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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 +32.52% per year, and are the best telecom stocks to buy now. Learn More.

Industry: Telecom Services

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Telecom is Zen Rated B and is the 54th 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 %
TIGO	MILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR SA	$62.22	2.29%	2.74%	12.53%	33.63%	55.51%	126.75%	258.41%	68.03%	N/A	$62.56	$25.50	0.54%	143.98%	0.70	876,000	40.61%
OOMA	OOMA INC	$11.62	-3.81%	-4.44%	0.52%	4.12%	1.04%	-21.38%	-17.53%	-13.73%	71.13%	$15.65	$9.79	25.73%	18.66%	0.81	110,000	-15.38%
TIMB	TIM SA	$24.08	-0.33%	5.24%	24.38%	3.79%	34.53%	82.01%	114.23%	100.00%	204.42%	$24.40	$13.10	1.31%	83.82%	0.52	314,000	38.94%
VIV	TELEFONICA BRASIL SA	$14.45	-0.55%	6.17%	22.15%	13.16%	31.72%	66.47%	84.08%	74.94%	65.71%	$14.67	$8.09	1.50%	78.62%	0.43	779,000	16.10%
IHS	IHS HOLDING LTD	$8.00	0.63%	1.14%	9.89%	17.13%	23.65%	132.56%	5.96%	N/A	N/A	$8.21	$3.23	2.56%	147.68%	0.92	593,000	-49.05%
IDT	IDT CORP	$48.12	0.92%	-2.23%	-7.10%	-6.14%	-16.66%	2.14%	65.02%	242.98%	278.90%	$71.12	$45.07	32.34%	6.77%	1.03	95,500	-12.39%
CXDO	CREXENDO INC	$7.00	1.74%	-6.67%	7.53%	12.00%	25.45%	19.86%	284.62%	0.00%	872.22%	$7.80	$3.75	10.26%	86.67%	1.15	103,000	-37.58%
AMX	AMERICA MOVIL SAB DE CV	$21.50	-0.42%	3.61%	3.12%	-6.64%	17.61%	50.67%	1.65%	62.76%	52.05%	$23.68	$13.10	9.21%	64.12%	0.46	2,196,000	-11.63%
ATNI	ATN INTERNATIONAL INC	$23.35	4.78%	-0.51%	1.39%	56.92%	34.89%	49.11%	-50.53%	-45.92%	-69.67%	$24.07	$13.76	2.99%	69.69%	0.53	47,800	33.89%
RDCM	RADCOM LTD	$12.30	-1.99%	-4.35%	-7.93%	-9.63%	-12.27%	-8.07%	16.15%	18.27%	-18.33%	$15.98	$9.88	23.03%	24.56%	0.44	45,500	170.83%
KYIV	KYIVSTAR GROUP LTD	$12.05	0.33%	-10.01%	-7.94%	-11.40%	14.76%	16.65%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$15.30	$10.16	21.24%	18.60%	0.44	1,291,000	-32.69%
TKC	TURKCELL ILETISIM HIZMETLERI A S	$6.69	1.21%	1.98%	19.89%	10.95%	20.32%	-10.56%	30.92%	23.20%	-24.49%	$7.60	$5.35	11.97%	25.05%	0.48	794,000	32.55%
KT	KT CORP	$21.08	1.74%	7.17%	10.60%	11.53%	3.64%	18.96%	46.39%	100.38%	71.10%	$21.61	$16.25	2.47%	29.72%	0.45	1,894,000	28.93%
VEON	VEON LTD	$55.72	3.05%	0.80%	6.09%	16.42%	-0.41%	23.55%	345.76%	38.43%	-32.26%	$64.00	$34.55	12.94%	61.27%	0.82	65,000	-10.96%
RBBN	RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC	$2.68	-0.74%	-0.74%	-8.84%	-22.32%	-30.75%	-31.81%	-21.41%	-63.34%	-55.33%	$5.38	$2.61	50.19%	2.68%	1.57	280,000	-31.71%
CABO	CABLE ONE INC	$75.65	3.86%	-9.22%	-35.85%	-51.17%	-45.41%	-76.57%	-90.27%	-96.22%	-82.41%	$311.02	$70.37	75.68%	7.50%	0.82	171,000	-24.34%
BCE	BCE INC	$25.49	0.87%	3.16%	9.02%	8.51%	7.73%	7.55%	-45.70%	-39.88%	-36.75%	$26.01	$20.28	2.00%	25.69%	0.30	4,019,000	-6.90%
RCI	ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC	$38.57	6.28%	3.99%	2.85%	-3.04%	14.52%	34.16%	-19.93%	-14.44%	12.81%	$40.26	$23.18	4.20%	66.39%	0.40	2,705,000	150.46%
IDCC	INTERDIGITAL INC	$330.93	-0.30%	0.25%	0.20%	-13.57%	49.51%	83.71%	379.40%	415.39%	634.75%	$412.60	$177.00	19.79%	86.97%	0.95	202,000	48.53%
PHI	PLDT INC	$22.56	-0.31%	-1.91%	4.40%	20.13%	-1.87%	0.04%	-12.86%	-24.42%	-51.92%	$25.12	$18.61	10.19%	21.23%	0.43	32,300	-9.52%
TV	GRUPO TELEVISA SAB	$3.25	-2.40%	-4.41%	11.30%	18.18%	30.00%	74.73%	-44.92%	-56.72%	-87.73%	$3.47	$1.55	6.34%	109.68%	1.04	945,000	57.76%
IRDM	IRIDIUM COMMUNICATIONS INC	$20.90	-1.37%	-4.08%	21.87%	23.45%	-15.08%	-26.25%	-64.29%	-57.58%	200.29%	$34.45	$15.65	39.33%	33.59%	0.96	2,314,000	-3.10%
T	AT&T INC	$25.13	4.40%	6.57%	1.45%	-0.04%	-8.32%	3.71%	24.65%	-12.22%	-30.31%	$29.79	$22.95	15.64%	9.50%	0.36	73,203,000	-12.29%
TLK	PERUSAHAAN PERSEROAN PERSERO PT TELEKOMUNIKASI INDONESIA TBK	$20.85	1.66%	-8.55%	-1.23%	4.35%	18.80%	24.11%	-21.32%	-7.37%	-14.90%	$23.52	$13.15	11.33%	58.56%	0.49	724,000	-4.23%
GSAT	GLOBALSTAR INC	$64.65	-4.29%	-1.55%	7.77%	55.63%	171.18%	174.52%	226.52%	310.48%	236.72%	$74.88	$17.24	13.66%	275.00%	1.52	606,000	-26.01%
GOGO	GOGO INC	$4.54	0.00%	-8.10%	-2.99%	-47.88%	-72.08%	-45.10%	-72.15%	-66.12%	-68.80%	$16.82	$4.44	73.01%	2.25%	1.14	1,643,000	-12.65%
ELWT	ELAUWIT CONNECTION INC	$5.06	-3.62%	-18.65%	9.29%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$8.75	$4.11	42.17%	23.11%	-1.32	33,800	36.29%
CHT	CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO LTD	$42.64	-0.14%	-0.05%	2.21%	-0.40%	-2.27%	9.39%	11.59%	10.18%	37.02%	$47.03	$37.03	9.33%	15.15%	0.23	186,000	18.47%
KORE	KORE GROUP HOLDINGS INC	$4.92	0.82%	-0.20%	9.33%	38.59%	106.29%	116.74%	-58.31%	-90.60%	N/A	$5.03	$2.00	2.19%	146.00%	0.77	35,000	-20.45%
CMCSA	COMCAST CORP	$29.24	2.92%	0.03%	-2.11%	2.49%	-10.94%	-21.73%	-25.48%	-41.01%	4.97%	$37.98	$25.75	23.00%	13.55%	0.72	65,923,000	41.99%
VZ	VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC	$39.81	1.01%	0.84%	-1.66%	-0.99%	-6.79%	-1.17%	-3.02%	-27.29%	-20.33%	$47.36	$38.39	15.93%	3.70%	0.26	43,746,000	79.43%
TU	TELUS CORP	$13.91	-0.36%	2.13%	7.08%	-5.69%	-14.40%	-3.54%	-34.79%	-32.57%	0.32%	$16.74	$12.54	16.91%	10.93%	0.40	5,325,000	-6.99%
GLIBA	GCI LIBERTY INC	$37.75	3.42%	-1.38%	3.62%	3.82%	9.26%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$39.24	$28.00	3.80%	34.82%	0.53	27,200	11.48%
VOD	VODAFONE GROUP PUBLIC LTD CO	$14.71	0.96%	5.52%	11.86%	23.61%	32.40%	72.05%	26.59%	-14.23%	-54.32%	$14.84	$8.00	0.88%	83.88%	0.53	4,521,000	29.28%
TMUS	T-MOBILE US INC	$189.28	1.63%	2.10%	-6.83%	-11.97%	-20.89%	-19.51%	28.78%	50.13%	371.43%	$276.49	$181.36	31.54%	4.37%	0.50	5,915,000	-15.93%
CHTR	CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC	$191.52	4.76%	-0.60%	-8.38%	-20.72%	-31.77%	-46.70%	-51.01%	-68.48%	11.76%	$437.06	$180.38	56.18%	6.18%	0.84	3,759,000	52.00%
LUMN	LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES INC	$8.93	-2.51%	0.11%	18.28%	-18.82%	94.55%	78.24%	73.74%	-27.87%	-64.87%	$11.95	$3.01	25.27%	196.68%	1.44	11,869,000	-5.97%
SIFY	SIFY TECHNOLOGIES LTD	$14.75	2.50%	-4.96%	15.87%	14.70%	137.90%	391.67%	42.10%	17.06%	134.13%	$17.85	$3.10	17.37%	375.81%	1.19	122,000	10.91%
AD	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE INC	$47.38	1.70%	-21.40%	-12.28%	-5.84%	-33.85%	-25.74%	96.68%	51.96%	25.88%	$79.17	$44.03	40.15%	7.61%	0.52	167,000	-28.02%
ATEX	ANTERIX INC	$26.60	-4.69%	9.65%	22.47%	37.11%	23.03%	-9.00%	-23.17%	-26.68%	10.51%	$42.91	$17.58	38.01%	51.31%	0.69	335,000	-64.92%
SKM	SK TELECOM CO LTD	$27.37	0.59%	15.53%	32.48%	30.40%	24.58%	26.77%	28.38%	-31.19%	-15.66%	$27.83	$19.66	1.65%	39.22%	0.41	1,888,000	-16.97%
TDS	TELEPHONE & DATA SYSTEMS INC	$44.72	2.50%	-0.29%	10.07%	14.02%	14.87%	24.99%	239.30%	138.51%	92.84%	$45.02	$31.07	0.67%	43.93%	0.68	1,005,000	75.09%
SHEN	SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO	$11.29	2.26%	-3.01%	-2.08%	-13.88%	-23.72%	4.34%	-41.26%	-70.95%	-50.87%	$15.84	$9.67	28.70%	16.81%	0.73	239,000	6.22%
IQST	IQSTEL INC	$2.81	-3.44%	-6.64%	-18.08%	-51.97%	-69.29%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$14.70	$2.63	80.88%	6.84%	1.12	51,600	-54.34%
OPTU	OPTIMUM COMMUNICATIONS INC	$1.60	1.27%	-12.09%	-5.33%	-24.17%	-37.25%	-45.95%	-66.24%	-95.50%	N/A	$3.20	$1.55	50.00%	3.23%	1.46	2,188,000	16.01%
FNGR	FINGERMOTION INC	$1.22	-0.41%	-0.41%	-11.31%	-24.06%	-34.68%	-8.65%	-67.51%	-90.82%	N/A	$5.20	$1.07	76.63%	13.55%	0.92	129,000	19.44%
CCOI	COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS INC	$24.04	2.78%	-2.71%	9.52%	-44.08%	-48.69%	-67.73%	-64.69%	-57.79%	-28.05%	$84.06	$15.96	71.40%	50.63%	0.78	791,000	53.89%
LBTYA	LIBERTY GLOBAL LTD	$11.12	3.73%	5.70%	-0.54%	3.83%	13.01%	-5.44%	-47.89%	-53.94%	-67.68%	$12.09	$9.03	7.99%	23.21%	0.81	3,230,000	115.76%
LBRDA	LIBERTY BROADBAND CORP	$44.55	4.80%	-0.31%	-7.92%	-19.53%	-29.93%	-43.76%	-50.91%	-69.31%	-6.41%	$102.38	$42.05	56.49%	5.95%	0.89	187,000	-14.61%
LILA	LIBERTY LATIN AMERICA LTD	$7.73	5.60%	-0.90%	3.07%	1.71%	15.37%	15.89%	-21.04%	-23.39%	N/A	$9.04	$4.26	14.49%	81.67%	1.12	454,000	24.04%
IOTR	IOTHREE LTD	$4.62	6.21%	-9.41%	84.80%	46.99%	-4.35%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$59.80	$2.24	92.27%	106.25%	3.14	1,314,000	153.67%
PCLA	PICOCELA INC	$5.77	-10.96%	3.57%	-37.98%	-52.55%	-62.11%	-96.19%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$294.00	$3.46	98.04%	66.81%	1.72	46,000	-87.99%
UCL	UCLOUDLINK GROUP INC	$1.56	-1.27%	-3.47%	-22.00%	-28.57%	-44.29%	15.56%	-72.14%	-85.16%	N/A	$4.19	$0.80	62.77%	95.00%	0.51	2,600	-87.25%

Telecom Stocks FAQ

What are the best telecom stocks to buy right now in Jan 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. Millicom International Cellular Sa (NASDAQ:TIGO)

Millicom International Cellular Sa (NASDAQ:TIGO) is the #1 top telecom stock out of 53 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

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

Millicom International Cellular Sa (NASDAQ:TIGO) has a Due Diligence Score of 43, which is 15 points higher than the telecom industry average of 28.

TIGO passed 16 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Millicom International Cellular Sa has seen its stock return 126.75% over the past year, overperforming other telecom stocks by 145 percentage points.

Millicom International Cellular Sa has an average 1 year price target of $59.93, a downside of -3.68% from Millicom International Cellular Sa's current stock price of $62.22.

Millicom International Cellular Sa stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Millicom International Cellular Sa, 66.67% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 33.33% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

2. Ooma (NYSE:OOMA)

Ooma (NYSE:OOMA) is the #2 top telecom stock out of 53 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Ooma (NYSE:OOMA) is: Value: B, Growth: A, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: A, and AI: A.

Ooma (NYSE:OOMA) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 16 points higher than the telecom industry average of 28.

OOMA passed 14 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Ooma has seen its stock lose -21.38% over the past year, underperforming other telecom stocks by -3 percentage points.

Ooma has an average 1 year price target of $19.00, an upside of 63.51% from Ooma's current stock price of $11.62.

Ooma stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 2 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.

3. Tim Sa (NYSE:TIMB)

Tim Sa (NYSE:TIMB) is the #3 top telecom stock out of 53 with a Zen Rating of A. Stocks with a rating of A have had an average return of +32.52% per year. Learn more.

The Component Grade breakdown for Tim Sa (NYSE:TIMB) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: A, and AI: A.

Tim Sa (NYSE:TIMB) has a Due Diligence Score of 35, which is 7 points higher than the telecom industry average of 28.

TIMB passed 13 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Tim Sa has seen its stock return 82.01% over the past year, overperforming other telecom stocks by 100 percentage points.

Tim Sa has an average 1 year price target of $24.70, an upside of 2.57% from Tim Sa's current stock price of $24.08.

Tim Sa stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 3 analysts covering Tim Sa, 33.33% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 66.67% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the telecom stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 16 telecom stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 telecom stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Cogent Communications Holdings (NASDAQ:CCOI)

Cogent Communications Holdings (NASDAQ:CCOI) has an annual dividend yield of 12.69%, which is 9 percentage points higher than the telecom industry average of 3.88%. Cogent Communications Holdings's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Cogent Communications Holdings's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Cogent Communications Holdings's dividend payout ratio of -99.1% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Gci Liberty (NASDAQ:GLIBA)

Gci Liberty (NASDAQ:GLIBA) has an annual dividend yield of 7.63%, which is 4 percentage points higher than the telecom industry average of 3.88%.

3. Verizon (NYSE:VZ)

Verizon (NYSE:VZ) has an annual dividend yield of 6.87%, which is 3 percentage points higher than the telecom industry average of 3.88%. Verizon's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Verizon's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Verizon's dividend payout ratio of 57.9% indicates that its high dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Why are telecom stocks up?

Telecom stocks were up 1.38% in the last day, and down -0.67% over the last week. Rogers Communications was the among the top gainers in the telecom services industry, gaining 6.28% yesterday.

Rogers Communication shares are trading higher after the company reported better-than-expected Q4 financial results.

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 57, which is 32 points higher than the telecom industry average of 25. It passed 4 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Pldt's stock has gained 0.04% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the telecom industry by 18 percentage points.

2. Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR)

Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) 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.

Charter Communications has a valuation score of 100, which is 75 points higher than the telecom industry average of 25. It passed 7 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Charter Communications's stock has dropped -46.7% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the telecom industry by -28 percentage points.

3. Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA)

Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA) is the third 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.

Comcast has a valuation score of 43, which is 18 points higher than the telecom industry average of 25. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Comcast's stock has dropped -21.73% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the telecom industry by -3 percentage points.

Are telecom stocks a good buy now?

43.24% of telecom stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect telecom stocks to rise by 33.11% over the next year.

17.02% of telecom stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 12.77% of telecom stocks are rated B (Buy), 51.06% are rated C (Hold), 10.64% are rated D (Sell), and 8.51% 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 9.96x.

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1. Millicom International Cellular Sa (NASDAQ:TIGO)

2. Ooma (NYSE:OOMA)

3. Tim Sa (NYSE:TIMB)

1. Cogent Communications Holdings (NASDAQ:CCOI)

2. Gci Liberty (NASDAQ:GLIBA)

3. Verizon (NYSE:VZ)

1. Pldt (NYSE:PHI)

2. Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR)

3. Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA)

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1. Millicom International Cellular Sa (NASDAQ:TIGO)

2. Ooma (NYSE:OOMA)

3. Tim Sa (NYSE:TIMB)

1. Cogent Communications Holdings (NASDAQ:CCOI)

2. Gci Liberty (NASDAQ:GLIBA)

3. Verizon (NYSE:VZ)

1. Pldt (NYSE:PHI)

2. Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR)

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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 +32.52% per year, and are the best telecom stocks to buy now. Learn More.