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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.

Industry: Telecom Services

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Telecom is Zen Rated B and is the 52nd 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	$12.53	-2.03%	-0.24%	10.69%	-1.34%	-8.81%	11.58%	-2.79%	-6.21%	43.69%	$17.00	$10.88	26.29%	15.17%	0.80	90,000	-8.16%
IHS	IHS HOLDING LTD	$7.61	3.82%	4.68%	4.10%	27.68%	107.36%	143.91%	-2.81%	N/A	N/A	$7.66	$2.44	0.65%	211.89%	0.90	830,000	70.08%
KT	KT CORP	$19.74	-1.60%	-2.66%	-1.79%	-1.94%	9.91%	28.02%	46.98%	98.79%	60.23%	$21.61	$14.77	8.67%	33.66%	0.47	1,218,000	-9.91%
VEON	VEON LTD	$53.72	0.17%	-2.34%	-9.33%	14.30%	32.61%	91.93%	372.26%	74.70%	-53.89%	$64.00	$27.95	16.06%	92.20%	0.82	86,000	-58.85%
TIMB	TIM SA	$21.28	1.62%	-0.33%	3.80%	12.53%	46.96%	30.87%	71.20%	55.33%	84.56%	$21.57	$11.32	1.34%	87.99%	0.54	422,000	8.48%
RBBN	RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC	$3.82	-3.05%	-4.26%	-5.91%	-3.05%	-3.05%	28.19%	7.00%	-10.12%	-39.37%	$5.38	$2.91	29.00%	31.27%	1.51	571,000	-4.83%
AMX	AMERICA MOVIL SAB DE CV	$20.34	0.54%	3.88%	6.60%	17.30%	42.34%	22.38%	15.57%	50.67%	13.57%	$20.47	$13.10	0.64%	55.27%	0.48	2,290,000	-30.16%
CXDO	CREXENDO INC	$6.77	-1.17%	2.73%	17.94%	23.09%	6.61%	44.04%	140.07%	-19.40%	217.84%	$7.34	$3.75	7.77%	80.53%	1.08	195,000	30.00%
RDCM	RADCOM LTD	$14.59	1.53%	6.34%	6.89%	15.70%	24.17%	54.56%	25.78%	54.72%	34.59%	$15.98	$9.42	8.70%	54.88%	0.42	51,300	-46.56%
TIGO	MILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR SA	$47.53	0.78%	0.81%	9.24%	28.15%	58.59%	77.88%	252.34%	48.90%	N/A	$50.78	$23.61	6.40%	101.31%	0.73	778,000	-29.78%
AD	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE INC	$51.00	-0.60%	-2.93%	-32.88%	-16.73%	-21.19%	-9.25%	81.30%	52.97%	45.18%	$79.17	$50.44	35.58%	1.11%	0.53	148,000	-26.37%
TKC	TURKCELL ILETISIM HIZMETLERI A S	$5.58	0.90%	0.72%	-7.31%	-10.29%	-23.87%	-20.74%	58.52%	16.25%	-36.45%	$7.63	$5.35	26.87%	4.30%	0.50	7,460,000	-7.59%
VIV	TELEFONICA BRASIL SA	$12.47	0.32%	0.00%	1.88%	17.20%	48.81%	28.29%	48.98%	39.17%	18.54%	$12.92	$7.47	3.48%	67.05%	0.43	434,000	-5.45%
VZ	VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC	$43.97	-0.39%	-0.92%	1.66%	1.88%	3.24%	0.25%	2.83%	-27.11%	-3.68%	$47.36	$37.59	7.15%	16.99%	0.28	13,660,000	-10.79%
IDT	IDT CORP	$66.34	1.31%	2.22%	8.26%	2.44%	35.39%	80.12%	159.75%	973.46%	338.76%	$71.12	$37.45	6.72%	77.14%	1.03	102,000	-35.03%
T	AT&T INC	$29.57	0.27%	-0.07%	3.83%	4.60%	14.97%	36.96%	70.14%	1.48%	-9.16%	$29.79	$21.05	0.74%	40.48%	0.37	22,791,000	-3.32%
CHT	CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO LTD	$44.88	-0.22%	1.58%	-0.91%	-0.86%	15.64%	15.05%	14.46%	21.30%	47.49%	$47.03	$36.61	4.57%	22.59%	0.23	135,000	-10.00%
TV	GRUPO TELEVISA SAB	$2.88	3.97%	-1.71%	25.22%	29.15%	52.38%	57.38%	-56.69%	-57.65%	-89.90%	$2.97	$1.55	3.03%	85.81%	1.12	1,135,000	5.00%
GSAT	GLOBALSTAR INC	$29.94	-1.16%	-4.13%	6.51%	34.93%	35.11%	69.15%	9.67%	551.29%	16.73%	$41.10	$15.00	27.15%	99.60%	1.48	981,000	-37.28%
BCE	BCE INC	$24.16	-0.58%	-2.27%	-1.39%	5.27%	-0.78%	-31.48%	-51.19%	-42.94%	-39.62%	$36.17	$20.28	33.20%	19.13%	0.34	2,361,000	34.84%
RCI	ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC	$35.79	-0.53%	-0.28%	4.83%	29.39%	27.96%	-10.99%	-15.61%	-11.50%	8.85%	$41.20	$23.18	13.13%	54.40%	0.43	740,000	13.67%
GOGO	GOGO INC	$9.79	-5.50%	-8.68%	-23.75%	-18.69%	40.86%	31.41%	-27.91%	5.61%	-35.55%	$16.82	$6.17	41.80%	58.67%	1.13	1,730,000	-10.36%
CMCSA	COMCAST CORP	$33.06	-1.02%	-2.51%	2.99%	-6.27%	-6.05%	-15.90%	-7.37%	-26.97%	17.55%	$45.31	$31.03	27.04%	6.54%	0.78	23,848,000	9.52%
IDCC	INTERDIGITAL INC	$322.87	-0.62%	12.19%	18.00%	45.54%	51.95%	143.77%	555.71%	457.63%	568.47%	$327.49	$134.40	1.41%	140.23%	0.95	332,000	-4.60%
PHI	PLDT INC	$19.51	-0.56%	0.10%	-14.95%	-10.87%	-18.09%	-26.18%	-33.82%	-30.25%	-61.31%	$27.93	$19.22	30.14%	1.51%	0.42	136,000	15.25%
VOD	VODAFONE GROUP PUBLIC LTD CO	$11.85	-0.08%	0.34%	2.69%	18.50%	29.37%	18.15%	-8.49%	-16.31%	-65.44%	$12.06	$8.00	1.74%	48.13%	0.56	3,542,000	-18.59%
TMUS	T-MOBILE US INC	$241.72	0.14%	-4.37%	-4.19%	5.69%	-5.43%	19.42%	66.53%	115.30%	505.06%	$276.49	$195.47	12.58%	23.66%	0.56	3,086,000	-28.50%
SIFY	SIFY TECHNOLOGIES LTD	$11.67	-0.34%	4.48%	38.43%	159.33%	147.25%	364.39%	-6.49%	81.78%	64.41%	$12.44	$2.05	6.19%	469.82%	1.10	107,000	-36.31%
TLK	PERUSAHAAN PERSEROAN PERSERO PT TELEKOMUNIKASI INDONESIA TBK	$19.23	0.94%	-0.98%	-0.41%	14.19%	28.11%	-4.33%	-36.87%	1.00%	-0.59%	$21.00	$13.15	8.43%	46.24%	0.51	762,000	-8.52%
IRDM	IRIDIUM COMMUNICATIONS INC	$17.79	-3.26%	-29.18%	-28.53%	-39.14%	-34.95%	-32.20%	-60.88%	-36.33%	158.58%	$35.85	$17.08	50.38%	4.16%	0.96	4,415,000	-35.32%
TU	TELUS CORP	$15.95	-0.31%	-3.74%	-0.68%	-1.91%	5.56%	-6.01%	-29.67%	-11.78%	2.01%	$17.06	$13.24	6.48%	20.47%	0.43	3,201,000	12.91%
GLIBA	GCI LIBERTY INC	$36.17	-2.38%	-1.52%	4.48%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$38.94	$28.00	7.11%	29.18%	0.65	23,900	-59.90%
TDS	TELEPHONE & DATA SYSTEMS INC	$39.22	-0.41%	-0.73%	0.69%	14.41%	12.83%	69.20%	139.00%	88.20%	49.07%	$42.74	$22.51	8.24%	74.23%	0.69	682,000	14.43%
SKM	SK TELECOM CO LTD	$21.79	-0.14%	-0.18%	-3.67%	-0.77%	1.40%	-10.03%	3.91%	-42.66%	-44.14%	$24.58	$19.84	11.35%	9.83%	0.47	456,000	19.06%
ATNI	ATN INTERNATIONAL INC	$15.57	-4.95%	-3.11%	-1.70%	-4.24%	-23.53%	-46.07%	-64.10%	-68.77%	-78.90%	$33.72	$13.76	53.83%	13.15%	0.55	27,000	-25.62%
PCLA	PICOCELA INC	$0.54	8.91%	22.83%	23.68%	-52.39%	-29.02%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$9.80	$0.37	94.51%	45.01%	1.64	226,000	-32.94%
CHTR	CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC	$263.40	-0.20%	0.73%	0.11%	-33.64%	-24.69%	-22.31%	-35.19%	-56.80%	42.71%	$437.06	$251.80	39.73%	4.61%	0.85	1,764,000	10.87%
UCL	UCLOUDLINK GROUP INC	$2.44	-5.06%	-18.12%	-38.69%	17.87%	89.15%	87.69%	288.54%	-81.63%	N/A	$4.19	$0.80	41.77%	205.00%	0.45	70,000	2.94%
CABO	CABLE ONE INC	$171.93	-3.24%	4.92%	23.53%	31.97%	-37.42%	-47.08%	-84.10%	-90.45%	-59.07%	$437.00	$117.64	60.66%	46.15%	0.81	103,000	-37.58%
TEF	TELEFONICA S A	$5.37	-0.19%	0.56%	-1.47%	2.09%	17.25%	14.50%	36.29%	39.48%	-58.44%	$5.72	$3.89	6.12%	38.05%	0.45	999,000	25.19%
LUMN	LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES INC	$6.05	-0.66%	27.37%	53.16%	44.05%	21.49%	1.00%	-39.92%	-44.34%	-76.79%	$10.33	$3.01	41.43%	101.00%	1.30	14,384,000	-39.55%
ATEX	ANTERIX INC	$21.07	-2.41%	-4.10%	-5.94%	-22.88%	-43.59%	-45.57%	-47.01%	-51.56%	-33.91%	$42.91	$20.61	50.90%	2.23%	0.69	127,000	-29.05%
ATUS	ALTICE USA INC	$2.39	-1.65%	6.70%	7.17%	11.16%	-3.24%	15.46%	-77.22%	-90.96%	N/A	$3.20	$1.95	25.31%	22.56%	1.41	2,360,000	3.83%
FNGR	FINGERMOTION INC	$1.61	-4.73%	7.33%	13.38%	-25.81%	15.83%	-23.70%	130.00%	-55.28%	N/A	$5.20	$1.03	69.04%	56.31%	0.79	197,000	33.11%
IQST	IQSTEL INC	$6.24	-2.80%	0.65%	-23.72%	-40.91%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$14.70	$6.00	57.55%	4.00%	0.21	28,400	-49.73%
FYBR	FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS PARENT INC	$37.53	0.11%	0.72%	1.49%	3.59%	4.69%	5.47%	44.74%	N/A	N/A	$37.56	$33.72	0.07%	11.32%	0.85	2,827,000	-40.75%
SHEN	SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO	$13.56	-1.02%	0.82%	6.35%	-2.31%	12.34%	-8.50%	-36.96%	-71.63%	-30.96%	$16.89	$9.77	19.72%	38.79%	0.74	269,000	-35.65%
CCOI	COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS INC	$36.01	0.14%	-2.36%	5.73%	-24.98%	-48.51%	-49.96%	-34.28%	-45.83%	30.95%	$86.76	$29.62	58.49%	21.59%	0.74	2,055,000	20.81%
LILA	LIBERTY LATIN AMERICA LTD	$7.52	-1.44%	-6.00%	1.35%	37.98%	13.42%	-20.09%	3.16%	-13.76%	N/A	$10.79	$4.26	30.31%	76.73%	1.15	234,000	-17.02%
WOW	WIDEOPENWEST INC	$5.15	0.39%	0.19%	2.18%	28.11%	20.05%	-3.74%	-72.99%	-10.59%	N/A	$5.78	$3.06	10.90%	68.30%	1.06	1,102,000	299.28%
KYIV	KYIVSTAR GROUP LTD	$10.95	-6.81%	1.01%	-7.91%	1.11%	-5.85%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$13.36	$9.92	18.04%	10.38%	0.28	461,000	-38.78%
IOTR	IOTHREE LTD	$0.44	-1.79%	9.73%	11.68%	13.70%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$5.98	$0.31	92.64%	43.79%	3.04	163,000	-31.80%
KORE	KORE GROUP HOLDINGS INC	$2.16	0.75%	-4.52%	-12.00%	-12.54%	-11.64%	-5.85%	-83.54%	N/A	N/A	$4.88	$1.10	55.82%	96.00%	0.71	7,400	-55.42%
LBRDA	LIBERTY BROADBAND CORP	$60.25	-0.38%	0.85%	1.04%	-35.31%	-24.65%	0.42%	-38.95%	-56.38%	11.18%	$102.38	$57.35	41.15%	5.06%	0.90	100,000	78.57%
LBTYA	LIBERTY GLOBAL LTD	$11.90	-0.42%	0.17%	7.01%	20.32%	4.75%	-39.56%	-39.93%	-45.14%	-74.59%	$21.56	$9.03	44.81%	31.86%	0.82	1,511,000	-7.70%

Telecom Stocks FAQ

What are the best telecom stocks to buy right now in Sep 2025?

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 55 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: A, and AI: B.

Ooma (NYSE:OOMA) has a Due Diligence Score of 26, which is equal to the telecom industry average of 26.

OOMA passed 8 out of 33 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Ooma has seen its stock return 11.58% over the past year, overperforming other telecom stocks by 9 percentage points.

Ooma has an average 1 year price target of $20.00, an upside of 59.62% from Ooma's current stock price of $12.53.

Ooma stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst 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. Ihs Holding (NYSE:IHS)

Ihs Holding (NYSE:IHS) is the #2 top telecom stock out of 55 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 Ihs Holding (NYSE:IHS) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: A, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Ihs Holding (NYSE:IHS) has a Due Diligence Score of 25, which is -1 points lower than the telecom industry average of 26. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates IHS as a "A".

IHS passed 8 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Ihs Holding has seen its stock return 143.91% over the past year, overperforming other telecom stocks by 142 percentage points.

Ihs Holding has an average 1 year price target of $9.38, an upside of 23.19% from Ihs Holding's current stock price of $7.61.

Ihs Holding stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 6 analysts covering Ihs Holding, 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.

3. Kt (NYSE:KT)

Kt (NYSE:KT) is the #3 top telecom stock out of 55 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 Kt (NYSE:KT) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: C, Financials: C, and AI: A.

Kt (NYSE:KT) has a Due Diligence Score of 29, which is 3 points higher than the telecom industry average of 26.

KT passed 11 out of 38 due diligence checks and has average fundamentals. Kt has seen its stock return 28.02% over the past year, overperforming other telecom stocks by 26 percentage points.

What are the telecom stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 18 telecom stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 telecom stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Bce (NYSE:BCE)

Bce (NYSE:BCE) has an annual dividend yield of 12.46%, which is 9 percentage points higher than the telecom industry average of 3.41%. Bce's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% three times in the last 10 years. Bce's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Bce's dividend payout ratio of 896.8% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

2. Cogent Communications Holdings (NASDAQ:CCOI)

Cogent Communications Holdings (NASDAQ:CCOI) has an annual dividend yield of 11.18%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the telecom industry average of 3.41%. 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.

3. Atn International (NASDAQ:ATNI)

Atn International (NASDAQ:ATNI) has an annual dividend yield of 4.85%, which is 1 percentage points higher than the telecom industry average of 3.41%. Atn International's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Atn International's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Atn International's dividend payout ratio of -29.5% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are telecom stocks down?

Telecom stocks were down -0.63% in the last day, and up 1.08% 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. Veon (NASDAQ:VEON)

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 11 points higher than the telecom industry average of 18. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Veon's stock has gained 91.93% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the telecom industry by 90 percentage points.

2. Pldt (NYSE:PHI)

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

Pldt's stock has dropped -26.18% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the telecom industry by -28 percentage points.

3. Millicom International Cellular Sa (NASDAQ:TIGO)

Millicom International Cellular Sa (NASDAQ:TIGO) 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.

Millicom International Cellular Sa has a valuation score of 29, which is 11 points higher than the telecom industry average of 18. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Millicom International Cellular Sa's stock has gained 77.88% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the telecom industry by 76 percentage points.

Are telecom stocks a good buy now?

38.24% of telecom stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect telecom stocks to rise by 22.36% over the next year.

8.33% of telecom stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 22.92% of telecom stocks are rated B (Buy), 54.17% are rated C (Hold), 4.17% are rated D (Sell), and 10.42% 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 11x.

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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.

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1. Ooma (NYSE:OOMA)

2. Ihs Holding (NYSE:IHS)

3. Kt (NYSE:KT)

1. Bce (NYSE:BCE)

2. Cogent Communications Holdings (NASDAQ:CCOI)

3. Atn International (NASDAQ:ATNI)

1. Veon (NASDAQ:VEON)

2. Pldt (NYSE:PHI)

3. Millicom International Cellular Sa (NASDAQ:TIGO)

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1. Ooma (NYSE:OOMA)

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