T-Mobile made an announcement on Thursday that would seem to indicate that business is good, maybe even better than expected. The carrier’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $1.17, 15 cents, or 15% more than the $1.02 per share dividend that the carrier paid out during the same quarter last year.
The dividend is payable on December 10, 2026 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on November 25, 2026. The previous four quarterly dividends paid on September 10, 2026, June 11, 2026, March 12, 2026, and December 11, 2025 were $1.02 per share for each quarter.
With the dividend increase, T-Mobile's yield rises closer to 3%
Should T-Mobile keep the new dividend amount steady for the next four quarters, the payout would amount to $4.68. Based on Thursday’s closing stock price of $165.35, T-Mobile’s yield is 2.83%.
Raising the dividend is usually a sign that a company’s business is doing well. T-Mobile’s next earnings report, covering the third quarter of 2026, will be released on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, at 4:30 pm EDT after the markets close at 4 pm EDT.
The carrier usually leads the industry in certain financial categories
T-Mobile typically reports industry-leading numbers in many financial categories. This is happening against the background of T-Mobile’s oft-discussed transition to a digital-first carrier. The company has shut locations, laid off reps, and forced grandfathered subscribers to sign up for higher-priced plans, but with more perks.
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The current CEO of T-Mobile, Srini Gopalan, took over from Mike Sievert, who ran the company from April 2020 to October 2025. Before Sievert, the legendary John Legere was CEO of T-Mobile for seven and a half years.
Legere took T-Mobile from being dead last among the nation’s four facilities-based carriers and turned the wireless provider into the most innovative and fastest-growing of the Big 4. He was named the top CEO in the wireless industry by the Glassdoor website for five consecutive years.
Under Legere, T-Mobile ended two-year contracts and started the Equipment Installment Plan (EIP), which was the very first Uncarrier initiative. He also started perks like Netflix on Us and T-Mobile Tuesdays.
T-Mobile's shares rose the most with John Legere at the helm
During the Legere era, T-Mobile’s stock price rose from $12-$13 to $89.50. With Mike Sievert in charge, T-Mobile’s shares rose from $85 to around $210. T-Mobile’s stock price has dropped sharply under Gopalan. Since he took over, the stock has declined 21%.
It seems that the shares of the Big 3 carriers have become yield plays in line with electric utility stocks. Verizon’s dividend is slightly over 6% while AT&T is yielding about 4.4%.
This emphasis on yield over potential price appreciation tells us that Wall Street is not viewing the wireless industry as one with much growth ahead.
T-Mobile's stock is flashing a huge red warning light
It should be noted that T-Mobile’s stock performance so far in 2026 sets it apart from its rivals, but not in a good way. Despite the dividend increase, T-Mobile’s shares have declined by 17% so far this year, setting it apart from Verizon’s 15.87% gain and AT&T’s 3% gain.
Economists will tell you that stock prices are reacting to events that are 6 to 12 months in the future. If this is true, next spring and summer could be a difficult period for T-Mobile. There is another flashing red warning sign. T-Mobile's shares just made a new intraday 52-week low at $161.14 this past Wednesday.
Whatever is on the horizon, T-Mobile’s stock price is telling us that it is not going to be good. Perhaps SpaceX will be making huge strides with its direct-to-cell technology that turns low Earth orbit satellites into cell towers in space. SpaceX could end up becoming T-Mobile's toughest competitor.
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