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

Industry: Telecom Services

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Telecom is Zen Rated C and is the 73rd ranked industry out of 145 stock market industries

Ticker	Company	Price	1d %	1w %	1m %	3m %	6m %	1y %	3y %	5y %	10y %	52-week High	52-week Low	% off 52-week High	% off 52-week Low	Beta	Volume	Vol 1d %
OOMA	OOMA INC	$22.58	-0.35%	-1.14%	12.51%	30.07%	62.10%	77.66%	72.76%	14.91%	152.57%	$26.19	$9.79	13.78%	130.57%	0.80	637,000	71.70%
VEON	VEON LTD	$68.51	-0.35%	5.40%	19.19%	29.68%	35.66%	30.30%	254.97%	24.56%	-19.40%	$69.60	$42.60	1.57%	60.82%	0.86	144,000	-31.75%
ATNI	ATN INTERNATIONAL INC	$29.76	-0.77%	-0.53%	-5.73%	11.63%	14.29%	93.18%	-13.29%	-35.53%	-54.54%	$33.41	$13.86	10.92%	114.72%	0.51	90,000	-22.41%
SKM	SK TELECOM CO LTD	$35.35	-0.67%	-5.28%	-11.54%	-4.23%	21.31%	60.97%	66.35%	-24.53%	1.66%	$47.18	$19.66	25.07%	79.81%	0.46	1,008,000	12.63%
IDT	IDT CORP	$69.55	-2.07%	2.32%	4.65%	28.58%	45.47%	4.84%	200.95%	51.23%	363.05%	$72.13	$45.81	3.58%	51.82%	0.86	190,000	-9.09%
KYIV	KYIVSTAR GROUP LTD	$13.17	-0.60%	-4.01%	0.38%	-5.79%	24.01%	26.27%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$16.53	$9.29	20.33%	41.77%	0.69	192,000	-18.99%
VIV	TELEFONICA BRASIL SA	$11.86	-0.25%	0.59%	4.04%	-10.08%	-24.07%	-6.02%	29.62%	50.32%	-15.83%	$17.26	$11.18	31.27%	6.08%	0.44	1,583,000	-31.97%
TLK	PERUSAHAAN PERSEROAN PERSERO PT TELEKOMUNIKASI INDONESIA TBK	$14.66	-2.46%	-2.27%	-1.15%	-8.60%	-17.69%	-26.33%	-39.07%	-39.32%	-53.00%	$23.52	$13.23	37.66%	10.81%	0.48	711,000	-34.17%
CXDO	CREXENDO INC	$5.64	0.18%	-2.76%	-13.89%	-20.00%	-13.50%	-16.57%	148.46%	-2.08%	302.86%	$11.23	$5.55	49.78%	1.62%	1.23	490,000	36.11%
AMX	AMERICA MOVIL SAB DE CV	$22.98	-0.95%	-0.52%	-2.96%	-14.19%	-1.96%	12.59%	25.57%	22.49%	105.18%	$28.45	$19.71	19.23%	16.59%	0.46	2,120,000	-70.24%
VOD	VODAFONE GROUP PUBLIC LTD CO	$17.46	-1.24%	1.93%	7.78%	17.26%	19.59%	48.34%	76.36%	7.58%	-39.77%	$17.71	$11.12	1.41%	57.01%	0.51	3,803,000	30.69%
TIMB	TIM SA	$19.06	0.16%	0.53%	8.36%	-11.35%	-25.17%	-11.31%	21.56%	64.88%	57.39%	$28.22	$17.14	32.46%	11.20%	0.51	226,000	-9.96%
TEO	TELECOM ARGENTINA SA	$13.80	-1.00%	5.83%	3.60%	-7.20%	22.12%	89.30%	157.94%	158.91%	-25.89%	$16.34	$6.43	15.54%	114.62%	0.87	266,000	-9.83%
SIFY	SIFY TECHNOLOGIES LTD	$13.33	-2.49%	-6.78%	-14.00%	-16.69%	-1.48%	9.62%	17.55%	-32.88%	105.71%	$17.85	$10.09	25.32%	32.11%	1.11	24,200	16.35%
KT	KT CORP	$19.45	-1.97%	-1.47%	2.37%	3.68%	-9.95%	-2.80%	58.13%	40.64%	30.01%	$24.58	$17.13	20.87%	13.58%	0.47	1,068,000	25.21%
TV	GRUPO TELEVISA SAB	$2.19	-2.67%	-7.98%	-23.16%	-25.76%	-24.48%	-25.00%	-34.82%	-82.62%	-91.03%	$3.49	$2.18	37.25%	0.46%	1.01	632,000	-62.87%
ECHO	ECHOSTAR CORP	$93.46	1.48%	2.34%	1.03%	-22.74%	-18.25%	33.90%	409.60%	278.69%	142.12%	$147.25	$65.76	36.53%	42.12%	1.09	3,209,000	32.38%
TKC	TURKCELL ILETISIM HIZMETLERI A S	$4.93	-5.01%	-6.45%	-9.04%	-19.44%	-20.61%	-15.87%	-3.52%	6.94%	-39.21%	$7.18	$4.82	31.34%	2.39%	0.51	4,948,000	172.47%
KVHI	KVH INDUSTRIES INC	$7.05	-1.40%	0.43%	-13.50%	-21.40%	-9.62%	13.53%	32.52%	-27.24%	-17.25%	$13.00	$5.09	45.77%	38.51%	0.59	148,000	4.23%
TIGO	MILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR SA	$95.55	-0.28%	2.12%	1.37%	9.44%	31.09%	100.19%	510.93%	161.35%	N/A	$107.13	$44.88	10.81%	112.90%	0.67	630,000	-31.22%
TMUS	T-MOBILE US INC	$176.26	-2.33%	-0.61%	-2.14%	-4.39%	-17.95%	-25.82%	25.18%	36.73%	278.65%	$242.37	$165.66	27.28%	6.40%	0.42	5,302,000	46.22%
PHI	PLDT INC	$17.97	-2.76%	-0.11%	-5.57%	-0.99%	-16.15%	-8.60%	-6.41%	-40.24%	-48.73%	$24.51	$17.05	26.68%	5.40%	0.40	139,000	59.77%
GLIBA	LIBERTY CAPITAL CORP	$25.02	-2.76%	-3.29%	-4.28%	18.97%	-31.47%	-30.05%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$41.87	$19.61	40.24%	27.59%	0.34	35,300	53.48%
IDCC	INTERDIGITAL INC	$328.72	0.81%	-3.13%	-5.65%	14.48%	-8.26%	1.60%	298.59%	379.74%	336.49%	$412.60	$249.14	20.33%	31.94%	0.98	224,000	7.18%
CMCSA	COMCAST CORP	$23.73	-2.83%	-3.50%	-7.20%	0.30%	-21.79%	-26.51%	-48.01%	-58.57%	-28.00%	$32.86	$21.28	27.77%	11.51%	0.66	24,296,000	-10.83%
CHT	CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO LTD	$45.18	-0.42%	1.71%	6.33%	-2.36%	4.87%	1.35%	23.11%	13.15%	28.86%	$46.48	$39.28	2.80%	15.02%	0.21	262,000	-23.62%
PCLA	PICOCELA INC	$7.19	-11.89%	-3.10%	0.70%	22.91%	208.05%	-52.11%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$19.61	$1.35	63.34%	432.59%	1.69	91,000	-20.87%
LUMN	LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES INC	$6.67	-2.34%	-2.06%	1.37%	-20.88%	-0.30%	20.40%	338.82%	-47.65%	-75.20%	$11.95	$5.52	44.18%	20.83%	1.60	11,808,000	-15.08%
RBBN	RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC	$1.64	-10.38%	-16.75%	-21.15%	-37.16%	-24.42%	-57.07%	-41.01%	-73.59%	-80.77%	$4.09	$1.55	59.90%	5.81%	1.51	3,205,000	75.71%
T	AT&T INC	$25.86	-3.22%	2.82%	4.78%	11.66%	-6.74%	-11.83%	71.37%	-6.30%	-35.67%	$29.47	$19.89	12.25%	30.02%	0.29	37,808,000	1.28%
RCI	ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC	$35.90	0.17%	-1.48%	-0.53%	-5.80%	-7.64%	0.28%	-14.30%	-23.91%	-13.56%	$41.14	$31.38	12.74%	14.40%	0.39	886,000	-39.69%
CHTR	CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC	$135.00	-4.39%	0.83%	-6.32%	-4.78%	-37.97%	-48.29%	-70.38%	-82.36%	-49.24%	$285.82	$111.55	52.77%	21.02%	0.80	2,059,000	-23.54%
BCE	BCE INC	$22.50	-1.75%	-3.56%	-3.64%	-5.54%	-13.13%	-3.97%	-44.83%	-56.09%	-50.44%	$26.52	$20.87	15.16%	7.81%	0.26	7,168,000	-2.02%
GOGO	GOGO INC	$2.55	-0.78%	-1.92%	-5.56%	-28.97%	-42.18%	-72.79%	-79.55%	-79.40%	-78.71%	$9.93	$2.46	74.32%	3.87%	1.13	1,108,000	-3.06%
TDS	TELEPHONE & DATA SYSTEMS INC	$37.07	-2.01%	-2.16%	7.39%	-5.82%	-13.41%	-2.14%	115.77%	89.91%	35.89%	$49.12	$31.51	24.53%	17.65%	0.64	1,600,000	-2.02%
VZ	VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC	$49.76	-3.28%	0.04%	3.54%	6.48%	-2.37%	13.76%	48.40%	-8.58%	-4.09%	$51.68	$38.39	3.72%	29.62%	0.21	24,328,000	29.97%
RDCM	RADCOM LTD	$10.15	-0.59%	0.89%	-1.93%	-21.32%	-4.96%	-30.67%	10.45%	-8.64%	-46.21%	$16.74	$9.40	39.37%	7.98%	0.45	77,000	-23.00%
SHEN	SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO	$11.59	-0.34%	-2.77%	-8.16%	-25.42%	-21.42%	-16.92%	-43.90%	-60.78%	-55.83%	$17.33	$9.67	33.12%	19.92%	0.72	996,000	37.95%
CABO	CABLE ONE INC	$18.94	1.66%	-10.41%	-36.61%	-59.98%	-82.42%	-88.91%	-96.96%	-99.04%	-96.58%	$180.74	$18.28	89.52%	3.61%	0.76	418,000	46.67%
CCOI	COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS INC	$8.67	-6.27%	-7.07%	-19.35%	-45.98%	-55.15%	-77.00%	-87.02%	-87.88%	-75.82%	$45.69	$8.59	81.02%	0.93%	0.85	2,223,000	35.38%
ATEX	ANTERIX INC	$76.22	0.34%	-9.19%	-16.76%	-1.82%	109.40%	260.21%	131.46%	32.44%	257.50%	$113.00	$17.58	32.55%	333.56%	0.77	240,000	-30.64%
GSAT	GLOBALSTAR INC	$81.90	0.09%	0.27%	-1.36%	2.70%	39.21%	155.22%	295.65%	205.03%	329.92%	$84.85	$33.90	3.48%	141.59%	1.41	593,000	16.73%
IQST	IQSTEL INC	$1.01	-3.81%	11.97%	-9.82%	-15.83%	-47.40%	-83.28%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$7.34	$0.87	86.24%	16.09%	0.99	656,000	117.94%
TU	TELUS CORP	$8.88	-2.20%	-6.13%	-8.36%	-24.81%	-33.58%	-44.22%	-48.28%	-60.83%	-44.19%	$16.04	$8.85	44.64%	0.40%	0.36	10,748,000	129.85%
OPTU	OPTIMUM COMMUNICATIONS INC	$1.01	2.02%	4.66%	14.25%	-21.71%	-27.34%	-57.56%	-69.85%	-96.11%	N/A	$2.79	$0.58	63.80%	73.24%	1.45	2,802,000	23.33%
LILA	LIBERTY LATIN AMERICA LTD	$8.74	-1.58%	1.04%	2.70%	12.20%	12.63%	12.48%	5.94%	-32.35%	N/A	$9.04	$4.77	3.32%	83.23%	1.01	310,000	21.57%
LBTYA	LIBERTY GLOBAL LTD	$10.40	-0.86%	-1.05%	0.29%	-13.48%	-14.54%	-11.71%	-44.44%	-63.53%	-68.02%	$13.52	$9.43	23.08%	10.34%	0.78	2,003,000	19.87%
AD	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE INC	$37.90	-0.34%	-1.40%	7.18%	-4.51%	-21.35%	-24.20%	-5.32%	22.85%	2.77%	$60.82	$33.71	37.68%	12.43%	0.47	384,000	63.40%
IOTR	IOTHREE LTD	$1.68	4.35%	-30.00%	-37.55%	-45.28%	-18.84%	-55.67%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$7.47	$1.49	77.51%	12.75%	2.10	14,400	-78.98%
UCL	UCLOUDLINK GROUP INC	$0.36	-5.59%	-14.46%	-47.79%	-66.51%	-76.95%	-86.35%	-83.49%	-93.98%	N/A	$2.79	$0.31	87.29%	13.42%	0.52	3,933,000	484.40%
IRDM	IRIDIUM COMMUNICATIONS INC	$47.28	0.40%	0.47%	-5.53%	8.81%	89.20%	160.35%	-5.76%	6.49%	534.63%	$57.18	$15.65	17.31%	202.21%	0.93	761,000	-21.63%
ELWT	ELAUWIT CONNECTION INC	$7.01	-2.91%	-1.96%	-19.05%	16.06%	0.86%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$9.72	$4.11	27.88%	70.56%	0.39	9,800	-32.88%
FNGR	FINGERMOTION INC	$0.14	-2.08%	-21.23%	-53.47%	-68.53%	-90.21%	-90.96%	-97.29%	-97.06%	N/A	$2.20	$0.13	93.59%	5.22%	1.01	77,175,000	1,297.59%
SURG	SURGEPAYS INC	$0.14	-4.64%	-16.76%	-48.20%	-67.27%	-82.90%	-95.18%	-96.91%	-97.62%	N/A	$3.14	$0.14	95.41%	0.70%	0.78	7,037,000	-20.11%

Telecom Stocks FAQ

What are the best telecom stocks to buy right now in Sep 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 telecommunication stocks to buy right now are:

1. Ooma (NYSE:OOMA)

Ooma (NYSE:OOMA) is the #1 top telecom stock out of 54 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 Ooma (NYSE:OOMA) is: Value: C, Growth: A, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Ooma (NYSE:OOMA) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 17 points higher than the telecom industry average of 27.

OOMA passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Ooma has seen its stock return 77.66% over the past year, overperforming other telecom stocks by 86 percentage points.

Ooma has an average 1 year price target of $24.67, an upside of 9.24% from Ooma's current stock price of $22.58.

Ooma stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Ooma, 100% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Veon (NASDAQ:VEON)

Veon (NASDAQ:VEON) is the #2 top telecom stock out of 54 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Veon (NASDAQ:VEON) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: C, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Veon (NASDAQ:VEON) has a Due Diligence Score of 30, which is 3 points higher than the telecom industry average of 27.

VEON passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Veon has seen its stock return 30.3% over the past year, overperforming other telecom stocks by 39 percentage points.

Veon has an average 1 year price target of $72.00, an upside of 5.09% from Veon's current stock price of $68.51.

Veon stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 analysts covering Veon, 50% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 50% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

3. Atn International (NASDAQ:ATNI)

Atn International (NASDAQ:ATNI) is the #3 top telecom stock out of 54 with a Zen Rating of B. Stocks with a rating of B have had an average return of +17.17% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Atn International (NASDAQ:ATNI) is: Value: C, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: A, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Atn International (NASDAQ:ATNI) has a Due Diligence Score of 35, which is 8 points higher than the telecom industry average of 27.

ATNI passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Atn International has seen its stock return 93.18% over the past year, overperforming other telecom stocks by 102 percentage points.

What are the telecom stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 23 telecom stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 telecom stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Liberty Capital (NASDAQ:GLIBA)

Liberty Capital (NASDAQ:GLIBA) has an annual dividend yield of 11.5%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the telecom industry average of 3.59%.

Liberty Capital's dividend payout ratio of -25.6% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Telus (NYSE:TU)

Telus (NYSE:TU) has an annual dividend yield of 8.44%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the telecom industry average of 3.59%. Telus's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% four times in the last 10 years. Telus's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Telus's dividend payout ratio of -298.5% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Pldt (NYSE:PHI)

Pldt (NYSE:PHI) has an annual dividend yield of 7.4%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the telecom industry average of 3.59%. Pldt's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% four times in the last 10 years. Pldt's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Pldt's dividend payout ratio of 65.1% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are telecom stocks down?

Telecom stocks were down -1% in the last day, and down -1.12% over the last week.

We couldn't find a catalyst for why telecom stocks are down.

What are the most undervalued telecom 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 telecom stocks right now are:

1. Pldt (NYSE:PHI)

Pldt (NYSE:PHI) is the most undervalued telecom stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Pldt has a valuation score of 14, which is -10 points higher than the telecom industry average of 24. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates PHI a Valuation Rating of "A".

Pldt's stock has dropped -8.6% in the past year. It has performed in line with other stocks in the telecom industry.

2. Kt (NYSE:KT)

Kt (NYSE:KT) is the second most undervalued telecom stock based on its Valuation Rating of A. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Kt has a valuation score of 43, which is 19 points higher than the telecom industry average of 24. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Kt's stock has dropped -2.8% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the telecom industry by 6 percentage points.

3. Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA)

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) is the third most undervalued telecom stock based on its Valuation Rating of B. Valuation is one of 7 Component Grades used to calculate the overall Zen Rating.

Comcast has a valuation score of 43, which is 19 points higher than the telecom industry average of 24. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Comcast's stock has dropped -26.51% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the telecom industry by -18 percentage points.

Are telecom stocks a good buy now?

34.29% of telecom stocks rated by analysts are a hold right now. On average, analysts expect telecom stocks to rise by 29.85% over the next year.

2.22% of telecom stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 22.22% of telecom stocks are rated B (Buy), 64.44% are rated C (Hold), 8.89% are rated D (Sell), and 2.22% are rated F (Strong Sell).

What is the average p/e ratio of the telecom services industry?

The average P/E ratio of the telecom services industry is 6.64x.

WallStreetZen does not provide financial advice and does not issue recommendations or offers to buy stock or sell any security.

Information is provided 'as-is' and solely for informational purposes and is not advice. WallStreetZen does not bear any responsibility for any losses or damage that may occur as a result of reliance on this data.

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

Telecom Stocks FAQ

1. Ooma (NYSE:OOMA)

2. Veon (NASDAQ:VEON)

3. Atn International (NASDAQ:ATNI)

1. Liberty Capital (NASDAQ:GLIBA)

2. Telus (NYSE:TU)

3. Pldt (NYSE:PHI)

1. Pldt (NYSE:PHI)

2. Kt (NYSE:KT)

3. Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA)

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1. Ooma (NYSE:OOMA)

2. Veon (NASDAQ:VEON)

3. Atn International (NASDAQ:ATNI)

1. Liberty Capital (NASDAQ:GLIBA)

2. Telus (NYSE:TU)

3. Pldt (NYSE:PHI)

1. Pldt (NYSE:PHI)

2. Kt (NYSE:KT)

3. Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA)

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