Best Telecom Services Stocks
Wireless and wireline carriers - Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile + global majors. Capital-intensive, dividend-driven holdings; thin moats but predictable cash flows.
Industry leader
PLDT Inc. PHI
Buffett-Fit: 58/100
What drives this industry
Telecom carriers run on subscriber count + ARPU growth + capex-to-revenue discipline. The US market is a 3-player oligopoly (Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile) with rational pricing; international markets are more fragmented and competitive. Dividend-coverage by FCF is the most-important quality screen - telecom dividends have been cut more than once.
Top 48 ranked by Buffett-Fit
Sorted by composite quality score - ROIC, margin stability, balance-sheet strength, growth quality. Click any ticker for the full Buffett verdict.
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PHIPLDT Inc.3.9B mcap
58Q - 2
GOGOGogo Inc.618M mcap
57Q - 3
TMUST-Mobile US, Inc.202.9B mcap
54Q - 4
TUTELUS Corporation19.6B mcap
52Q - 5
TLKPerusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk16.2B mcap
52Q - 6
CHTRCharter Communications, Inc.20.3B mcap
50Q - 7
CHTChunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.34.0B mcap
50Q - 8
TIGOMillicom International Cellular S.A.14.3B mcap
49Q - 9
IHSIHS Holding Limited2.8B mcap
49Q - 10
VZVerizon Communications Inc.199.6B mcap
48Q - 11
VEONVEON Ltd.3.9B mcap
48Q - 12
IDTIDT Corporation1.4B mcap
47Q - 13
AMXAmérica Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V.76.3B mcap
47Q - 14
IRDMIridium Communications Inc.5.5B mcap
47Q - 15
BCEBCE Inc.23.4B mcap
46Q - 16
CMCSAComcast Corporation88.8B mcap
46Q - 17
KYIVKyivstar Group Ltd. Common Shares3.3B mcap
43Q - 18
TIMBTIM S.A.10.5B mcap
43Q - 19
RBBNRibbon Communications Inc.543M mcap
42Q - 20
RCIRogers Communications Inc.20.8B mcap
42Q - 21
SIFYSify Technologies Limited1.2B mcap
40Q - 22
TVGrupo Televisa, S.A.B.1.4B mcap
40Q - 23
DVGRDAC 3D Dividend Growth ETF1.4B mcap
40Q - 24
VIVTelefônica Brasil S.A.21.0B mcap
39Q - 25
SHENShenandoah Telecommunications Company882M mcap
38Q - 26
UNITUniti Group Inc.2.7B mcap
38Q - 27
KTKT Corporation8.5B mcap
37Q - 28
TEFTelefónica, S.A.21.5B mcap
37Q - 29
TAT&T Inc.172.3B mcap
37Q - 30
FYBRFrontier Communications Parent, Inc.9.6B mcap
36Q - 31
TKCTurkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S.5.0B mcap
36Q - 32
CCOICogent Communications Holdings, Inc.889M mcap
35Q - 33
LILALiberty Latin America Ltd.1.8B mcap
35Q - 34
LILAKLiberty Latin America Ltd.1.8B mcap
35Q - 35
ATEXAnterix Inc.1.2B mcap
32Q - 36
TEOTelecom Argentina S.A.6.3B mcap
32Q - 37
SKMSK Telecom Co.,Ltd14.3B mcap
32Q - 38
VODVodafone Group Public Limited Company34.4B mcap
32Q - 39
ADArray Digital Infrastructure, Inc.4.4B mcap
26Q - 40
TDSTelephone and Data Systems, Inc.4.5B mcap
24Q - 41
GLIBKGCI Liberty, Inc.893M mcap
22Q - 42
GLIBAGCI Liberty, Inc.890M mcap
22Q - 43
LUMNLumen Technologies, Inc.11.3B mcap
21Q - 44
GSATGlobalstar, Inc.10.8B mcap
20Q - 45
LBTYALiberty Global plc4.2B mcap
19Q - 46
LBTYKLiberty Global plc4.1B mcap
19Q - 47
LBRDALiberty Broadband Corporation4.9B mcap
14Q - 48
LBTYBLiberty Global plc4.9B mcap
10Q
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