Translating Industry-Leading Customer Growth into Durable and Profitable Financial Growth
Extending Overall Network Lead with Best Assets, Customer Centricity and Technology Leadership
T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) reported fourth quarter and full year 2025 results today, delivering industry-leading customer results across the board, in postpaid net account additions, total postpaid net customer additions, postpaid phone net customer additions, and total broadband net customer additions. The company’s industry-leading customer and customer account growth contributed to industry-best service revenue growth, which grew at a rate multiple times that of its closest wireless competitors, strong net income, industry-leading Core Adjusted EBITDA growth, strong net cash provided by operating activities and industry-leading Adjusted Free Cash Flow margin in 2025, while fueling stockholder returns of $14.0 billion. The Company will also provide an update to its multi-year guidance through 2027, originally presented at its September 2024 Capital Markets Day, during its upcoming Capital Markets Day Update event which will be available via webcast and in a separate press release concurrent with the event on the Investor Relations website, in addition to the company’s release earlier this morning announcing a first-of-its-kind network-integrated service that enables real-time translation during phone calls, here.
“Q4 was a great proof point of our winning formula – and we see significant runway ahead to widen our margin of differentiation, including through maintaining our tremendous momentum in network perception gains and in our digital transformation and simplification,” said Srini Gopalan, CEO of T-Mobile. “In 2025, more new postpaid customers chose the Un-carrier than ever before, driven by outstanding momentum across all categories. As we look to 2026, we’re even more confident that the future is brighter than ever before. We see continued opportunity to eliminate customer pain points, introduce even more consumers to the Un-carrier ethos, and further extend our network leadership while accelerating our digital transformation to drive durable and outsized profitable growth. I’m tremendously excited to share more during our expanded format earnings call and 2024 Capital Markets Day halftime check-in - stay tuned.”
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| (1) | AT&T Inc. does not disclose postpaid net account additions. Comcast and Charter do not disclose postpaid phone net customer additions. Industry-leading claims are based on consensus expectations if results are not yet reported. |
| (2) | Core Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Free Cash Flow are non-GAAP financial measures. These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, the information provided in accordance with GAAP. Reconciliations for these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are provided in the Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures to GAAP Financial Measures tables. We are not able to forecast Net income on a forward-looking basis without unreasonable efforts due to the high variability and difficulty in predicting certain items that affect Net income, including, but not limited to, Special Items, Income tax expense and Interest expense. Core Adjusted EBITDA should not be used to predict Net income as the difference between this measure and Net income is variable. |
Industry-Leading Customer Growth Fueled by Widening Differentiation in Best Network, Best Value and Best Experiences Combination(1)
|
| Quarter |
| Year Ended December 31, | |||||||||||
| (in thousands, except churn) | Q4 2025 |
| Q3 2025 |
| Q4 2024 |
| 2025 |
| 2024 | |||||
| Postpaid net account additions | 261 |
|
| 396 |
|
| 263 |
|
| 1,180 |
|
| 1,097 |
|
| Total net customer additions | 2,439 |
|
| 2,390 |
|
| 2,036 |
|
| 7,982 |
|
| 6,324 |
|
| Postpaid net customer additions (2) | 2,382 |
|
| 2,347 |
|
| 1,933 |
|
| 7,798 |
|
| 6,066 |
|
| Postpaid phone net customer additions (3) | 962 |
|
| 1,007 |
|
| 903 |
|
| 3,294 |
|
| 3,077 |
|
| Postpaid other net customer additions (2) (3) (4) (5) | 1,420 |
|
| 1,340 |
|
| 1,030 |
|
| 4,504 |
|
| 2,989 |
|
| Prepaid net customer additions (2) (3) (6) | 57 |
|
| 43 |
|
| 103 |
|
| 184 |
|
| 258 |
|
| Total customers, end of period (2) | 142,388 |
|
| 139,949 |
|
| 129,528 |
|
| 142,388 |
|
| 129,528 |
|
| Postpaid phone churn | 1.02 |
| 0.89 |
| 0.92 |
| 0.93 |
| 0.86 | |||||
| Prepaid churn | 2.76 |
| 2.77 |
| 2.85 |
| 2.72 |
| 2.73 | |||||
| Total broadband net customer additions (3) (4) (5) | 558 |
|
| 560 |
|
| 432 |
|
| 2,015 |
|
| 1,662 |
|
| 5G broadband net customer additions (3) | 495 |
|
| 506 |
|
| 428 |
|
| 1,879 |
|
| 1,654 |
|
| Total broadband customers, end of period | 9,447 |
|
| 8,889 |
|
| 6,439 |
|
| 9,447 |
|
| 6,439 |
|
| Total 5G broadband customers, end of period | 8,450 |
|
| 7,955 |
|
| 6,430 |
|
| 8,450 |
|
| 6,430 |
|
| (1) | AT&T Inc. does not disclose postpaid net account additions. Comcast and Charter do not disclose postpaid phone net customer additions. Industry-leading claims are based on consensus expectations if results are not yet reported. |
| (2) | Includes broadband customers. |
| (3) | In the third quarter of 2025, we acquired 3,287,000 postpaid phone customers, 390,000 postpaid other customers, including 141,000 5G broadband customers, and 349,000 prepaid customers through the UScellular acquisition, which includes the impact of certain base adjustments to align the policies of UScellular and T-Mobile. |
| (4) | In the third quarter of 2025, we acquired 755,000 fiber customers from Metronet and other acquisitions. |
| (5) | In the second quarter of 2025, we acquired 97,000 fiber customers from Lumos. |
| (6) | In the second quarter of 2024, we acquired 3,504,000 prepaid customers through our acquisition of Ka’ena, which includes the impact of certain base adjustments to align the policies of Ka’ena and T-Mobile. |
Translating Industry-Leading Customer Growth into Durable and Profitable Financial Growth(1)
|
| Quarter |
| Year Ended December 31, |
| Q4 2025 vs. Q3 2025 |
| Q4 2025 vs. Q4 2024 |
| 2025 vs. 2024 | ||||||||||||||
| (in millions, except EPS) | Q4 2025 |
| Q3 2025 |
| Q4 2024 | 2025 |
| 2024 |
|
| |||||||||||||
| Total service revenues | 18,702 |
| 18,241 |
| 16,928 |
| 71,306 |
| 66,178 |
| 2.5 |
| 10.5 |
| 7.7 | ||||||||
| Postpaid service revenues |
| 15,378 |
|
| 14,882 |
|
| 13,502 |
|
| 57,932 |
|
| 52,340 |
| 3.3 |
| 13.9 |
| 10.7 | |||
| Total revenues |
| 24,334 |
|
| 21,957 |
|
| 21,872 |
|
| 88,309 |
|
| 81,400 |
| 10.8 |
| 11.3 |
| 8.5 | |||
| Net income |
| 2,103 |
|
| 2,714 |
|
| 2,981 |
|
| 10,992 |
|
| 11,339 |
| (22.5 |
| (29.5 |
| (3.1 | |||
| Diluted EPS |
| 1.88 |
|
| 2.41 |
|
| 2.57 |
|
| 9.72 |
|
| 9.66 |
| (22.0 |
| (26.8 |
| 0.6 | |||
| Adjusted EBITDA |
| 8,447 |
|
| 8,684 |
|
| 7,916 |
|
| 33,937 |
|
| 31,864 |
| (2.7 |
| 6.7 |
| 6.5 | |||
| Core Adjusted EBITDA |
| 8,445 |
|
| 8,680 |
|
| 7,905 |
|
| 33,924 |
|
| 31,771 |
| (2.7 |
| 6.8 |
| 6.8 | |||
| Net cash provided by operating activities (2) |
| 6,654 |
|
| 7,457 |
|
| 5,549 |
|
| 27,950 |
|
| 22,293 |
| (10.8 |
| 19.9 |
| 25.4 | |||
| Cash purchases of property and equipment, including capitalized interest |
| 2,469 |
|
| 2,639 |
|
| 2,212 |
|
| 9,955 |
|
| 8,840 |
| (6.4 |
| 11.6 |
| 12.6 | |||
| Adjusted Free Cash Flow |
| 4,185 |
|
| 4,818 |
|
| 4,084 |
|
| 17,995 |
|
| 17,032 |
| (13.1 |
| 2.5 |
| 5.7 | |||
| (1) | Industry-leading claims are based on consensus expectations if results are not yet reported. |
| (2) | Effective November 1, 2024, following amendments to the company’s Equipment Installment Plan Sale and Service Receivable Sale arrangements, all cash proceeds associated with the sale of such receivables, a portion of which was previously recognized as Proceeds related to beneficial interests in securitization transactions within investing cash flows, were recognized as operating cash flows. These amendments did not have a net impact on Adjusted Free Cash Flow. |
Extending Overall Network Lead with Best Assets, Customer Centricity and Technology Leadership
| See 5G device, coverage, and access details at T-Mobile.com. J.D. Power Award: The 2026 U.S. Wireless Network Quality Performance Study—Volume 1 is based on responses from 20,050 wireless customers. Carrier performance is examined in six regions: Mid-Atlantic, North Central, Northeast, Southeast, Southwest and West. In addition to evaluating the network quality experienced by customers with wireless phones, the study also measures the network performance of tablets and mobile broadband devices. The study was fielded from June through November 2025. Opensignal Award: Mobile Network Experience Report - January 2026. Data Collection Period: Sep 01 - Nov 29, 2025. Ookla Award: United States Speedtest Connectivity Report H2 2025. Based on millions of daily consumer-initiated tests taken on Speedtest, along with quality of experience (QoE) metrics. Data Collection Period: July – December 2025. Ookla® trademarks used under license and reprinted with permission. |
Strong Outlook for 2026 with Continued Industry-Leading Growth
The company will also provide an update to its multi-year guidance through 2027, originally presented at its September 2024 Capital Markets Day, during its upcoming Capital Markets Day Update event which will be available via webcast and in a separate press release concurrent with the event on the Investor Relations website, in addition to the company’s release earlier this morning announcing a first-of-its-kind network-integrated service that enables real-time translation during phone calls, here.
| (in millions, except Postpaid net account additions and Effective tax rate) | FY 2026 Guidance | ||
| Postpaid net account additions (thousands) | 900 | 1,000 | |
| Net income (1) | N/A | N/A | |
| Effective tax rate | 25% | 26% | |
| Core Adjusted EBITDA (2) | $37,000 | $37,500 | |
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 28,000 | 28,700 | |
| Capital expenditures (3) | ~10,000 | ||
| Adjusted Free Cash Flow | 18,000 | 18,700 | |
| (1) | T-Mobile is not able to forecast Net income on a forward-looking basis without unreasonable efforts due to the high variability and difficulty in predicting certain items that affect GAAP Net income, including, but not limited to, Special Items, Income tax expense and Interest expense. Core Adjusted EBITDA should not be used to predict Net income as the difference between this measure and Net income is variable. |
| (2) | Management uses Core Adjusted EBITDA as a measure to monitor the financial performance of company operations, excluding the impact of lease revenues from related device financing programs. |
| (3) | Capital expenditures means cash purchases of property and equipment, including capitalized interest. |
Financial Results
For more details on T-Mobile’s Q4 2025 and full year 2025 results, including the Investor Factbook with detailed financial tables, please visit T-Mobile US, Inc.’s Investor Relations website at https://investor.t-mobile.com.
Earnings Call Information
Date/Time
Access via Webcast
The earnings call will be broadcasted live and can be replayed via the Investor Relations website at https://investor.t-mobile.com.
Contact Information
T-Mobile Social Media
Investors and others should note that we announce material financial and operational information to our investors using our investor relations website (https://investor.t-mobile.com), newsroom website (https://t-mobile.com/news), press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts. We also intend to use certain social media accounts as a means of disclosing information about us and our services and for complying with our disclosure obligations under Regulation FD (the @TMobileIR X account (https://x.com/TMobileIR), the @SriniGopalan X account (https://x.com/SriniGopalan) and our CEO’s LinkedIn account (https://www.linkedin.com/in/srini-gopalan/), both of which Mr. Gopalan also uses as a means for personal communications and observations, and the @TMobileCFO X account (https://x.com/tmobilecfo), and our CFO’s LinkedIn account (https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-osvaldik-3887394), both of which Mr. Osvaldik also uses as a means for personal communication and observations). The information we post through these social media channels may be deemed material. Accordingly, investors should monitor these social media channels in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts. The social media channels that we intend to use as a means of disclosing the information described above may be updated from time to time as listed on our investor relations website.
About T-Mobile US, Inc.
As the supercharged Un-carrier, T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) is powered by an award-winning 5G network that connects more people, in more places, than ever before. With T-Mobile’s unique value proposition of best network, best value and best experiences, the Un-carrier is redefining connectivity and fueling competition while continuing to drive the next wave of innovation in wireless and beyond. Headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., T-Mobile provides services through its subsidiaries and operates its flagship brands, T-Mobile, Metro by T-Mobile and Mint Mobile. For more information, visit https://www.t-mobile.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This communication includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact, including information concerning T-Mobile US, Inc.’s future results of operations, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are generally identified by the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “could” or similar expressions.
Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and assumptions, which are subject to risks and uncertainties and may cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could affect future results and cause those results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements include, among others, the following: competition, industry consolidation and changes in the market for wireless communications services and other forms of connectivity; cyberattacks, disruptions, data loss or other security breaches; our inability to adopt and deploy network technologies in a timely and effective manner; our inability to effectively execute our digital transformation and drive customer and employee adoption of emerging technologies; our inability to retain or motivate key personnel, hire qualified personnel or maintain our corporate culture; system failures and business disruptions, allowing for unauthorized use of or interference with our network and other systems; the scarcity and cost of additional wireless spectrum, and regulations relating to spectrum use; the timing and effects of any pending and future acquisition, investment, joint venture, merger or divestiture involving us, including our inability to obtain any required regulatory approval necessary to consummate any such transactions or to achieve the expected benefits of such transactions; adverse economic, political or market conditions in the U.S. and international markets, including changes resulting from increases in inflation or interest rates, tariffs and trade restrictions, supply chain disruptions, fluctuations in global currencies, immigration policies, and impacts of geopolitical instability, such as the Ukraine-Russia and Israel-Hamas wars and further escalations thereof; potential operational delays, higher procurement and operational costs, and increased regulatory and compliance complexities as result of changes to trade policies, including higher tariffs, restrictions and other economic disincentives to trade; our inability to successfully deliver new products and services; any disruption or failure of our third parties (including key suppliers) to provide products or services for the operation of our business; sociopolitical volatility and polarization and risks related to environmental, social and governance matters; our substantial level of indebtedness and our inability to service our debt obligations in accordance with their terms; changes in the credit market conditions, credit rating downgrades or an inability to access debt markets; our inability to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting; compliance with the current regulatory framework, including our national security obligations, and any changes in regulations or in the regulatory framework under which we operate; laws and regulations relating to the handling of privacy, data protection and artificial intelligence; unfavorable outcomes of and increased costs from existing or future regulatory or legal proceedings; difficulties in protecting our intellectual property rights or if we infringe on the intellectual property rights of others; our offering of regulated financial services products and exposure to a wide variety of state and federal regulations; new or amended tax laws or regulations or administrative interpretations and judicial decisions affecting the scope or application of tax laws or regulations; our wireless licenses, including those controlled through leasing agreements, are subject to renewal and may be revoked; our exclusive forum provision as provided in our Certificate of Incorporation; interests of Deutsche Telecom AG (“DT”), our controlling stockholder, which may differ from the interests of other stockholders; our current and future stockholder return programs may not be fully utilized, and our share repurchases and dividend payments pursuant thereto may fail to have the desired impact on stockholder value; future sales of our common stock by DT and SoftBank Group Corp. and our inability to attract additional equity financing outside the United States due to foreign ownership limitations by the Federal Communications Commission; and other risks as disclosed in our most recent annual report on Form 10-K, and subsequent Forms 10-Q and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Given these risks and uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to revise or publicly release the results of any revision to these forward- looking statements, except as required by law.
T-Mobile US, Inc.
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures to GAAP Financial Measures
(Unaudited)
This Press Release includes non-GAAP financial measures, including Adjusted EBITDA, Core Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Free Cash Flow and Adjusted Free Cash Flow margin. The non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, the information provided in accordance with GAAP. Reconciliations for the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are provided below. T-Mobile is not able to forecast Net income on a forward-looking basis without unreasonable efforts due to the high variability and difficulty in predicting certain items that affect GAAP net income, including, but not limited to, Special Items, Income tax expense and Interest expense. Adjusted EBITDA and Core Adjusted EBITDA should not be used to predict Net income as the difference between either of these measures and Net income is variable.
Adjusted EBITDA and Core Adjusted EBITDA are reconciled to Net income as follows:
|
| Quarter |
| Year Ended | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (in millions) | Q1 2024 |
| Q2 2024 |
| Q3 2024 |
| Q4 2024 |
| Q1 2025 |
| Q2 2025 |
| Q3 2025 |
| Q4 2025 |
|
| 2024 |
|
|
| 2025 |
| ||||||||||||||||
| Net income | 2,374 |
|
| 2,925 |
|
| 3,059 |
|
| 2,981 |
|
| 2,953 |
|
| 3,222 |
|
| 2,714 |
|
| 2,103 |
|
| 11,339 |
|
| 10,992 |
| ||||||||||
| Adjustments: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense, net |
| 880 |
|
|
| 854 |
|
|
| 836 |
|
|
| 841 |
|
|
| 916 |
|
|
| 922 |
|
|
| 924 |
|
|
| 1,012 |
|
|
| 3,411 |
|
|
| 3,774 |
|
| Other (income) expense, net |
| (20 |
|
| 8 |
|
|
| (7 |
|
| (94 |
|
| 46 |
|
|
| 11 |
|
|
| 78 |
|
|
| 89 |
|
|
| (113 |
|
| 224 |
| ||||
| Income tax expense |
| 764 |
|
|
| 843 |
|
|
| 908 |
|
|
| 858 |
|
|
| 885 |
|
|
| 1,058 |
|
|
| 814 |
|
|
| 532 |
|
|
| 3,373 |
|
|
| 3,289 |
|
| Operating income |
| 3,998 |
|
|
| 4,630 |
|
|
| 4,796 |
|
|
| 4,586 |
|
|
| 4,800 |
|
|
| 5,213 |
|
|
| 4,530 |
|
|
| 3,736 |
|
|
| 18,010 |
|
|
| 18,279 |
|
| Depreciation and amortization |
| 3,371 |
|
|
| 3,248 |
|
|
| 3,151 |
|
|
| 3,149 |
|
|
| 3,198 |
|
|
| 3,146 |
|
|
| 3,408 |
|
|
| 3,756 |
|
|
| 12,919 |
|
|
| 13,508 |
|
| Stock-based compensation (1) |
| 140 |
|
|
| 147 |
|
|
| 143 |
|
|
| 156 |
|
|
| 168 |
|
|
| 178 |
|
|
| 217 |
|
|
| 209 |
|
|
| 586 |
|
|
| 772 |
|
| Merger-related costs (gain), net (2) (3) |
| 130 |
|
|
| (9 |
|
| 16 |
|
|
| 10 |
|
|
| 14 |
|
|
| 33 |
|
|
| 73 |
|
|
| 143 |
|
|
| 147 |
|
|
| 263 |
| |
| Network restructuring initiative costs (4) |
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| 93 |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| 93 |
|
| Legal-related expenses (recoveries), net (5) |
| — |
|
|
| 15 |
|
|
| 1 |
|
|
| (105 |
|
| 6 |
|
|
| (4 |
|
| 8 |
|
|
| 6 |
|
|
| (89 |
|
| 16 |
| |||
| Impairment expense |
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| 278 |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| — |
|
|
| 278 |
|
| Other, net (6) |
| 13 |
|
|
| 22 |
|
|
| 136 |
|
|
| 120 |
|
|
| 73 |
|
|
| (19 |
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