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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 C and is the 65th 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	$14.04	3.39%	0.79%	21.98%	24.36%	10.03%	1.89%	16.13%	-16.73%	137.16%	$14.78	$9.79	4.97%	43.37%	0.81	206,000	-33.12%
KYIV	KYIVSTAR GROUP LTD	$10.49	3.86%	-1.22%	-12.07%	-21.95%	-10.95%	-17.08%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$15.30	$9.99	31.44%	5.01%	0.48	996,000	20.73%
TIGO	MILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR SA	$74.55	3.57%	2.28%	11.15%	38.57%	48.27%	151.86%	310.97%	94.29%	N/A	$75.25	$26.35	0.93%	182.92%	0.70	1,221,000	-41.52%
TIMB	TIM SA	$25.68	4.31%	0.82%	-3.24%	27.89%	16.57%	71.09%	115.98%	118.37%	136.25%	$27.74	$14.18	7.44%	81.09%	0.52	571,000	36.28%
VIV	TELEFONICA BRASIL SA	$15.48	1.91%	-0.90%	-4.68%	32.31%	22.27%	79.79%	114.11%	86.51%	29.65%	$16.95	$8.20	8.67%	88.90%	0.43	1,215,000	-29.77%
AMX	AMERICA MOVIL SAB DE CV	$23.69	1.54%	1.07%	-0.29%	13.78%	11.22%	67.07%	14.44%	74.96%	55.55%	$26.16	$13.10	9.44%	80.84%	0.47	1,189,000	-43.16%
RDCM	RADCOM LTD	$11.17	0.45%	4.59%	0.90%	-16.89%	-23.91%	-9.85%	12.26%	15.87%	-21.45%	$15.15	$9.88	26.27%	13.11%	0.44	29,300	-34.89%
IDT	IDT CORP	$48.27	1.49%	0.96%	-1.75%	-6.20%	-26.90%	-7.58%	47.21%	123.37%	226.37%	$71.12	$45.35	32.13%	6.45%	0.96	107,000	-52.86%
CXDO	CREXENDO INC	$6.53	4.65%	0.15%	16.61%	-1.06%	-4.53%	14.76%	308.13%	-1.80%	398.47%	$7.80	$3.75	16.28%	74.13%	1.17	139,000	-49.27%
VEON	VEON LTD	$48.99	-0.67%	-2.99%	-11.86%	-6.75%	-10.63%	6.50%	173.38%	8.27%	-48.97%	$64.00	$34.55	23.45%	41.79%	0.85	52,000	-32.47%
KT	KT CORP	$21.26	-1.76%	-1.57%	-11.08%	14.30%	9.53%	20.18%	82.80%	82.49%	62.91%	$24.58	$16.25	13.51%	30.83%	0.46	2,384,000	19.20%
ATNI	ATN INTERNATIONAL INC	$27.03	3.29%	3.80%	-4.72%	21.59%	69.68%	24.22%	-30.05%	-44.13%	-62.65%	$30.45	$13.76	11.23%	96.44%	0.53	61,000	-53.44%
SKM	SK TELECOM CO LTD	$28.88	1.55%	-0.89%	-5.25%	45.13%	32.11%	36.36%	39.72%	-28.67%	-12.60%	$33.71	$19.66	14.33%	46.90%	0.41	689,000	-19.60%
RBBN	RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS INC	$2.25	6.64%	3.69%	9.22%	-23.21%	-42.60%	-46.68%	-39.02%	-72.39%	-68.40%	$4.31	$1.80	47.80%	25.00%	1.52	480,000	-37.17%
RCI	ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC	$39.04	2.25%	0.44%	1.17%	5.54%	10.53%	44.22%	-14.35%	-19.51%	1.32%	$41.14	$23.18	5.10%	68.42%	0.39	1,207,000	-37.94%
TEO	TELECOM ARGENTINA SA	$11.60	3.57%	2.65%	5.55%	1.75%	56.12%	10.58%	167.90%	104.95%	-38.30%	$13.81	$6.43	16.00%	80.40%	0.83	140,000	-23.91%
TKC	TURKCELL ILETISIM HIZMETLERI A S	$6.14	1.15%	-1.13%	-11.91%	5.68%	0.66%	4.24%	44.13%	27.39%	-41.19%	$7.18	$5.35	14.48%	14.77%	0.48	1,670,000	36.89%
TLK	PERUSAHAAN PERSEROAN PERSERO PT TELEKOMUNIKASI INDONESIA TBK	$18.64	2.87%	4.66%	-12.36%	-10.98%	-4.07%	32.86%	-30.99%	-19.27%	-26.29%	$23.52	$13.15	20.73%	41.75%	0.49	639,000	-23.20%
PHI	PLDT INC	$21.40	3.38%	-0.14%	-10.87%	0.05%	8.63%	-3.56%	-11.35%	-15.45%	-48.58%	$24.51	$18.61	12.69%	14.99%	0.42	212,000	-89.91%
TV	GRUPO TELEVISA SAB	$2.86	1.42%	-1.38%	-14.37%	-4.67%	2.51%	62.50%	-37.55%	-69.35%	-89.73%	$3.49	$1.55	18.05%	84.52%	1.04	1,322,000	-27.48%
GLIBA	GCI LIBERTY INC	$36.81	4.04%	0.82%	-5.98%	-1.97%	2.42%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$41.87	$28.00	12.09%	31.46%	0.56	47,000	-53.47%
CABO	CABLE ONE INC	$93.73	-0.75%	-12.99%	-6.19%	-19.73%	-41.87%	-63.19%	-85.61%	-94.82%	-78.47%	$277.97	$70.37	66.28%	33.20%	0.80	217,000	-37.28%
CMCSA	COMCAST CORP	$29.01	-0.03%	-4.38%	-8.28%	-1.26%	-8.25%	-20.74%	-19.35%	-48.33%	-2.08%	$37.72	$25.75	23.09%	12.66%	0.70	31,471,000	-87.21%
GSAT	GLOBALSTAR INC	$60.60	3.18%	3.01%	-0.31%	-4.94%	65.57%	158.75%	296.08%	178.62%	178.62%	$74.88	$17.24	19.07%	251.51%	1.47	529,000	-59.53%
T	AT&T INC	$28.76	1.59%	3.71%	0.84%	17.58%	-0.10%	6.68%	55.80%	-4.13%	-25.38%	$29.79	$22.95	3.46%	25.32%	0.34	45,708,000	-64.49%
BCE	BCE INC	$25.76	-0.12%	-0.54%	-1.19%	13.33%	10.84%	14.39%	-41.36%	-43.71%	-42.32%	$26.52	$20.28	2.87%	27.02%	0.29	2,859,000	-46.46%
IRDM	IRIDIUM COMMUNICATIONS INC	$26.30	3.54%	5.24%	13.46%	49.52%	48.34%	-6.70%	-55.94%	-30.40%	268.35%	$33.34	$15.65	21.12%	68.10%	0.90	1,770,000	-58.44%
VOD	VODAFONE GROUP PUBLIC LTD CO	$14.48	1.05%	-0.82%	-6.94%	10.87%	27.46%	55.87%	31.16%	-21.60%	-53.68%	$15.91	$8.05	8.99%	79.88%	0.54	3,916,000	-15.24%
AD	ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE INC	$46.76	2.95%	-2.97%	-3.53%	-12.76%	-3.33%	-31.94%	137.60%	36.77%	11.31%	$79.17	$44.03	40.93%	6.20%	0.51	278,000	-50.80%
VZ	VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC	$50.58	1.20%	-0.77%	1.81%	26.70%	16.68%	16.12%	35.35%	-11.12%	-4.40%	$51.67	$38.39	2.11%	31.75%	0.25	17,384,000	-74.17%
GOGO	GOGO INC	$4.48	5.16%	1.59%	3.70%	-2.40%	-49.94%	-45.50%	-68.41%	-54.43%	-58.01%	$16.82	$3.85	73.37%	16.51%	1.12	2,272,000	-57.22%
CHT	CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO LTD	$42.23	1.15%	-1.97%	-1.47%	2.35%	-3.69%	8.31%	7.48%	8.90%	26.21%	$47.03	$37.03	10.21%	14.04%	0.23	543,000	-40.59%
IDCC	INTERDIGITAL INC	$311.46	-4.37%	-13.08%	-11.39%	-4.98%	-10.82%	40.55%	328.01%	397.38%	481.62%	$412.60	$180.60	24.51%	72.46%	0.95	732,000	-84.31%
LUMN	LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES INC	$6.77	4.31%	1.20%	-9.13%	-13.09%	16.72%	39.30%	174.09%	-50.33%	-78.18%	$11.95	$3.01	43.35%	124.92%	1.52	10,236,000	-58.79%
ELWT	ELAUWIT CONNECTION INC	$6.90	3.45%	-0.72%	3.14%	37.45%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$8.75	$4.11	21.14%	67.88%	-0.18	83,500	85.56%
CHTR	CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC	$216.61	1.69%	-0.48%	-4.80%	5.52%	-18.88%	-41.06%	-36.70%	-66.44%	7.06%	$437.06	$180.38	50.44%	20.09%	0.84	1,244,000	-52.97%
SIFY	SIFY TECHNOLOGIES LTD	$14.29	2.88%	5.62%	-6.91%	19.38%	20.08%	214.76%	89.02%	-35.10%	91.63%	$17.85	$3.50	19.94%	308.29%	1.05	48,500	-22.40%
SHEN	SHENANDOAH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO	$14.61	4.51%	-0.95%	9.52%	28.95%	7.58%	13.79%	-20.86%	-69.71%	-43.22%	$15.92	$9.67	8.23%	51.16%	0.71	247,000	-63.35%
TMUS	T-MOBILE US INC	$208.76	0.14%	-2.82%	-5.09%	5.61%	-12.83%	-19.39%	46.70%	67.83%	463.15%	$272.60	$181.36	23.42%	15.11%	0.47	5,158,000	-62.62%
ATEX	ANTERIX INC	$38.62	-1.83%	6.10%	6.36%	71.72%	69.83%	1.26%	36.18%	-14.71%	28.01%	$40.86	$17.58	5.48%	119.68%	0.68	434,000	38.66%
TU	TELUS CORP	$13.19	0.53%	-1.35%	-2.87%	3.61%	-16.68%	-4.35%	-33.38%	-36.98%	-16.20%	$16.74	$12.54	21.21%	5.18%	0.39	4,171,000	-34.97%
OPTU	OPTIMUM COMMUNICATIONS INC	$1.31	7.38%	-5.76%	-10.88%	-22.02%	-50.00%	-51.84%	-57.61%	-96.22%	N/A	$2.98	$1.20	56.04%	9.17%	1.47	3,231,000	-47.19%
CCOI	COGENT COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS INC	$18.85	4.43%	-2.48%	5.48%	-13.91%	-53.39%	-72.34%	-68.89%	-71.05%	-49.21%	$68.10	$15.96	72.32%	18.11%	0.80	1,454,000	-63.68%
TDS	TELEPHONE & DATA SYSTEMS INC	$43.03	4.93%	0.51%	-1.65%	6.01%	15.05%	14.75%	341.33%	99.12%	50.61%	$47.80	$31.07	9.97%	38.49%	0.67	1,212,000	-62.83%
FNGR	FINGERMOTION INC	$1.12	-1.75%	-22.22%	0.90%	-21.68%	-34.50%	-28.21%	-12.50%	-88.33%	N/A	$5.20	$1.05	78.46%	6.67%	0.99	159,000	-5.92%
IQST	IQSTEL INC	$1.79	4.07%	-6.77%	-7.25%	-41.88%	-70.22%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$14.70	$1.67	87.82%	7.19%	1.53	49,000	-21.60%
LBRDA	LIBERTY BROADBAND CORP	$50.22	1.52%	-0.57%	-5.01%	5.44%	-17.83%	-40.46%	-35.65%	-66.79%	-12.17%	$102.38	$42.05	50.95%	19.43%	0.89	181,000	-8.12%
KORE	KORE GROUP HOLDINGS INC	$8.97	-0.11%	0.00%	71.84%	105.73%	267.62%	246.33%	43.52%	-81.81%	N/A	$9.02	$2.00	0.55%	348.50%	0.75	136,000	-40.09%
LILA	LIBERTY LATIN AMERICA LTD	$8.17	4.61%	5.28%	2.00%	7.22%	-0.37%	22.86%	5.15%	-40.71%	N/A	$9.04	$4.26	9.62%	92.01%	1.09	379,000	-43.35%
IOTR	IOTHREE LTD	$1.67	7.05%	-19.32%	-25.11%	-40.57%	-56.04%	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	$59.80	$1.51	97.21%	10.60%	2.87	20,000	-30.07%
IHS	IHS HOLDING LTD	$8.24	0.37%	1.73%	4.04%	13.81%	20.47%	54.31%	15.73%	N/A	N/A	$8.95	$4.21	7.93%	95.96%	0.92	1,636,000	-20.12%
UCL	UCLOUDLINK GROUP INC	$1.38	-2.13%	-10.39%	-17.86%	-31.00%	-43.44%	7.81%	-66.75%	-86.25%	N/A	$4.19	$0.80	67.06%	72.50%	0.56	4,500	0.00%
LBTYA	LIBERTY GLOBAL LTD	$12.08	3.34%	-0.74%	-5.99%	7.86%	4.68%	4.59%	-35.16%	-54.64%	-67.22%	$13.52	$9.03	10.65%	33.85%	0.81	2,099,000	-25.22%
PCLA	PICOCELA INC	$2.30	4.55%	-1.46%	-50.02%	-78.70%	-84.34%	-91.38%	N/A	N/A	N/A	$112.20	$1.94	97.95%	18.74%	1.73	18,400	13.58%

Telecom Stocks FAQ

What are the best telecom stocks to buy right now in Mar 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 +32.52% per year. Learn more.

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

Ooma (NYSE:OOMA) has a Due Diligence Score of 46, which is 19 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 1.89% over the past year, overperforming other telecom stocks by 13 percentage points.

Ooma has an average 1 year price target of $18.00, an upside of 28.21% from Ooma's current stock price of $14.04.

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. Kyivstar Group (NASDAQ:KYIV)

Kyivstar Group (NASDAQ:KYIV) 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 Kyivstar Group (NASDAQ:KYIV) is: Value: A, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: D, Financials: A, and AI: C.

Kyivstar Group (NASDAQ:KYIV) has a Due Diligence Score of 46, which is 19 points higher than the telecom industry average of 27.

KYIV passed 15 out of 33 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Kyivstar Group has seen its stock lose -17.08% over the past year, underperforming other telecom stocks by -6 percentage points.

Kyivstar Group has an average 1 year price target of $17.75, an upside of 69.21% from Kyivstar Group's current stock price of $10.49.

Kyivstar Group stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Kyivstar Group, 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. Millicom International Cellular Sa (NASDAQ:TIGO)

Millicom International Cellular Sa (NASDAQ:TIGO) 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 Millicom International Cellular Sa (NASDAQ:TIGO) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: C, Safety: B, Financials: B, and AI: C.

Millicom International Cellular Sa (NASDAQ:TIGO) has a Due Diligence Score of 44, which is 17 points higher than the telecom industry average of 27.

TIGO passed 17 out of 38 due diligence checks and has strong fundamentals. Millicom International Cellular Sa has seen its stock return 151.86% over the past year, overperforming other telecom stocks by 163 percentage points.

Millicom International Cellular Sa has an average 1 year price target of $66.25, a downside of -11.13% from Millicom International Cellular Sa's current stock price of $74.55.

Millicom International Cellular Sa stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 4 analysts covering Millicom International Cellular Sa, 75% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 0% have issued a hold, while 25% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

What are the telecom stocks with highest dividends?

Out of 20 telecom stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 telecom stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

1. Cable One (NYSE:CABO)

Cable One (NYSE:CABO) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the telecom industry average of 3.24%. Cable One's dividend payout is stable, having never dropped by more than 10% in the last 10 years. Cable One's dividend has shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Cable One's dividend payout ratio of 0% indicates that its 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 10.95%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the telecom industry average of 3.24%. 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 -80.3% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

3. Gci Liberty (NASDAQ:GLIBA)

Gci Liberty (NASDAQ:GLIBA) has an annual dividend yield of 7.82%, which is 5 percentage points higher than the telecom industry average of 3.24%.

Gci Liberty's dividend payout ratio of -28.9% indicates that its high dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Why are telecom stocks up?

Telecom stocks were up 0.6% in the last day, and down -3.21% over the last week.

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

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

Veon's stock has gained 6.5% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the telecom industry by 17 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 29, which is 4 points higher than the telecom industry average of 25. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Pldt's stock has dropped -3.56% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the telecom industry by 7 percentage points.

3. Kt (NYSE:KT)

Kt (NYSE:KT) 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.

Kt has a valuation score of 14, which is -11 points higher than the telecom industry average of 25. It passed 1 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks. Although this number is below the industry average, our proven quant model rates KT a Valuation Rating of "A".

Kt's stock has gained 20.18% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the telecom industry by 31 percentage points.

Are telecom stocks a good buy now?

40% of telecom stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect telecom stocks to rise by 30.67% over the next year.

13.33% of telecom stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 13.33% of telecom stocks are rated B (Buy), 57.78% are rated C (Hold), 13.33% 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 10.24x.

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1. Ooma (NYSE:OOMA)

2. Kyivstar Group (NASDAQ:KYIV)

3. Millicom International Cellular Sa (NASDAQ:TIGO)

1. Cable One (NYSE:CABO)

2. Cogent Communications Holdings (NASDAQ:CCOI)

3. Gci Liberty (NASDAQ:GLIBA)

1. Veon (NASDAQ:VEON)

2. Pldt (NYSE:PHI)

3. Kt (NYSE:KT)

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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.