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 50 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.4.1B mcap
58Q - 2
GOGOGogo Inc.586M mcap
57Q - 3
TLKPerusahaan Perseroan (Persero) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk16.2B mcap
54Q - 4
TMUST-Mobile US, Inc.207.2B mcap
54Q - 5
TUTELUS Corporation19.5B mcap
52Q - 6
TIGOMillicom International Cellular S.A.14.4B mcap
51Q - 7
IHSIHS Holding Limited2.8B mcap
51Q - 8
VEONVEON Ltd.3.9B mcap
50Q - 9
CHTChunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.33.9B mcap
50Q - 10
CHTRCharter Communications, Inc.17.9B mcap
50Q - 11
VZVerizon Communications Inc.201.9B mcap
48Q - 12
CMCSAComcast Corporation90.0B mcap
48Q - 13
IRDMIridium Communications Inc.5.2B mcap
47Q - 14
AMXAmérica Móvil, S.A.B. de C.V.78.6B mcap
47Q - 15
IDTIDT Corporation1.3B mcap
47Q - 16
BCEBCE Inc.22.9B mcap
46Q - 17
TIMBTIM S.A.10.7B mcap
43Q - 18
KYIVKyivstar Group Ltd. Common Shares3.3B mcap
43Q - 19
RCIRogers Communications Inc.19.8B mcap
42Q - 20
VIVTelefônica Brasil S.A.21.4B mcap
41Q - 21
TBBAT&T Inc. 5.35% GLB NTS 66128.8B mcap
41Q - 22
TVGrupo Televisa, S.A.B.1.5B mcap
40Q - 23
DVGRDAC 3D Dividend Growth ETF1.4B mcap
40Q - 24
UNITUniti Group Inc.2.7B mcap
40Q - 25
SIFYSify Technologies Limited1.2B mcap
40Q - 26
KTKT Corporation8.8B mcap
38Q - 27
TKCTurkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S.5.1B mcap
38Q - 28
SHENShenandoah Telecommunications Company879M mcap
38Q - 29
CTDDQwest Corp. 6.75% NT 578.6B mcap
38Q - 30
TAT&T Inc.175.5B mcap
37Q - 31
OOMAOoma, Inc.526M mcap
37Q - 32
TEFTelefónica, S.A.21.5B mcap
37Q - 33
FYBRFrontier Communications Parent, Inc.9.6B mcap
36Q - 34
LILAKLiberty Latin America Ltd.1.6B mcap
35Q - 35
LILALiberty Latin America Ltd.1.6B mcap
35Q - 36
CCOICogent Communications Holdings, Inc.909M mcap
35Q - 37
TEOTelecom Argentina S.A.5.1B mcap
32Q - 38
VODVodafone Group Public Limited Company34.5B mcap
32Q - 39
ATEXAnterix Inc.1.2B mcap
32Q - 40
SKMSK Telecom Co.,Ltd14.5B mcap
32Q - 41
ADArray Digital Infrastructure, Inc.4.4B mcap
26Q - 42
UZFArray Digital Infrastructure, Inc. 5.500% Senior Notes due 20706.4B mcap
25Q - 43
UZEArray Digital Infrastructure, Inc. 5.500% Senior Notes due 20706.5B mcap
25Q - 44
UZDArray Digital Infrastructure, Inc. 6.250% Senior Notes due 20696.2B mcap
25Q - 45
TDSTelephone and Data Systems, Inc.4.2B mcap
24Q - 46
GLIBAGCI Liberty, Inc.831M mcap
22Q - 47
GSATGlobalstar, Inc.10.7B mcap
22Q - 48
GLIBKGCI Liberty, Inc.830M mcap
22Q - 49
LUMNLumen Technologies, Inc.9.7B mcap
21Q - 50
CTBBQwest Corp. NT4.0B mcap
19Q
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