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The best telecom stocks right now, ranked.

Of the 14 investable telecom stocks we score, these 14 rank highest on Ticker Nerd's factor model today — all nine factor families at once, not one metric. Every stock in P123's Telecommunications sector, the taxonomy the rank is built on.

Every score is a percentile across the whole US universe we cover — a 92 beats 92% of it. How the model was built and blind-tested is on the methodology page; what each factor means is on the factor glossary.

Top 14
Top 14 of 14 · Ranks as at 15 Aug 2026
TickerCompanyMkt capRank1w rank ΔRevisionsValueMomentumQualityAccrualsIssuanceGrowthVolatilitySize
T
AT&T, Inc.
Telecom Services
$172.9B
76.9
−0.2
73.3
67.0
50.0
71.7
67.2
60.8
85.5
90.7
1.7
CMCSA
Comcast Corp.
Telecom Services
$95.4B
73.4
+4.4
55.8
94.4
41.5
85.7
88.9
98.7
22.8
54.1
2.9
TIGO
Millicom International Cellular SA
Telecom Services
$15.7B
71.8
+1.3
44.8
75.1
97.2
88.8
49.4
32.0
71.2
96.0
11.9
VSAT
ViaSat, Inc.
Communication Equipment
$11.3B
61.8
+1.0
52.1
49.9
91.7
69.2
83.5
66.4
45.7
14.0
14.8
TMUS
T-Mobile US, Inc.
Telecom Services
$204.3B
59.7
−0.6
73.6
34.2
36.6
80.6
77.4
74.6
49.9
67.6
1.3
ECHO
EchoStar Corp.
Telecom Services
$26.5B
58.2
−0.5
67.5
57.3
81.1
16.4
95.9
77.6
45.5
20.4
8.6
VZ
Verizon Communications, Inc.
Telecom Services
$204.4B
56.5
+4.0
58.4
55.7
72.4
73.2
62.0
49.2
41.5
91.7
1.3
LUMN
Lumen Technologies, Inc. (Louisiana)
Telecom Services
$6.9B
55.7
+0.6
45.9
48.5
57.7
65.9
99.1
91.8
26.2
17.7
20.0
GSAT
Globalstar, Inc.
Telecom Services
$10.5B
49.9
−4.8
36.0
37.5
99.1
50.0
77.7
80.3
41.4
21.5
15.8
TDS
Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.
Telecom Services
$3.8B
45.8
−9.5
80.9
17.3
50.4
38.1
58.5
94.0
28.0
35.5
27.9
CHTR
Charter Communications, Inc.
Telecom Services
$21.2B
42.4
+1.3
42.3
85.3
4.9
81.3
74.7
83.9
29.0
20.7
10.2
LBTYK
Liberty Global Ltd.
Telecom Services
$3.4B
38.4
−1.8
52.8
43.2
41.2
17.2
92.8
78.3
0.1
88.8
29.3
UNIT
Uniti Group, Inc.
REIT - Specialty
$2.4B
21.4
+0.6
41.1
23.1
59.6
57.7
17.6
5.9
69.4
46.2
34.2
ASTS
AST Spacemobile, Inc.
Communication Equipment
$27.1B
5.9
−6.7
34.2
14.8
41.1
17.8
35.4
6.0
66.6
2.6
8.4

Today’s snapshot only — the list rotates as the scores move. Click any ticker for its full page: rank against every factor, analyst price targets, financials and news.

The group in numbers

What these telecom stocks look like up close.

Figures for the 14 listed names, from the same data behind their stock pages.

6 of the 13 names with analyst coverage this month carry a Buy-or-better majority.

Cheapest on trailing P/E: LBTYK at 2.1×, UNIT at 2.6× and CHTR at 4.0×.

Highest forward dividend yields: LUMN at 14.9%, UNIT at 6.0% and VZ at 5.8%.

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FAQ

Questions people ask about telecom stocks.

What are the best telecom stocks right now?
As at 15 Aug 2026, the top-ranked telecom stocks on Ticker Nerd's systematic factor model are AT&T, Inc. (T), Comcast Corp. (CMCSA), Millicom International Cellular SA (TIGO). The full top 14 is the table on this page, re-ranked every trading day. A rank is general information, not personal advice.
How does Ticker Nerd pick the best telecom stocks?
Nobody picks them. A factor model scores roughly 4,600 US stocks every trading day on families like value, momentum, quality and growth, and this page is one fixed cut of that ranking. The research process behind the model — point-in-time data from 2005, locked test windows, logged rejections — is published on the methodology page.
Are telecom stocks a good investment?
That depends on the price paid and on your circumstances — this page is general information, not advice. What the data says as at 15 Aug 2026: of the 13 listed names with analyst coverage this month, 6 carry a Buy-or-better majority, and every rank above is a percentile across roughly 4,600 US stocks.
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