T-Mobile Climbs After Strong Q3 Results and Higher 2026 Outlook

T-Mobile US (TMUS) is up 5.3% today. Here is some analysis on what might have caused this price movement.

Analysis: The most likely driver is T-Mobile’s newly released third-quarter results, which showed strong profit growth, higher revenue per account, and a lift to full-year profitability and free-cash-flow guidance. The move also appears tied to the company beating Wall Street earnings expectations, giving investors a clearer path to stronger cash generation into year-end.

Details:

T-Mobile posted third-quarter diluted EPS of $3.22, up sharply from a year earlier, while net income rose to about $3.5 billion.

Service revenue grew 6% year over year to about $19.4 billion, and postpaid average revenue per account increased 4%, suggesting stronger customer monetization.

The company raised the midpoint of its 2026 Core Adjusted EBITDA outlook to $37.35 billion to $37.45 billion and lifted adjusted free cash flow guidance to $18.7 billion to $18.8 billion.

T-Mobile also highlighted continued postpaid account growth and improving operating trends, which likely reinforced the view that its wireless business remains resilient despite a competitive market.

Sources:

T-Mobile Investor Relations, SEC, Zacks

Disclaimer: This price movement analysis was generated with the help of AI. Please double-check the information provided for mistakes.

$TMUS Insider Trading Activity

$TMUS insiders have traded $TMUS stock on the open market 6 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 1 have been purchases and 5 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $TMUS stock by insiders over the last 6 months:

TELEKOM AG DEUTSCHE has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 189,670 shares for an estimated $31,421,034.
ANDRE ALMEIDA (Chief Broadband, Ent. & Emerg) purchased 5,097 shares for an estimated $1,000,015
MICHAEL J. KATZ (Chief Bus. and Prod. Officer) sold 5,000 shares for an estimated $979,050
JON FREIER (Chief Operating Officer) sold 4,799 shares for an estimated $911,810
DANIEL JAMES DROBAC (VP & Chief Accounting Officer) sold 772 shares for an estimated $137,670

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$TMUS Hedge Fund Activity

We have seen 837 institutional investors add shares of $TMUS stock to their portfolio, and 890 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.

Here are some of the largest recent moves:

INVESCO LTD. added 23,771,504 shares (+293.0%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $3,987,194,365
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP removed 8,578,656 shares (-49.9%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $1,438,897,970
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC added 5,547,723 shares (+88.3%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $930,519,578
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP added 4,582,576 shares (+405.1%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $768,635,472
CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD removed 4,494,276 shares (-74.1%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $753,824,913
FMR LLC removed 4,375,914 shares (-34.9%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $733,972,055
JANE STREET GROUP, LLC removed 4,369,107 shares (-97.8%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $732,830,317

To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard. You can access data on hedge funds moves and 13F filings through the Quiver Quantitative API 13F endpoint.

$TMUS Government Contracts

We have seen $54,929,936 of award payments to $TMUS over the last year.

Here are some of the awards which we have have seen pay out the most over the last year:

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TO INCLUDE DATA (EMAIL), TELEPHONE/VOICE (INCLUDING VOICEMAIL) AND/OR ...: $28,950,896
IRS BASELINE REQUIREMENT FOR SMARTPHONES, HOTSPOTS, AND TABLETS.: $6,951,053
EPA WIRELESS MOBILITY SERVICES: $1,880,000
USDA WIRELESS SERVICES AND SERVICE ENABLED DEVICES BLANKET PURCHASE AGREEMENT FUNDING: $1,251,251
TASK ORDER FOR WIRELESS SERVICES: $760,000

To track government contracts to publicy traded companies, check out Quiver Quantitative's government contracts dashboard. You can access data on government contracts through the Quiver Quantitative API government contracts endpoint.

$TMUS Price Targets

Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $TMUS recently. We have seen 5 analysts offer price targets for $TMUS in the last 6 months, with a median target of $230.0.

Here are some recent targets:

Kannan Venkateshwar from Barclays set a target price of $230.0 on 07/08/2026
Steven Cahall from Wells Fargo set a target price of $170.0 on 07/08/2026
Benjamin Swinburne from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $230.0 on 07/07/2026
Michael Funk from B of A Securities set a target price of $220.0 on 07/06/2026
John Hodulik from UBS set a target price of $255.0 on 06/22/2026

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