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Neutral 60 (OpenAI - 5.2)
Rating:60Neutral
Price Target:
$52.00
▲(8.47% Upside)
Action:ReiteratedDate:02/22/26
Overall score reflects a tug-of-war between weak underlying financial performance (notably the 2025 revenue collapse and negative operating profitability) and more favorable forward-looking factors from the earnings call (material de-risking via spectrum monetization/capital returns and clearer 2026 operational targets). Supportive price trends and a mid-range P/E help, but do not fully offset the elevated fundamental uncertainty.
Positive Factors
Spectrum monetization & capital returns
Converting non-core spectrum into >$1bn cash and returning proceeds via a large special dividend materially de-risks the business. This transaction strengthens liquidity, enables debt paydown or reinvestment, and creates durable optionality for capital allocation over the next several quarters.
Stronger balance sheet flexibility
Debt repayment plus active buybacks and a large remaining repurchase authorization increase financial flexibility. Reduced leverage and available buyback capacity support capital returns and provide headroom to fund operations or strategic moves without relying solely on operating cash.
Tower portfolio scale & tenancy growth
A large tower base with many uniquely positioned sites creates durable recurring cash from colocation and high barriers to entry. Rapid YoY site rental growth and rising new colocation applications point to sustainable tenancy-driven revenue expansion and margin stability over the medium term.
Negative Factors
2025 revenue collapse & weak operating profit
A ~94% revenue decline in 2025 and negative core operating results reveal fragile underlying earnings power. Reliance on one-time items to show net profit undermines sustainable cash generation and complicates forecasting, limiting the company's ability to invest consistently or absorb shocks.
DISH MLA dispute and collection risk
An unresolved contractual dispute with DISH creates legal and cash-collection uncertainty and removes a recurring revenue stream from guidance. Multi-year payment obligations tied to the MLA mean outcomes could materially affect cash flow and revenue visibility if adverse.
Wide guidance range & execution uncertainty
A very wide near-term guidance range signals substantial timing and execution risk—chiefly T‑Mobile MLA integration and legacy wind-down costs. Persistent elevated SG&A and uncertain contract timing reduce margin predictability and make strategic planning and capital allocation harder over the next several quarters.

Array Digital Infrastructure (AD) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)

Array Digital Infrastructure Business Overview & Revenue Model

Company DescriptionArray Digital Infrastructure, Inc. provides wireless telecommunications services in the United States. The company offers wireless services, including voice, messaging, and data services. It also provides wireless devices, such as handsets, tablets, mobile hotspots, home phones, and routers, as well as wireless essentials, including cases, screen protectors, chargers, and memory cards; and consumer electronics comprising Bluetooth audio, wi-fi enabled cameras, and networking products. In addition, it sells wireless devices to agents and other third-party distributors for resale; and offers option for customers to purchase devices and accessories under installment contracts. Further, the company offers wireless roaming, wireless eligible telecommunications carrier, and tower rental services. It serves consumer, business, and government customers. The company provides its products and services through retail sales, direct sales, telesales, ecommerce, resellers, and independent agents, as well as third-party national retailers. The company was formerly known as United States Cellular Corporation and changed its name to Array Digital Infrastructure, Inc. in August 2025. Array Digital Infrastructure, Inc. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. As of Novemeber 7, 2024, Array Digital Infrastructure, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.
How the Company Makes MoneyArray Digital Infrastructure generates revenue primarily through its core offerings in colocation services, where clients rent space for their servers and equipment within AD's data centers. This constitutes a significant portion of their income, as it provides a steady, recurring revenue stream. Additionally, the company earns money from managed cloud services, offering clients scalable cloud solutions tailored to their specific needs, which typically involves subscription-based pricing models. Networking services, including high-speed internet access and private network solutions, also contribute to revenue, providing both one-time and ongoing fees. Partnerships with technology providers and telecom companies enhance AD's service offerings, enabling bundled solutions that attract more customers and create additional revenue opportunities. Overall, the combination of these revenue streams, along with strategic partnerships, underpins AD's financial growth.

Array Digital Infrastructure Earnings Call Summary

Earnings Call Date:Feb 12, 2026
(Q4-2025)
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Next Earnings Date:Apr 30, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Positive
The call communicated substantial strategic progress and financial actions that materially de-risk and reposition the enterprise: large spectrum monetizations, a significant special dividend and debt paydown, increasing TDS' long-term fiber target, and clear 2026 growth targets for fiber and tower colocation. Operationally, fiber delivery momentum (Q4 fiber address growth +39% YoY, Q4 residential net adds +11% YoY) and Q4 cost reductions that produced a 6% adjusted EBITDA improvement are positive signals. Offsetting these positives are execution shortfalls (missed 2025 fiber target), legacy revenue declines and divestiture impacts on full-year results (revenues down 1%–2%, adjusted EBITDA down 6% year), an active DISH dispute with revenue at risk (~$7M in 2025 and excluded from 2026 guidance), and wide near-term guidance ranges for Array driven by T-Mobile MLA uncertainty and elevated SG&A. On balance, the transformational transactions, stronger balance sheet, clear re-investment plan into fiber, and recent operational momentum significantly outweigh the near-term headwinds and uncertainties.
Q4-2025 Updates
Positive Updates
Major Spectrum Transactions and Special Dividend
Array closed the AT&T C-band spectrum sale (gross proceeds $1,018,000,000) on 01/13/2026; Array declared a $10.25 per share special dividend (pro rata share to TDS: $726,000,000) paid Feb 2, 2026. Array has agreements to monetize roughly 70% of its spectrum holdings and previously signed large transactions with Verizon and AT&T (~$1,000,000,000 level each), materially unlocking enterprise value.
Stronger Balance Sheet and Capital Allocation Flexibility
TDS repaid the last of its outstanding term loan debt ($150,000,000) in January 2026. Share repurchases: $67,000,000 in the quarter (1.8M shares) and $2,800,000 total in 2025; board authorized a $500,000,000 increase earlier and $524,000,000 remained on the open authorization as of year end, improving capital return optionality.
Raised Long-Term Fiber Target and Identified New Opportunities
TDS increased its long-term marketable fiber address goal from 1,800,000 to 2,100,000 (net +300,000), identifying ~300,000 additional edge-out service address opportunities across ~50 new communities where mid-teens returns are expected.
Accelerating Fiber Build and Customer Adds
Q4 2025 added 58,000 new marketable fiber addresses (up 39% year-over-year and sequentially); full year 2025 delivered 140,000 new marketable addresses (100,000 in 2H), with Q4 the strongest build quarter since 2023 supported by record construction crew counts. Residential fiber net adds: ~15,000 in Q4 (up 11% YoY) and ~45,000 for the year.
Improved Q4 Operating Efficiency
Cash expenses decreased 4% in Q4 2025, contributing to a 6% improvement in adjusted EBITDA for the quarter. Average residential revenue per connection increased ~2% year-over-year, reflecting modest ARPC improvement despite video unbundling trends.
Array Tower Business Momentum
Array owns over 4,400 towers with roughly one-third having no competing site within a two-mile radius. T-Mobile MLA integration processed >2,000 applications in Q4 with structural analyses completed on >95% of those. Q4 cash site rental revenue increased 64% YoY (all customers) and +8% YoY excluding T-Mobile MLA; new colocation applications (ex-T-Mobile MLA) rose ~47% YoY.
TDS 2026 Guidance Reflects Fiber Growth
TDS forecasting 2026 telecom revenues of $1,015,000,000 to $1,055,000,000 and adjusted EBITDA of $310,000,000 to $350,000,000. TDS expects to deliver 200,000 to 250,000 new marketable fiber addresses in 2026 (up from 140,000 in 2025) and plans to increase capital investment to $550,000,000–$600,000,000 to fund A-CAM builds, expansion markets and edge-out opportunities.
Negative Updates
Missed 2025 Fiber Address Goal
TDS missed its 150,000 2025 address goal, delivering 140,000 marketable fiber addresses (shortfall ~10,000), highlighting execution and scaling challenges despite late-year acceleration.
Full-Year Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA Pressure
Total operating revenues decreased 1% in Q4 and 2% for full year 2025; adjusted EBITDA declined 6% for the full year, driven primarily by divestitures (and a first-quarter noncash stock-based compensation adjustment). Excluding divestitures, revenues were roughly flat for the year.
Legacy Service Declines and Divestiture Impact
Secular declines in cable/copper and lower video bundling are pressuring legacy revenue streams. Recent divestitures accounted for ~$3,000,000 of the quarter revenue decline versus prior year and ~$19,000,000 of expected annual revenue impact included in 2026 assumptions.
DISH MLA Dispute and Revenue Uncertainty
DISH asserted relief under its MLA and has largely failed to make contractually required payments since December; Array recognized ~$7,000,000 of site rental revenue from the DISH MLA in 2025. Array has excluded DISH revenue from 2026 guidance, creating downside risk and legal/collection uncertainty for revenues and cash flow (DISH had obligations at similar levels 2026–2031).
Array Guidance Wide and Near-Term Expense Pressure
Array provided a wide adjusted EBITDA guidance range ($100,000,000 to $215,000,000) reflecting material uncertainty around the T-Mobile MLA (timing/interim site terminations and final committed site selections) and other dynamics. SG&A remains elevated from wind-down costs of legacy wireless operations and is expected to persist into 2026, adding near-term margin pressure.
Higher Capital Requirements and Execution Risk
TDS expects 2026 CapEx of $550,000,000–$600,000, up from $406,000,000 in 2025, increasing funding needs and execution risk as build pace ramps materially to hit the 200k–250k address target.
Company Guidance
Management's 2026 guidance was specific and metric‑heavy: TDS Telecom forecasts total revenues of $1.015–$1.055 billion, adjusted EBITDA of $310–$350 million, plans to deliver 200,000–250,000 new marketable fiber service addresses in 2026 (up from 140,000 in 2025 and 58,000 in Q4), and expects 2026 CapEx of $550–$600 million (vs. $406 million in 2025); it also raised its long‑term fiber target from 1.8 million to 2.1 million addresses after identifying ~300,000 edge‑out opportunities. Array Digital Infrastructure guided 2026 operating revenue of $200–$215 million, adjusted EBITDA of $100–$215 million (wide range reflecting T‑Mobile MLA timing), adjusted OIBDA of $50–$65 million, and CapEx of $25–$35 million (including ~ $6 million of one‑time tower‑light migration costs), explicitly excluding DISH revenues; additional context included Array’s $1.018 billion AT&T spectrum sale (Array declared a $10.25/share special dividend, pro‑rata ~$726 million), TDS’s $150 million term‑loan payoff, and $67 million of share repurchases in the quarter (2.8 million shares repurchased in 2025, ~$524 million remaining authorization).

Array Digital Infrastructure Financial Statement Overview

Summary
Financial profile is high-risk: the income statement shows a sharp 2025 revenue collapse and negative core operating profitability (EBIT negative; EBITDA slightly negative), outweighing the more stable balance sheet leverage and generally positive operating cash flow. Free cash flow turned positive but remains volatile, and reported net income appears influenced by non-operating/one-time factors.
Income Statement
24
Negative
Operating performance has deteriorated sharply. Revenue collapsed in 2025 (annual revenue down ~94%), and profitability weakened materially with negative EBIT and slightly negative EBITDA, despite a very high reported net profit margin that appears driven by non-operating or one-time items rather than core earnings power. Prior years (2020–2024) showed relatively stable revenue around ~$4.0–$4.2B with healthy gross margins, but net income was inconsistent (including a loss in 2024), indicating earnings volatility and weakening trajectory.
Balance Sheet
52
Neutral
Leverage looks manageable on an equity basis, with debt-to-equity generally in the ~0.67–0.92 range across the period and sizable equity balances. However, total debt remains large in absolute terms (multi-billion in most years), and returns on equity have been low and inconsistent (including negative in 2024), which reduces confidence that the balance sheet is being used efficiently. The sharp scale-down in 2025 also raises questions about asset/earnings stability going forward.
Cash Flow
58
Neutral
Cash generation is a relative bright spot: operating cash flow has been consistently positive and, in several years, roughly in line with reported earnings quality. Free cash flow is volatile—strongly negative in 2021–2022, positive in 2023–2025 and 2020—suggesting uneven capital spending or working-capital swings. In 2025, free cash flow was solid and covered a large portion of reported net income, but the year-over-year free cash flow decline (down ~52%) highlights continued variability.
BreakdownDec 2025Dec 2024Dec 2023Dec 2022Dec 2021
Income Statement
Total Revenue162.96M3.77B3.91B4.17B4.12B
Gross Profit35.21M2.14B2.18B2.20B2.21B
EBITDA-968.00K826.00M963.00M935.00M1.03B
Net Income290.92M-39.00M54.00M30.00M155.00M
Balance Sheet
Total Assets4.94B10.45B10.75B11.12B10.34B
Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments113.40M144.00M150.00M273.00M156.00M
Total Debt1.71B3.82B4.03B4.18B3.75B
Total Liabilities2.37B5.84B6.10B6.54B5.77B
Stockholders Equity2.57B4.58B4.63B4.55B4.55B
Cash Flow
Free Cash Flow173.64M326.00M128.00M-355.00M-1.24B
Operating Cash Flow200.84M883.00M866.00M832.00M802.00M
Investing Cash Flow2.44B-556.00M-721.00M-1.18B-2.04B
Financing Cash Flow-2.68B-347.00M-274.00M456.00M142.00M

Array Digital Infrastructure Technical Analysis

Technical Analysis Sentiment
Neutral
Last Price47.94
Price Trends
50DMA
46.42
Positive
100DMA
43.37
Positive
200DMA
41.48
Positive
Market Momentum
MACD
0.80
Positive
RSI
48.12
Neutral
STOCH
14.35
Positive
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For AD, the sentiment is Neutral. The current price of 47.94 is below the 20-day moving average (MA) of 48.95, above the 50-day MA of 46.42, and above the 200-day MA of 41.48, indicating a neutral trend. The MACD of 0.80 indicates Positive momentum. The RSI at 48.12 is Neutral, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 14.35 is Positive, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Neutral sentiment for AD.

Array Digital Infrastructure Risk Analysis

Array Digital Infrastructure disclosed 31 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Array Digital Infrastructure reported the most risks in the "Legal & Regulatory" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks

Array Digital Infrastructure Peers Comparison

Overall Rating
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (60)
Financial Indicators
Name
Overall Rating
Market Cap
P/E Ratio
ROE
Dividend Yield
Revenue Growth
EPS Growth
77
Outperform
$5.22B10.0725.22%7.78%0.59%8.86%
74
Outperform
$6.05B14.767.60%5.57%19.02%9.26%
60
Neutral
$48.67B4.58-11.27%4.14%2.83%-41.78%
60
Neutral
$4.14B14.375.11%42.91%-25.64%
59
Neutral
$4.24B-0.61
56
Neutral
$4.81B-68.112.54%0.39%-22.79%79.90%
55
Neutral
$7.63B-4.26-4.56%23.46%
* Communication Services Sector Average
Performance Comparison
Ticker
Company Name
Price
Change
% Change
AD
Array Digital Infrastructure
47.94
10.19
27.00%
LUMN
Lumen Technologies
7.45
3.01
67.79%
LBTYA
Liberty Global A
12.84
1.47
12.93%
PHI
PLDT
24.23
1.75
7.78%
TKC
Turkcell Iletisim
7.00
-0.03
-0.40%
TDS
Telephone & Data Systems
44.50
8.40
23.27%

Array Digital Infrastructure Corporate Events

Business Operations and StrategyDividendsM&A Transactions
Array Digital Infrastructure Completes Spectrum Sale, Declares Dividend
Positive
Jan 13, 2026

On January 13, 2026, Array Digital Infrastructure completed the previously announced sale of select spectrum assets, including 700 MHz band licenses, to AT&T’s New Cingular Wireless PCS unit for $1.018 billion in cash, with no portion of the purchase price deferred. The transaction, which follows Array’s August 1, 2025 spectrum sale to T-Mobile and its May 28, 2024 plan to monetize retained spectrum, advances the company’s strategy of extracting value from non-core spectrum holdings and converting it into cash. On the same day, the board declared a special cash dividend of $10.25 per share for holders of Common Stock and Series A Common Stock, payable on February 2, 2026 to shareholders of record as of January 23, 2026, signaling an immediate return of proceeds to investors and underscoring management’s focus on capital returns following the asset sale.

The most recent analyst rating on (AD) stock is a Buy with a $60.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Array Digital Infrastructure stock, see the AD Stock Forecast page.

Business Operations and StrategyPrivate Placements and Financing
Array Digital Infrastructure Amends Credit Agreement Terms
Neutral
Dec 12, 2025

On December 8, 2025, Array Digital Infrastructure, Inc. entered into the Fifth Amendment to its First Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC and other lenders. The amendment reduces Array’s borrowing capacity from $300 million to $100 million and extends the maturity date to five years from the effective date. It also removes the credit spread adjustment for the Term SOFR interest rate and increases the capacity for secured and unsecured debt by $300 million, impacting Array’s financial operations and potential leverage.

The most recent analyst rating on (AD) stock is a Buy with a $55.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Array Digital Infrastructure stock, see the AD Stock Forecast page.

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This AI Analyst Stock Report is automatically generated by our AI systems using advanced algorithms and publicly available financial, technical, and market data. While the information provided aims to be accurate and insightful, it is intended for informational purposes only and should not be considered financial advice. Any content created by an AI (Artificial Intelligence) system may contain inaccuracies and/or contain errors. Investing in stocks carries inherent risks, and past performance is not indicative of future results. This report does not account for your personal financial circumstances, objectives, or risk tolerance. Always conduct your own research or consult with a qualified financial advisor before making investment decisions. The analysis and recommendations provided are based on historical and current data and may not fully reflect future market conditions or unexpected developments. Neither the creators of this report nor its affiliated entities guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of the information presented. Use this report at your own discretion and risk.Date of analysis: Feb 22, 2026