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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:

Ihs Holding (NYSE:IHS) 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 Ihs Holding (NYSE:IHS) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: B, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: A.

Ihs Holding (NYSE:IHS) has a Due Diligence Score of 25, which is equal to the telecom industry average of 25.

IHS passed 8 out of 33 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Ihs Holding has seen its stock return 105.25% over the past year, overperforming other telecom stocks by 106 percentage points.

Ihs Holding has an average 1 year price target of $9.05, an upside of 28.55% from Ihs Holding's current stock price of $7.04.

Ihs Holding stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 5 analysts covering Ihs Holding, 80% have issued a Strong Buy rating, 0% have issued a Buy, 20% have issued a hold, while 0% have issued a Sell rating, and 0% have issued a Strong Sell.

Ooma (NYSE:OOMA) 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 Ooma (NYSE:OOMA) is: Value: B, Growth: B, Momentum: C, Sentiment: B, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Ooma (NYSE:OOMA) has a Due Diligence Score of 20, which is -5 points lower than the telecom industry average of 25. 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 35.6% over the past year, overperforming other telecom stocks by 36 percentage points.

Ooma has an average 1 year price target of $18.50, an upside of 59.76% from Ooma's current stock price of $11.58.

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.

Veon (NASDAQ:VEON) 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 Veon (NASDAQ:VEON) is: Value: A, Growth: C, Momentum: B, Sentiment: A, Safety: C, Financials: B, and AI: B.

Veon (NASDAQ:VEON) has a Due Diligence Score of 25, which is equal to the telecom industry average of 25.

VEON passed 10 out of 38 due diligence checks and has weak fundamentals. Veon has seen its stock return 107.2% over the past year, overperforming other telecom stocks by 108 percentage points.

Veon has an average 1 year price target of $60.00, an upside of 3.27% from Veon's current stock price of $58.10.

Veon stock has a consensus Strong Buy recommendation according to Wall Street analysts. Of the 1 analyst covering Veon, 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.

Out of 19 telecom stocks that have issued dividends in the past year, the 3 telecom stocks with the highest dividend yields are:

Chunghwa Telecom Co (NYSE:CHT) has an annual dividend yield of N/A, which is N/A percentage points lower than the telecom industry average of 3.93%. Chunghwa Telecom Co's dividend payout is not stable, having dropped more than 10% one times in the last 10 years. Chunghwa Telecom Co's dividend has not shown consistent growth over the last 10 years.

Chunghwa Telecom Co's dividend payout ratio of 0% indicates that its dividend yield might not be sustainable for the long-term.

Bce (NYSE:BCE) has an annual dividend yield of 11.76%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the telecom industry average of 3.93%. 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.

Cogent Communications Holdings (NASDAQ:CCOI) has an annual dividend yield of 11.66%, which is 8 percentage points higher than the telecom industry average of 3.93%. 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 0.6% in the last day, and up 3.88% 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 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 107.2% in the past year. It has overperformed other stocks in the telecom industry by 108 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 11 points higher than the telecom industry average of 18. It passed 2 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Pldt's stock has dropped -18.21% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the telecom industry by -18 percentage points.

Charter Communications (NASDAQ:CHTR) 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.

Charter Communications has a valuation score of 86, which is 68 points higher than the telecom industry average of 18. It passed 6 out of 7 valuation due diligence checks.

Charter Communications's stock has dropped -23.92% in the past year. It has underperformed other stocks in the telecom industry by -23 percentage points.

37.14% of telecom stocks rated by analysts are a strong buy right now. On average, analysts expect telecom stocks to rise by 37.05% over the next year.

8.51% of telecom stocks have a Zen Rating of A (Strong Buy), 21.28% of telecom stocks are rated B (Buy), 55.32% are rated C (Hold), 4.26% are rated D (Sell), and 10.64% are rated F (Strong Sell).