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Best Communication Equipment Stocks to Buy Now (2026)
Top communication equipment stocks in 2026 ranked by overall Zen Rating. "A" Rated stocks have returned an average of +28.50% per year, and are the best communication equipment stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Communication Equipment

Zen Rating Price Value Growth Financials Momentum Sentiment Forecast Dividends Due Diligence

Communication Equipment is Zen Rated B and is the 39th ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Exchange	Industry	Market Cap	Price	1d %	EBITDA	P/E	D/E	Country
VIAV	VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$7.00B	$28.47	8.25%	$194.00M	101.68x	0.96	United States
EXTR	EXTREME NETWORKS INC	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$3.15B	$24.03	14.16%	$113.97M	60.08x	13.80	United States
HPE	HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE CO	NYSE	Communication Equipment	$59.43B	$44.77	1.38%	$6.59B	22.16x	2.15	United States
CRNT	CERAGON NETWORKS LTD	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$208.12M	$2.28	8.06%	$22.71M	-57.00x	0.82	Israel
DGII	DIGI INTERNATIONAL INC	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$2.40B	$63.21	1.40%	$112.82M	49.00x	0.41	United States
OCC	OPTICAL CABLE CORP	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$83.20M	$9.41	5.02%	$4.26M	32.45x	1.40	United States
AUDC	AUDIOCODES LTD	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$193.04M	$7.85	2.61%	$18.89M	30.19x	1.12	Israel
ITRN	ITURAN LOCATION & CONTROL LTD	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$983.90M	$49.76	-0.34%	$102.80M	15.36x	0.84	Israel
HLIT	HARMONIC INC	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$1.04B	$9.51	2.15%	-$8.75M	-22.64x	0.76	United States
KN	KNOWLES CORP	NYSE	Communication Equipment	$2.65B	$31.27	3.10%	$130.90M	37.67x	0.35	United States
ZBRA	ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$15.16B	$322.02	0.12%	$1.12B	25.74x	1.47	United States
CIEN	CIENA CORP	NYSE	Communication Equipment	$34.51B	$243.39	5.45%	$970.71M	52.68x	1.62	United States
PI	IMPINJ INC	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$5.28B	$171.03	6.19%	$8.94M	-534.47x	0.81	United States
LTRX	LANTRONIX INC	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$241.23M	$5.17	3.30%	-$872.00k	-51.65x	0.34	United States
ERIC	ERICSSON LM TELEPHONE CO	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$34.59B	$10.26	-1.72%	$4.39B	11.25x	1.55	Sweden
AVNW	AVIAT NETWORKS INC	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$226.08M	$17.66	4.07%	$28.21M	88.30x	1.24	United States
CSCO	CISCO SYSTEMS INC	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$370.01B	$93.85	-1.95%	$20.02B	27.93x	1.58	United States
FEIM	FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS INC	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$678.88M	$60.22	11.03%	$6.21M	240.88x	0.28	United States
BKTI	BK TECHNOLOGIES CORP	NYSEMKT	Communication Equipment	$252.32M	$66.94	4.07%	$18.90M	18.39x	0.42	United States
BDC	BELDEN INC	NYSE	Communication Equipment	$3.83B	$97.83	1.64%	$458.61M	21.69x	3.29	United States
CLFD	CLEARFIELD INC	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$388.91M	$28.63	-0.31%	-$684.00k	-56.14x	0.09	United States
AIRG	AIRGAIN INC	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$52.92M	$4.04	1.25%	-$4.41M	-7.21x	0.60	United States
UI	UBIQUITI INC	NYSE	Communication Equipment	$35.85B	$592.84	15.29%	$1.33B	33.44x	0.49	United States
MSI	MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC	NYSE	Communication Equipment	$85.07B	$514.51	-0.48%	$3.72B	40.93x	5.88	United States
SILC	SILICOM LTD	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$159.29M	$27.54	4.32%	N/A	-21.50x	0.34	Israel
CRDO	CREDO TECHNOLOGY GROUP HOLDING LTD	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$22.65B	$120.51	7.28%	$589.37M	40.71x	0.10	Cayman Islands
NOK	NOKIA CORP	NYSE	Communication Equipment	$43.99B	$7.66	2.68%	$1.38B	54.33x	0.79	Finland
ADTN	ADTRAN HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$329.24M	$4.04	-2.18%	$102.55M	-15.54x	5.99	United States
GILT	GILAT SATELLITE NETWORKS LTD	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$553.68M	$7.19	7.63%	$53.71M	15.63x	0.40	United States
NTGR	NETGEAR INC	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$495.66M	$18.88	-0.79%	-$19.89M	-15.48x	0.72	United States
AAOI	APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS INC	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$4.24B	$50.13	6.91%	-$24.32M	-66.84x	0.38	United States
CMTL	COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$34.06M	$1.13	-4.24%	$10.56M	-0.49x	11.18	United States
VISN	VISTANCE NETWORKS INC	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$1.12B	$5.50	1.67%	$7.59B	0.15x	0.26	United States
AIOT	POWERFLEET INC	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$361.07M	$2.69	3.86%	$83.41M	-19.21x	0.98	United States
CLRO	CLEARONE INC	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$13.40M	$5.01	10.35%	-$20.12M	-0.46x	-3.60	United States
VSAT	VIASAT INC	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$8.90B	$63.95	7.70%	$1.75B	-92.68x	2.32	United States
MOB	MOBILICOM LTD	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$27.92M	$2.17	-8.44%	N/A	N/A	0.63	Australia
INSG	INSEEGO CORP	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$63.71M	$3.88	-1.27%	$2.60M	27.71x	-3.96	United States
TSAT	TELESAT CORP	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$640.03M	$41.79	12.37%	-$77.33M	-2.29x	19.08	Canada
AMPG	AMPLITECH GROUP INC	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$69.25M	$2.31	4.77%	-$5.59M	-6.98x	0.25	United States
ASTS	AST SPACEMOBILE INC	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$12.58B	$32.33	7.05%	-$470.75M	-15.18x	1.83	United States
ONDS	ONDAS INC	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$3.04B	$5.34	18.03%	$166.11M	-133.38x	0.90	United States
MITQ	MOVING IMAGE TECHNOLOGIES INC	NYSEMKT	Communication Equipment	$4.89M	$0.49	2.29%	$6.00k	-16.37x	0.84	United States
LITE	LUMENTUM HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$48.85B	$538.59	5.67%	-$6.51B	-6.04x	0.59	United States
SYNX	SILYNXCOM LTD	NYSEMKT	Communication Equipment	$5.98M	$0.90	-5.05%	-$1.79M	-2.80x	0.67	Israel
FKWL	FRANKLIN WIRELESS CORP	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$24.86M	$2.11	-5.38%	-$4.27M	-5.28x	0.54	United States
CHAI	CORE AI HOLDINGS INC	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$4.35M	$0.18	5.39%	-$22.79M	0.06x	9.40	Canada
NUR	NURAN WIRELESS INC	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$5.36M	$0.41	7.89%	N/A	N/A	121.14
BOSC	BOS BETTER ONLINE SOLUTIONS LTD	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$27.57M	$3.91	-0.26%	$3.91M	7.24x	0.54	Israel
BOXL	BOXLIGHT CORP	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$1.33M	$1.99	1.53%	-$5.89M	-0.01x	-60.28	United States
SONM	DNA X INC	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$3.17M	$2.13	-7.39%	-$4.96M	-0.21x	-4.67	United States
UTSI	UTSTARCOM HOLDINGS CORP	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$19.32M	$2.10	4.48%	-$6.57M	-2.08x	0.55	Hong Kong
FIEE	FIEE INC	NASDAQ	Communication Equipment	$26.61M	$3.12	2.30%	$6.79M	5.78x	0.34	United States

Communication Equipment Stocks FAQ

What are the best communication equipment stocks to buy right now in Nov 2026?

According to Zen Ratings, our proprietary rating system that evaluates 115 factors proven to drive growth in stocks and assigns each stock in our system an overall letter grade as well as 7 individual Component Grades for Value, Growth, Momentum, Sentiment, Safety, Financials, and proprietary AI algorithms, the 3 best communication equipment stocks to buy right now are:

1. Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV)

Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV) is the #1 top communication equipment stock out of 53 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Viavi Solutions (NASDAQ:VIAV) has a Due Diligence Score of 49, which is 15 points higher than the communication equipment industry average of 34.

VIAV passed 16 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Viavi Solutions has seen its stock return 62.31% over the past year, overperforming other communication equipment stocks by 51 percentage points.

Viavi Solutions has an average 1 year price target of $57.83, an upside of 103.14% from Viavi Solutions's current stock price of $28.47.

Viavi Solutions stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Viavi Solutions, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 16.67% have issued a Buy, 16.67% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Extreme Networks (NASDAQ:EXTR)

Extreme Networks (NASDAQ:EXTR) is the #2 top communication equipment stock out of 53 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Extreme Networks (NASDAQ:EXTR) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Extreme Networks (NASDAQ:EXTR) has a Due Diligence Score of 43, which is 9 points higher than the communication equipment industry average of 34.

EXTR passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Extreme Networks has seen its stock return 37.24% over the past year, overperforming other communication equipment stocks by 26 percentage points.

Extreme Networks has an average 1 year price target of $34.80, an upside of 44.82% from Extreme Networks's current stock price of $24.03.

Extreme Networks stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Extreme Networks, 80% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 20% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE:HPE)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE:HPE) is the #3 top communication equipment stock out of 53 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +28.5% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE:HPE) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: B.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE:HPE) has a Due Diligence Score of 61, which is 27 points higher than the communication equipment industry average of 34.

HPE passed 22 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co has seen its stock return 91.32% over the past year, overperforming other communication equipment stocks by 80 percentage points.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co has an average 1 year price target of $70.90, an upside of 58.35% from Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co's current stock price of $44.77.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 19 analysts covering Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co, 47.37% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 10.53% have issued a Buy, 42.11% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the communication equipment stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 11 communication equipment stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 communication equipment stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Vistance Networks (NASDAQ:VISN)

Vistance Networks (NASDAQ:VISN) has an annual dividend yield of 90.99%, which is 81 percentage points higher than the communication equipment industry average of 10.3%.

Vistance Networks's dividend payout ratio of 41.2% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

2. Ituran Location & Control (NASDAQ:ITRN)

Ituran Location & Control (NASDAQ:ITRN) has an annual dividend yield of 6.03%, which is -4 percentage points lower than the communication equipment industry average of 10.3%. Ituran Location & Control's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. Ituran Location & Control's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Ituran Location & Control's dividend payout ratio of 92.6% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Audiocodes (NASDAQ:AUDC)

Audiocodes (NASDAQ:AUDC) has an annual dividend yield of 5.1%, which is -5 percentage points lower than the communication equipment industry average of 10.3%. Audiocodes's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Audiocodes's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Audiocodes's dividend payout ratio of 153.8% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are communication equipment stocks up?

Communication equipment stocks were up 5.2% in the last day, and down -13.25% over the last week. Ubiquiti was the among the top gainers in the communication equipment industry, gaining 15.29% yesterday.

Ubiquiti shares are trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected Q1 financial results.

What are the most undervalued communication equipment stocks?

Based on the Valuation rating, one of the 7 components of a stocks overall Zen Ratings grade, which evaluates factors including estimated earnings yield, earnings before interest and taxes/enterprise value, cash flow yield, free cash flow to price, and price-to-earnings growth (PEG ratio), the 3 most undervalued communication equipment stocks right now are:

1. Audiocodes (NASDAQ:AUDC)

Audiocodes (NASDAQ:AUDC) is the most undervalued communication equipment stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Audiocodes has a valuation score of 71, which is 47 points higher than the communication equipment industry average of 24. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Audiocodes's stock has dropped -14.95% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the communication equipment industry by -26 percentage points.

2. Aviat Networks (NASDAQ:AVNW)

Aviat Networks (NASDAQ:AVNW) is the second most undervalued communication equipment stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Aviat Networks has a valuation score of 57, which is 33 points higher than the communication equipment industry average of 24. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Aviat Networks's stock has dropped -24.3% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the communication equipment industry by -36 percentage points.

3. Ericsson LM Telephone Co (NASDAQ:ERIC)

Ericsson LM Telephone Co (NASDAQ:ERIC) is the third most undervalued communication equipment stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Ericsson LM Telephone Co has a valuation score of 71, which is 47 points higher than the communication equipment industry average of 24. It passed 5 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Ericsson LM Telephone Co's stock has gained 5.34% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the communication equipment industry by -6 percentage points.

Are communication equipment stocks a good buy now?

53.13% of communication equipment stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect communication equipment stocks to rise by 53.77% over the next year.

16.67% of communication equipment stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 21.43% of communication equipment stocks are rated B (Buy), 40.48% are rated C (Hold), 14.29% are rated D (Sell), and 7.14% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the communication equipment industry?

The average P/E ratio of the communication equipment industry is 23.1x.

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