,119 $ 992 $ 2,173 $ 1,926 Operating lease payments 1,303 1,202 2,840 2,416 Income tax payments, net of refunds received 757 342 767 352 Non-cash investing and financing activities Change in accounts payable and accrued liabilities for purchases of property and equipment $ (404) $ (131) $ (761) $ (594) Operating lease right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations 540 593 1,065 1,074 Financing lease right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations 488 430 710 678 Cash and Cash Equivalents, Including Restricted Cash Cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash, presented on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows were included on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as follows: (in millions) June 30, 2026 December 31, 2025 Cash and cash equivalents $ 2,825 $ 5,598 Restricted cash (included in Other current assets) 267 296 Restricted cash (included in Other assets) 83 82 Cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash $ 3,175 $ 5,976 Note 17 – Subsequent Events On July 1, 2026, the FCC approved the sale of our 800 MHz spectrum licenses to Grain.
Supplemental cash flows, lease payments and cash balances · Filed 23/07/2026
The following table summarizes the timing of such purchase commitments as of December 31, 2025: (in millions) Less Than 1 Year 1 - 3 Years 3 - 5 Years More Than 5 Years Total Purchase commitments (1) $ 5,047 $ 6,181 $ 2,990 $ 2,836 $ 17,054 (1) These amounts are not reflective of our entire anticipated purchases under the related agreements but are determined based on the non-cancelable quantities or termination amounts to which we are contractually obligated.
Note 18, noncancelable purchase commitments · Filed 11/02/2026
For 2025, 65% of the PRSUs granted as annual awards are measured based on our relative total shareholder return (“RTSR”) over a three-year performance period and the remaining 35% are measured based on our Adjusted Free Cash Flow (“FCF”) as reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K over a three-year performance period.
Executive compensation, annual PRSU performance measures · Filed 27/04/2026
Each Named Executive Officer received half of the aggregate value of their annual 2025 LTI awards in the form of PRSUs and half of such value in the form of RSUs.
Executive compensation, actual 2025 annual award mix · Filed 27/04/2026
The annual PRSU awards for 2025 generally cliff vest at the conclusion of a three-year performance period ending on the third anniversary of the grant date (for PRSUs vesting based on RTSR) or ending on December 31, 2027 (for PRSUs vesting based on FCF performance), subject to the Named Executive Officer’s continued service through the vesting date and based on the level of RTSR or FCF performance (as applicable) attained during the performance period as certified by the Section 16 Subcommittee of the Compensation Committee.
Executive compensation, performance periods and vesting conditions · Filed 27/04/2026
Clawback Provisions In September 2023, the Compensation Committee adopted the Company’s Amended and Restated Executive Incentive Compensation Recoupment Policy in compliance with the SEC rules and NASDAQ listing standards regarding clawback policies.
Executive compensation, adopted clawback policy · Filed 27/04/2026
As of December 31, 2025, all then-serving non-employee directors were in compliance with our stock ownership guidelines.
Director ownership, reported compliance with ownership guidelines · Filed 27/04/2026
(“SoftBank”) on June 22, 2020 (the “Stockholders’ Agreement”) and its current ownership position, Deutsche Telekom has the right to designate 10 members of our Board of Directors (the “Board”).
Proxy summary, controlling shareholder board designation rights · Filed 27/04/2026
The Board also includes independent directors, including three designated by the Nominating, Corporate Governance and Compliance Committee, each of whom meets applicable NASDAQ and SEC independence standards.
Proxy summary, independent directors · Filed 27/04/2026
In addition, pursuant to our Certificate of Incorporation and the Second Amended and Restated Stockholders’ Agreement, as long as DT beneficially owns 30% or more of our outstanding common stock, we are restricted from taking certain actions without DT’s prior written consent, including (i) incurring indebtedness above certain levels based on a specified debt to cash flow ratio, (ii) taking any action that would cause a default under any instrument evidencing indebtedness involving DT or its affiliates, (iii) acquiring or disposing of assets or entering into mergers or similar acquisitions in excess of $1.0 billion, (iv) changing the size of our Board of Directors, (v) subject to certain exceptions, issuing equity of 10% or more of the then-outstanding shares of our common stock, or issuing equity to redeem debt held by DT, (vi) repurchasing or redeeming equity securities or making any extraordinary or in-kind dividend other than on a pro rata basis, or (vii) making certain changes involving our CEO.
Risk factors, controlling shareholder consent rights · Filed 11/02/2026
The result from our investigation indicates that the bad actor(s) obtained data from this API for approximately 37 million current postpaid and prepaid customer accounts, though many of these accounts did not include the full data set.
Contingencies, January 2023 cybersecurity incident · Filed 28/04/2026
(2)Legal-related expenses (recoveries), net, consists of the settlement of certain litigation and compliance costs associated with the August 2021 cyberattack, net of insurance recoveries.
Non-GAAP reconciliation footnote, continuing cyberattack litigation and compliance costs · Filed 23/07/2026
In addition, our competitors include numerous smaller and regional providers, including Comcast Corporation, Charter Communications, Inc., Cox Communications, Inc., and Altice USA, Inc., many of which offer no-contract, postpaid and prepaid service plans.
Business, named smaller and regional competitors · Filed 02/02/2024
Some of our competitors have shown a willingness to use discounted pricing or offer bundled services as a potential source of differentiation.
Business, competitor discounting and bundles · Filed 11/02/2026
We were in compliance with all restrictive debt covenants as of June 30, 2026.
Liquidity and capital resources, debt covenant compliance · Filed 23/07/2026
Postpaid net account additions increased 12,000, or 6%, for the three months ended March 31, 2026, primarily from:
Performance measures, first-quarter postpaid net account additions · Filed 28/04/2026
•Higher gross account additions, including fiber account additions following the acquisitions of Metronet and Lumos; partially offset by
Performance measures, acquisition-related fiber account additions · Filed 28/04/2026
•Higher account deactivations driven by higher industry switching and the impact of a growing account base, including following the UScellular Acquisition.
Performance measures, higher account deactivations · Filed 28/04/2026
