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Best Telecom Stocks to Buy Now (2025)

Top telecom stocks in 2025 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.

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:

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 +32.52% per year. Learn more.

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

Ooma (NYSE:OOMA) has a Due Diligence Score of 20, which is -6 points lower than the telecom industry average of 26. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates OOMA as a "A".

OOMA passed 6 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Ooma has seen its stock return 41.38% over the past year, overperforming other telecom stocks by 32 percentage points.

Ooma has an average 1 year price target of $18.50, an upside of 48.36% from Ooma's current stock price of $12.47.

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.

Crexendo (NASDAQ:CXDO) is the #2 top telecom stock out of 54 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 Crexendo (NASDAQ:CXDO) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Crexendo (NASDAQ:CXDO) has a Due Diligence Score of 42, which is 16 points higher than the telecom industry average of 26.

CXDO passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Crexendo has seen its stock return 75.74% over the past year, overperforming other telecom stocks by 66 percentage points.

Crexendo has an average 1 year price target of $8.75, an upside of 63.25% from Crexendo's current stock price of $5.36.

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

Radcom (NASDAQ:RDCM) is the #3 top telecom stock out of 54 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 Radcom (NASDAQ:RDCM) is: Value: C, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: C.

Radcom (NASDAQ:RDCM) has a Due Diligence Score of 51, which is 25 points higher than the telecom industry average of 26.

RDCM passed 17 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Radcom has seen its stock return 31.17% over the past year, overperforming other telecom stocks by 22 percentage points.

Radcom has an average 1 year price target of $18.00, an upside of 45.99% from Radcom's current stock price of $12.33.

Radcom stock has a consensus Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Radcom, 0% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 100% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Out of 22 telecom stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 telecom stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

GPA (NYSE:TLK) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the telecom industry average of 3.8%. GPA's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. GPA's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

GPA's dividend payout ratio of 78.4% indicates that its dividend yield is sustainable for the long-term.

Bce (NYSE:BCE) has an annual dividend yield of 12.01%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the telecom industry average of 3.8%. Bce's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% two times in the last 10 years. Bce's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Bce's dividend payout ratio of 1,211.1% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Cogent Communications Holdings (NASDAQ:CCOI) has an annual dividend yield of 8.52%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the telecom industry average of 3.8%. Cogent Communications Holdings's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Cogent Communications Holdings's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Cogent Communications Holdings's dividend payout ratio of -99.2% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Telecom stocks were up 0.1% in the last day, and down -2.12% over the last week.

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

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:

Veon (NASDAQ:VEON) 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.

Veon has a valuation score of 29, which is 10 points higher than the telecom industry average of 19. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Veon's stock has gained 51.61% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the telecom industry by 42 percentage points.

Pldt (NYSE:PHI) 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.

Pldt has a valuation score of 29, which is 10 points higher than the telecom industry average of 19. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Pldt's stock has dropped -9.53% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the telecom industry by -19 percentage points.

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 24 points higher than the telecom industry average of 19. It passed 3 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Comcast's stock has dropped -5.9% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the telecom industry by -15 percentage points.

40% of telecom stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect telecom stocks to rise by 38.9% over the next year.

6.38% of telecom stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 21.28% of telecom stocks are rated B (Buy), 59.57% are rated C (Hold), 6.38% are rated D (Sell), and 6.38% are rated F (Strong Sell).