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T-Mobile US, Inc.: Q2 FY2026 earnings call

What management said about Q2 FY2026, from the documents filed with the SEC on 23 July 2026: press release. Guidance figures: 2 raised, 4 kept. The quarter’s numbers.

Key takeaways

  • Service revenue grew 9%: Total service revenues were $19.0 billion, up 9% year-over-year, and postpaid service revenues were $15.9 billion, up 13%. Total revenues were $22,791 million, down 1.4% from Q1 2026. Source
  • Core Adjusted EBITDA rose 12%: Core Adjusted EBITDA was $9,537 million in Q2 2026, against $9,240 million in Q1 2026 and $8,541 million in Q2 2025. Source
  • Net account additions down 13%: Postpaid net account additions were 277 thousand in Q2 2026, down 41 thousand from Q2 2025 and up from 217 thousand in Q1 2026. Six-month additions were 494 thousand. Source
  • Record wireless NPS of 46: The company's wireless NPS was 46, its highest ever and the highest for any big three carrier, according to HarrisX Mobile Insights for Q2 2026. Source
  • UScellular costs reduced EPS: UScellular merger-related costs, including accelerated depreciation, reduced Q2 2026 net income by $146 million, or $0.14 per diluted share. Source
  • Adjusted Free Cash Flow $4.8 billion: Adjusted Free Cash Flow was $4,797 million in Q2 2026, up from $4,599 million in Q1 2026 and $4,596 million in Q2 2025. Six-month total was $9,396 million. Source
  • Stockholder returns of $3.3 billion: Q2 2026 stockholder returns were $3.3 billion, including $2.2 billion of common stock repurchases and $1.1 billion of cash dividends. Source

“Q2 marked another strong quarter of execution as we continued making meaningful progress toward our ambitious 2026 and 2027 objectives, including achieving our highest-ever wireless NPS score of 46”

Srini Gopalan, CEO of T-Mobile

Guidance

AreaPeriodFigureAgainst last quarter
Postpaid net account additions Source2026between 950 thousand and 1.05 millionKept
Core Adjusted EBITDA Source2026between $37.1 billion and $37.5 billionKept
Net cash provided by operating activities Source2026between $28.4 billion and $28.8 billionRaised from $28.1 billion to $28.7 billion
Capital expenditures Source2026approximately $10.0 billionKept
Adjusted Free Cash Flow Source2026between $18.4 billion and $18.8 billionRaised from $18.1 billion to $18.7 billion
Effective tax rate Source202625% to 26%Kept

What changed from last quarter

  • Guidance raised: Cash flow guidance was raised for operating cash flow and Adjusted Free Cash Flow; account, profitability and capex guidance were reiterated. Source
  • Guidance kept: Capex guidance of about $10.0 billion carried over unchanged from the prior release, along with account, Core Adjusted EBITDA and tax rate ranges. Source
  • New: Metronet agreed to repurchase certain customer accounts, a base adjustment reducing postpaid accounts by 16,000 with no effect on net additions. Source
  • New: Retail initiatives to close certain dealer and corporate owned stores carried $108 million of costs in Q2 2026. Source

Results and growth drivers

  • Service revenue grew 9%: Total service revenues were $19.0 billion, up 9% year-over-year, and postpaid service revenues were $15.9 billion, up 13%. Total revenues were $22,791 million, down 1.4% from Q1 2026. Source
  • Core Adjusted EBITDA rose 12%: Core Adjusted EBITDA was $9,537 million in Q2 2026, against $9,240 million in Q1 2026 and $8,541 million in Q2 2025. Source
  • Net income and diluted EPS grew: Net income was $3.2 billion, up 1% year-over-year, and diluted EPS was $2.99, up 5%, against $2.27 in Q1 2026. Source
  • Six-month service revenue up 10%: Six-month total service revenues were $37.8 billion, up 10.0% year-over-year. Six-month total revenues were $45.9 billion, up 9.2%. Source

Accounts and ARPA

  • Net account additions down 13%: Postpaid net account additions were 277 thousand in Q2 2026, down 41 thousand from Q2 2025 and up from 217 thousand in Q1 2026. Six-month additions were 494 thousand. Source
  • ARPA rose 2% year-over-year: Postpaid ARPA was $152.91 in Q2 2026, up from $151.93 in Q1 2026 and $149.87 in Q2 2025. Six-month ARPA was $152.42. Source
  • Churn fell from first quarter: Postpaid account churn was 0.99% in Q2 2026, against 1.04% in Q1 2026 and 0.92% in Q2 2025. Six-month churn was 1.02%. Source
  • Postpaid accounts reached 34.7 million: Total postpaid accounts were 34,700 thousand at June 30, 2026, up from 31,502 thousand at June 30, 2025. Source

“Our strategy is simple: give customers the best network, the best value, and the best experience, all in one place.”

Srini Gopalan, CEO of T-Mobile

Network and customer experience

  • Record wireless NPS of 46: The company's wireless NPS was 46, its highest ever and the highest for any big three carrier, according to HarrisX Mobile Insights for Q2 2026. Source
  • Ookla ranked best mobile network: Ookla named T-Mobile Best Mobile Network in its Speedtest Connectivity report for the third consecutive time, covering H1 2026. Source
  • Opensignal and P3 awards: Opensignal named T-Mobile the most awarded network, sweeping Quality of Experience and Network Performance categories. P3 named it Test Champion in its Q2 2026 benchmark. Source

Costs and special items

  • UScellular costs reduced EPS: UScellular merger-related costs, including accelerated depreciation, reduced Q2 2026 net income by $146 million, or $0.14 per diluted share. Source
  • Merger costs excluded from EBITDA: UScellular merger-related costs were $182 million in Q2 2026 and $406 million in Q1 2026, and are excluded from Adjusted EBITDA. Source
  • Network restructuring costs declined: Network restructuring initiative costs were $52 million in Q2 2026, against $76 million in Q1 2026 and $93 million in Q4 2025. Source
  • Other, net severance and restructuring: Other, net was $151 million in Q2 2026 and $188 million in Q1 2026, mainly covering severance, restructuring and other items not tied to the UScellular acquisition. Source

“we see a tremendous runway for growth across both wireless and broadband, as well as new businesses.”

Srini Gopalan, CEO of T-Mobile

Cash flow and margins

  • Adjusted Free Cash Flow $4.8 billion: Adjusted Free Cash Flow was $4,797 million in Q2 2026, up from $4,599 million in Q1 2026 and $4,596 million in Q2 2025. Six-month total was $9,396 million. Source
  • Operating cash flow grew 7%: Net cash provided by operating activities was $7,500 million in Q2 2026, up from $7,222 million in Q1 2026 and $6,992 million in Q2 2025. Source
  • Operating cash margin by quarter: Net cash from operating activities was 39.5% of service revenues in Q2 2026, against 38.4% in Q1 2026 and 40.1% in Q2 2025. Source
  • Adjusted FCF margin 25.3%: Adjusted Free Cash Flow was 25.3% of service revenues in Q2 2026, against 24.4% in Q1 2026 and 26.4% in Q2 2025. Source

Capital and shareholder returns

  • Stockholder returns of $3.3 billion: Q2 2026 stockholder returns were $3.3 billion, including $2.2 billion of common stock repurchases and $1.1 billion of cash dividends. Source
  • Repurchases continued into Q3: Through July 17, 2026, the company bought back an additional $392 million in Q3; repurchases since the start of Q2 total $2.5 billion. Source
  • Cumulative returns reach $54.6 billion: Cumulative stockholder returns since Q3 2022 through June 30, 2026 total $54.6 billion: $44.2 billion of repurchases and $10.4 billion of cash dividends. Source

Stores, workforce and investment

  • Large-format experience stores: Management said the store closures are tied to digital initiatives to simplify routine transactions, with a shift in part to large-format experience stores. Source
  • Workforce transformation severance: Severance for the 2025-2026 workforce transformation was $390 million in Q4 2025 and $141 million in Q1 2026; the six-month total is also $141 million. Source
  • Investment in network and technology: Management said it keeps investing in its network and technology while seeing runway for growth in wireless, broadband and new businesses. Source

Coming up, as management said on 23 July 2026

  • Return authorization runs to year-end: The current stockholder return authorization of up to $18.2 billion runs through December 31, 2026. Source

Figures management reported

FigureReported
Postpaid net account additions Source277 thousand
Postpaid account churn Source0.99%
Postpaid ARPA Source$152.91
Total postpaid accounts (end of period) Source34,700 thousand
Capital expenditures (cash purchases of property and equipment, including capitalized interest) Source$2,703 million

Risks management discussed

  • Financial: Adjusted Free Cash Flow guidance does not assume material net cash inflows from securitization. Source
  • Financial: Net income cannot be forecast without unreasonable effort because Special Items, income tax expense and interest expense are highly variable. Source

Earlier plans management reported on

  • Not stated: Management said it continued making meaningful progress toward its ambitious 2026 and 2027 objectives. Source
  • Not stated: Account and profitability guidance for 2026 was reiterated while cash flow guidance was raised. Source

Other quarters

Summarised with AI from the documents the company filed with the SEC. Every point is checked against the filing before it is shown: management’s own words word for word, figures against the line or table row they come from. A point that fails the check is left out. Source opens the filing at that line.