Compare 5G Stocks

5G stocks give investors access to the next wave of technological transformation, powering everything from ultra-fast mobile networks to smart cities and the Internet of Things (IoT). With 5G deployment accelerating worldwide, companies leading in network infrastructure, semiconductor innovation, and wireless technology are poised for significant growth.

Want to discover the companies shaping the future of connectivity and uncover the strongest investment opportunities in the 5G revolution? Our advanced comparison tool allows you to assess up to ten stocks at once, diving deep into Performance Charts, Price & Volume, MarketRank™, Analyst Ratings, Sales & Book Value, Profitability & Earnings, Dividends, Debt, Ownership, Headlines, and more.

This list is regularly updated to provide you with the latest market insights and top investment opportunities as the demand for faster, more efficient networks accelerates and 5G adoption transforms industries.

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AAPL Apple	$227.76 +1.3%	$212.52	$169.21 ▼ $260.10	$3.38T	1.16	61.96 million shs	42.43 million shs
ASTS AST SpaceMobile	$47.07 +4.6%	$49.33	$17.50 ▼ $60.95	$16.88B	2.33	8.68 million shs	6.52 million shs
AVGO Broadcom	$294.00 +1.5%	$282.85	$134.90 ▼ $317.35	$1.38T	1.15	17.70 million shs	16.28 million shs
QCOM QUALCOMM	$158.01 +2.5%	$155.64	$120.80 ▼ $182.10	$170.49B	1.23	8.72 million shs	7.71 million shs
SWKS Skyworks Solutions	$77.29 +3.7%	$73.20	$47.93 ▼ $110.76	$11.47B	1.13	2.70 million shs	2.39 million shs
TMUS T-Mobile US	$251.95 -2.4%	$237.98	$192.61 ▼ $276.49	$283.55B	0.62	3.84 million shs	3.98 million shs
AMT American Tower	$211.77 +1.0%	$216.76	$172.51 ▼ $243.56	$99.16B	0.82	2.43 million shs	2.34 million shs
CIEN Ciena	$89.76 +2.7%	$85.05	$49.21 ▼ $101.44	$12.69B	1.11	1.65 million shs	1.97 million shs
T AT&T	$28.73 -2.4%	$27.99	$19.51 ▼ $29.65	$205.42B	0.42	30.02 million shs	33.99 million shs
VZ Verizon Communications	$44.38 -1.4%	$42.80	$37.58 ▼ $47.35	$187.14B	0.36	16.01 million shs	19.11 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AAPL Apple	0.00%	-1.65%	+6.49%	+16.64%	+0.41%
ASTS AST SpaceMobile	0.00%	-2.10%	-13.36%	+95.39%	+43.24%
AVGO Broadcom	0.00%	-4.03%	+1.32%	+28.54%	+76.73%
QCOM QUALCOMM	0.00%	+0.10%	-0.25%	+8.69%	-8.93%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions	0.00%	+3.72%	+8.05%	+11.38%	-29.23%
TMUS T-Mobile US	0.00%	-1.05%	+3.45%	+3.73%	+26.88%
AMT American Tower	0.00%	+2.70%	-7.82%	-0.06%	-6.71%
CIEN Ciena	0.00%	-1.24%	+1.33%	+11.76%	+58.76%
T AT&T	0.00%	-0.56%	+2.55%	+4.67%	+45.61%
VZ Verizon Communications	0.00%	+0.33%	+2.99%	+2.31%	+7.70%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
AAPL Apple	4.5589 of 5 stars	2.3	3.0	3.3	2.8	3.3	2.5	1.9
ASTS AST SpaceMobile	1.9401 of 5 stars	2.3	3.0	0.0	0.0	2.2	4.2	0.0
AVGO Broadcom	4.799 of 5 stars	2.5	5.0	2.5	3.2	3.6	2.5	1.9
QCOM QUALCOMM	4.9426 of 5 stars	3.2	4.0	4.2	3.4	3.6	2.5	1.9
SWKS Skyworks Solutions	3.994 of 5 stars	2.0	3.0	3.3	2.7	3.6	1.7	0.6
TMUS T-Mobile US	4.858 of 5 stars	2.3	5.0	2.5	3.4	3.4	1.7	3.1
AMT American Tower	4.6456 of 5 stars	3.5	5.0	1.7	3.1	3.7	2.5	0.0
CIEN Ciena	4.2377 of 5 stars	2.4	3.0	0.0	3.9	2.8	2.5	1.9
T AT&T	4.5006 of 5 stars	2.4	3.0	3.3	3.7	3.3	0.8	1.9
VZ Verizon Communications	4.6997 of 5 stars	2.3	3.0	5.0	3.5	3.0	1.7	1.9

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AAPL Apple	2.58	Moderate Buy	$237.98	4.49% Upside
ASTS AST SpaceMobile	2.50	Moderate Buy	$48.41	2.86% Upside
AVGO Broadcom	3.07	Buy	$298.67	1.59% Upside
QCOM QUALCOMM	2.45	Hold	$181.10	14.61% Upside
SWKS Skyworks Solutions	1.95	Reduce	$72.87	-5.72% Downside
TMUS T-Mobile US	2.56	Moderate Buy	$256.31	1.73% Upside
AMT American Tower	2.94	Moderate Buy	$244.73	15.57% Upside
CIEN Ciena	2.73	Moderate Buy	$85.54	-4.71% Downside
T AT&T	2.75	Moderate Buy	$30.21	5.17% Upside
VZ Verizon Communications	2.60	Moderate Buy	$47.35	6.69% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest 5G Stocks Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/22/2025	AVGO Broadcom	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$300.00 ➝ $315.00
8/21/2025	AAPL Apple	Loop Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Hold ➝ Hold	$230.00 ➝ $226.00
8/21/2025	ASTS AST SpaceMobile	William Blair Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Market Perform
8/18/2025	AMT American Tower	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$246.00 ➝ $250.00
8/18/2025	ASTS AST SpaceMobile	Zacks Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong Sell ➝ Hold
8/14/2025	ASTS AST SpaceMobile	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$38.00 ➝ $62.00
8/14/2025	SWKS Skyworks Solutions	Arete Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong-Buy
8/13/2025	AAPL Apple	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy
8/13/2025	AAPL Apple	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$250.00
8/13/2025	AVGO Broadcom	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy	$340.00
8/12/2025	ASTS AST SpaceMobile	Roth Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Buy

(Data available from 8/24/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AAPL Apple	$391.04B	8.64	$7.64 per share	29.83	$3.77 per share	60.41
ASTS AST SpaceMobile	$4.42M	3,817.99	N/A	N/A	$2.25 per share	20.92
AVGO Broadcom	$51.57B	26.81	$5.99 per share	49.09	$14.44 per share	20.36
QCOM QUALCOMM	$38.96B	4.38	$10.12 per share	15.62	$23.58 per share	6.70
SWKS Skyworks Solutions	$4.18B	2.75	$8.24 per share	9.38	$39.67 per share	1.95
TMUS T-Mobile US	$81.40B	3.48	$21.24 per share	11.86	$54.08 per share	4.66
AMT American Tower	$10.13B	9.79	$11.57 per share	18.30	$20.64 per share	10.26
CIEN Ciena	$4.01B	3.16	$1.88 per share	47.85	$19.50 per share	4.60
T AT&T	$122.34B	1.68	$5.16 per share	5.57	$16.48 per share	1.74
VZ Verizon Communications	$134.79B	1.39	$8.84 per share	5.02	$23.89 per share	1.86

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AAPL Apple	$93.74B	$6.59	34.56	27.78	2.38	24.30%	170.91%	31.94%	10/30/2025 (Estimated)
ASTS AST SpaceMobile	-$300.08M	-$1.89	N/A	N/A	N/A	-7,213.90%	-26.81%	-16.51%	N/A
AVGO Broadcom	$5.90B	$2.67	110.11	46.08	2.09	22.64%	35.49%	14.58%	9/4/2025 (Estimated)
QCOM QUALCOMM	$10.14B	$10.37	15.24	16.03	2.30	26.77%	40.35%	19.74%	11/5/2025 (Estimated)
SWKS Skyworks Solutions	$596M	$2.50	30.92	26.84	1.73	9.88%	11.77%	8.89%	11/11/2025 (Estimated)
TMUS T-Mobile US	$11.34B	$10.60	23.77	20.50	1.38	14.53%	19.68%	5.78%	10/23/2025 (Estimated)
AMT American Tower	$2.26B	$2.75	77.01	21.18	1.21	12.60%	24.85%	4.01%	11/4/2025 (Estimated)
CIEN Ciena	$83.96M	$0.72	124.67	35.20	2.01	2.46%	5.08%	2.55%	9/4/2025 (Confirmed)
T AT&T	$10.95B	$1.76	16.32	12.66	3.56	10.29%	13.36%	3.99%	10/22/2025 (Estimated)
VZ Verizon Communications	$17.51B	$4.29	10.35	9.13	3.43	13.28%	19.61%	5.19%	10/28/2025 (Estimated)

Latest 5G Stocks Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
9/4/2025	Q3 2025	AVGO Broadcom	$1.66	N/A	N/A	N/A	$15.82 billion	N/A
9/4/2025	Q3 2025	CIEN Ciena	$0.52	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.18 billion	N/A
8/11/2025	Q2 2025	ASTS AST SpaceMobile	-$0.19	-$0.41	-$0.22	-$0.41	$6.37 million	$1.16 million
8/5/2025	Q3 2025	SWKS Skyworks Solutions	$1.24	$1.33	+$0.09	$0.70	$940.00 million	$965.00 million
7/31/2025	Q3 2025	AAPL Apple	$1.43	$1.57	+$0.14	$1.57	$88.64 billion	$94.04 billion
7/30/2025	Q3 2025	QCOM QUALCOMM	$2.71	$2.77	+$0.06	$2.43	$10.33 billion	$10.37 billion
7/29/2025	Q2 2025	AMT American Tower	$2.59	$2.60	+$0.01	$2.60	$2.58 billion	$2.63 billion
7/23/2025	Q2 2025	TMUS T-Mobile US	$2.69	$2.84	+$0.15	$2.84	$20.99 billion	$21.13 billion
7/23/2025	Q2 2025	T AT&T	$0.53	$0.54	+$0.01	$0.62	$30.44 billion	$30.85 billion
7/21/2025	Q2 2025	VZ Verizon Communications	$1.19	$1.22	+$0.03	$1.19	$33.47 billion	$34.50 billion
6/5/2025	Q2 2025	AVGO Broadcom	$1.57	$1.58	+$0.01	$1.03	$14.98 billion	$15.00 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AAPL Apple	$1.04	0.46%	N/A	15.78%	14 Years
ASTS AST SpaceMobile	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
AVGO Broadcom	$2.36	0.80%	N/A	88.39%	15 Years
QCOM QUALCOMM	$3.56	2.25%	N/A	34.33%	23 Years
SWKS Skyworks Solutions	$2.80	3.62%	N/A	112.00%	11 Years
TMUS T-Mobile US	$3.52	1.40%	N/A	33.21%	N/A
AMT American Tower	$6.80	3.21%	N/A	247.27%	1 Years
CIEN Ciena	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
T AT&T	$1.11	3.86%	N/A	63.07%	N/A
VZ Verizon Communications	$2.71	6.11%	N/A	63.17%	20 Years

Latest 5G Stocks Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/7/2025	QCOM QUALCOMM	quarterly	$0.89	2.31%	9/4/2025	9/4/2025	9/25/2025
8/5/2025	SWKS Skyworks Solutions	quarterly	$0.71	4.2%	8/26/2025	8/26/2025	9/16/2025
6/5/2025	TMUS T-Mobile US	quarterly	$0.88	1.44%	8/29/2025	8/29/2025	9/11/2025
7/31/2025	AAPL Apple	quarterly	$0.26	0.5%	8/11/2025	8/11/2025	8/14/2025
6/25/2025	T AT&T	quarterly	$0.2775	3.97%	7/10/2025	7/10/2025	8/1/2025
6/6/2025	VZ Verizon Communications	quarterly	$0.6775	6.22%	7/10/2025	7/10/2025	8/1/2025
6/4/2025	AVGO Broadcom	quarterly	$0.59	0.91%	6/20/2025	6/20/2025	6/30/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AAPL Apple	1.25	0.87	0.83
ASTS AST SpaceMobile	0.42	8.23	8.23
AVGO Broadcom	0.89	1.08	0.98
QCOM QUALCOMM	0.54	3.19	2.38
SWKS Skyworks Solutions	0.09	2.39	1.80
TMUS T-Mobile US	1.33	1.21	1.13
AMT American Tower	3.36	0.95	0.95
CIEN Ciena	0.55	3.40	2.57
T AT&T	1.01	0.81	0.76
VZ Verizon Communications	1.19	0.64	0.60

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AAPL Apple	67.73%
ASTS AST SpaceMobile	60.95%
AVGO Broadcom	76.43%
QCOM QUALCOMM	74.35%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions	85.43%
TMUS T-Mobile US	42.49%
AMT American Tower	92.69%
CIEN Ciena	91.99%
T AT&T	57.10%
VZ Verizon Communications	62.06%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AAPL Apple	0.06%
ASTS AST SpaceMobile	41.80%
AVGO Broadcom	2.00%
QCOM QUALCOMM	0.08%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions	0.28%
TMUS T-Mobile US	0.37%
AMT American Tower	0.18%
CIEN Ciena	0.93%
T AT&T	0.08%
VZ Verizon Communications	0.10%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AAPL Apple	164,000	14.84 billion	14.83 billion	Optionable
ASTS AST SpaceMobile	390	358.52 million	208.66 million	Optionable
AVGO Broadcom	37,000	4.70 billion	4.61 billion	Optionable
QCOM QUALCOMM	49,000	1.08 billion	1.08 billion	Optionable
SWKS Skyworks Solutions	10,100	148.43 million	148.01 million	Optionable
TMUS T-Mobile US	70,000	1.13 billion	1.12 billion	Optionable
AMT American Tower	4,691	468.25 million	467.41 million	Optionable
CIEN Ciena	8,657	141.37 million	140.05 million	Optionable
T AT&T	140,990	7.15 billion	7.14 billion	Optionable
VZ Verizon Communications	99,600	4.22 billion	4.21 billion	Optionable

5G Stocks Headlines

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APG Asset Management N.V. Has $217.12 Million Holdings in Verizon Communications Inc. $VZ

August 24 at 8:37 AM | marketbeat.com

RBO & Co. LLC Invests $687,000 in Verizon Communications Inc. $VZ

August 24 at 8:16 AM | marketbeat.com

Biondo Investment Advisors LLC Acquires 9,885 Shares of Verizon Communications Inc. $VZ

August 24 at 8:16 AM | marketbeat.com

Rahlfs Capital LLC Increases Position in Verizon Communications Inc. $VZ

August 24 at 7:55 AM | marketbeat.com

Verizon Communications Inc. $VZ Shares Sold by Caitlin John LLC

August 24 at 7:55 AM | marketbeat.com

Verizon Communications Inc. $VZ Shares Bought by Trinity Legacy Partners LLC

August 24 at 7:14 AM | marketbeat.com

Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD Trims Stake in Verizon Communications Inc. $VZ

August 24 at 5:37 AM | marketbeat.com

Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) Stock Unloaded Rep. Ritchie Torres

August 23 at 5:13 PM | marketbeat.com

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Arnhold LLC Reduces Holdings in Verizon Communications Inc. $VZ

August 23 at 9:07 AM | marketbeat.com

Allstate Corp Acquires 27,242 Shares of Verizon Communications Inc. $VZ

August 23 at 8:59 AM | marketbeat.com

Verizon Communications Inc. $VZ Shares Sold by Kestra Advisory Services LLC

August 23 at 8:44 AM | marketbeat.com

RPG Investment Advisory LLC Has $12.10 Million Stock Position in Verizon Communications Inc. $VZ

August 23 at 8:42 AM | marketbeat.com

Bragg Financial Advisors Inc Increases Stake in Verizon Communications Inc. $VZ

August 23 at 7:26 AM | marketbeat.com

Summit Financial LLC Buys 41,131 Shares of Verizon Communications Inc. $VZ

August 23 at 6:59 AM | marketbeat.com

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August 23 at 5:15 AM | marketbeat.com

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August 22 at 9:01 AM | marketbeat.com

Norinchukin Bank The Boosts Position in Verizon Communications Inc. $VZ

August 22 at 8:50 AM | marketbeat.com

CW Advisors LLC Increases Stock Holdings in Verizon Communications Inc. $VZ

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5G Stocks Company Descriptions

Apple NASDAQ:AAPL

$227.76 +2.86 (+1.27%)

Closing price 08/22/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$228.08 +0.33 (+0.14%)

As of 08/22/2025 07:59 PM Eastern

Apple Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables, and accessories worldwide. The company offers iPhone, a line of smartphones; Mac, a line of personal computers; iPad, a line of multi-purpose tablets; and wearables, home, and accessories comprising AirPods, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Beats products, and HomePod. It also provides AppleCare support and cloud services; and operates various platforms, including the App Store that allow customers to discover and download applications and digital content, such as books, music, video, games, and podcasts. In addition, the company offers various services, such as Apple Arcade, a game subscription service; Apple Fitness+, a personalized fitness service; Apple Music, which offers users a curated listening experience with on-demand radio stations; Apple News+, a subscription news and magazine service; Apple TV+, which offers exclusive original content; Apple Card, a co-branded credit card; and Apple Pay, a cashless payment service, as well as licenses its intellectual property. The company serves consumers, and small and mid-sized businesses; and the education, enterprise, and government markets. It distributes third-party applications for its products through the App Store. The company also sells its products through its retail and online stores, and direct sales force; and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and resellers. Apple Inc. was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

AST SpaceMobile NASDAQ:ASTS

$47.07 +2.09 (+4.65%)

Closing price 08/22/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$47.82 +0.76 (+1.60%)

As of 08/22/2025 07:59 PM Eastern

AST SpaceMobile, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops and provides access to a space-based cellular broadband network for smartphones in the United States. Its SpaceMobile service provides cellular broadband services to end-users who are out of terrestrial cellular coverage. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Midland, Texas.

Broadcom NASDAQ:AVGO

$294.00 +4.40 (+1.52%)

Closing price 08/22/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$294.80 +0.80 (+0.27%)

As of 08/22/2025 08:00 PM Eastern

Broadcom Inc. designs, develops, and supplies various semiconductor devices with a focus on complex digital and mixed signal complementary metal oxide semiconductor based devices and analog III-V based products worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Semiconductor Solutions and Infrastructure Software. It provides set-top box system-on-chips (SoCs); cable, digital subscriber line, and passive optical networking central office/consumer premise equipment SoCs; wireless local area network access point SoCs; Ethernet switching and routing custom silicon solutions; serializer/deserializer application specific integrated circuits; optical and copper, and physical layer devices; and fiber optic components and RF semiconductor devices. The company also offers RF front end modules and filter; Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and global positioning system/global navigation satellite system SoCs; custom touch controllers; inductive charging; attached small computer system interface, and redundant array of independent disks controllers and adapters; peripheral component interconnect express; fiber channel host bus adapters; read channel based SoCs; custom flash controllers; preamplifiers; optocouplers, industrial fiber optics, and motion control encoders and subsystems; light emitting diode, ethernet PHYs, switch ICs, and camera microcontrollers. Its products are used in various applications, including enterprise and data center networking, home connectivity, set-top boxes, broadband access, telecommunication equipment, smartphones and base stations, data center servers and storage systems, factory automation, power generation and alternative energy systems, and electronic displays. Broadcom Inc. was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

QUALCOMM NASDAQ:QCOM

$158.01 +3.88 (+2.52%)

Closing price 08/22/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$157.96 -0.05 (-0.03%)

As of 08/22/2025 07:59 PM Eastern

QUALCOMM Incorporated engages in the development and commercialization of foundational technologies for the wireless industry worldwide. It operates through three segments: Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT); Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL); and Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives (QSI). The QCT segment develops and supplies integrated circuits and system software based on 3G/4G/5G and other technologies for use in wireless voice and data communications, networking, computing, multimedia, and position location products. The QTL segment grants licenses or provides rights to use portions of its intellectual property portfolio, which include various patent rights useful in the manufacture and sale of wireless products comprising products implementing CDMA2000, WCDMA, LTE and/or OFDMA-based 5G standards and their derivatives. The QSI segment invests in early-stage companies in various industries, including 5G, artificial intelligence, automotive, consumer, enterprise, cloud, IoT, and extended reality, and investments, including non-marketable equity securities and, to a lesser extent, marketable equity securities, and convertible debt instruments. It also provides development, and other services and related products to the United States government agencies and their contractors. The company was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Skyworks Solutions NASDAQ:SWKS

$77.29 +2.77 (+3.72%)

Closing price 08/22/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$77.90 +0.60 (+0.78%)

As of 08/22/2025 07:59 PM Eastern

Skyworks Solutions, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and markets proprietary semiconductor products in the United States, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the rest of Asia-Pacific. Its product portfolio includes amplifiers, antenna tuners, attenuators, automotive tuners and digital radios, DC/DC converters, demodulators, detectors, diodes, wireless analog system on chip products, directional couplers, diversity receive modules, filters, front-end modules, hybrids, light emitting diode drivers, low noise amplifiers, mixers, modulators, optocouplers/optoisolators, phase locked loops, phase shifters, power dividers/combiners, power over ethernet, power isolators, receivers, switches, synthesizers, timing devices, voltage controlled oscillators/synthesizers, and voltage regulators. The company products are the used in aerospace, automotive, broadband, cellular infrastructure, connected home, defense, entertainment and gaming, industrial, medical, military, smartphone, tablet, and wearable markets. It sells its products through direct sales force, electronic component distributors, and independent sales representatives. Skyworks Solutions, Inc. was founded in 1962 and is based in Irvine, California.

T-Mobile US NASDAQ:TMUS

$251.95 -6.21 (-2.41%)

Closing price 08/22/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$251.65 -0.30 (-0.12%)

As of 08/22/2025 07:57 PM Eastern

T-Mobile US, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides mobile communications services in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands. The company offers voice, messaging, and data services to customers in the postpaid, prepaid, and wholesale and other services. It also provides wireless devices, including smartphones, wearables, tablets, home broadband routers, and other mobile communication devices, as well as wireless devices and accessories; financing through equipment installment plans; reinsurance for device insurance policies and extended warranty contracts; leasing through JUMP! On Demand; and High Speed Internet services. In addition, the company offers services, devices, and accessories under the T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile brands through its owned and operated retail stores, T-Mobile app and customer care channels, and its websites. It also sells its devices to dealers and other third-party distributors for resale through independent third-party retail outlets and various third-party websites. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.

American Tower NYSE:AMT

$211.77 +2.04 (+0.97%)

Closing price 08/22/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

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$211.78 +0.01 (+0.00%)

As of 08/22/2025 07:53 PM Eastern

American Tower, one of the largest global REITs, is a leading independent owner, operator and developer of multitenant communications real estate with a portfolio of over 224,000 communications sites and a highly interconnected footprint of U.S. data center facilities.

Ciena NYSE:CIEN

$89.76 +2.40 (+2.75%)

Closing price 08/22/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

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$89.82 +0.06 (+0.07%)

As of 08/22/2025 06:46 PM Eastern

Ciena Corporation provides hardware and software services for delivery of video, data, and voice traffic metro, aggregation, and access communications network worldwide. The company's Networking Platforms segment offers convergence of coherent optical transport, open optical networking, optical transport network switching, IP routing, and switching services. Its products include 6500 Packet-Optical Platform, Waveserver stackable interconnect system, and the 6500 Reconfigurable line system, and the 5400 family of Packet-Optical platforms, as well as 8100 coherent routing platforms; 3000 family of service delivery switches and the 5000 family of service aggregation switches, as well as 8700 Packetwave Platform and 6500 Packet Transport System. This segment also sells operating system software and enhanced software features embedded in each of its products. The company's Blue Planet Automation Software and Services segment provides multi-domain service orchestration, inventory, route optimization and analysis, multi-cloud orchestration, and unified assurance and analytics services. Its Platform Software and Service segment offers MCP domain controller solution, and OneControl unified management system, as well as planning tools. The company's Global Services segment provides maintenance support and training, installation and deployment, and consulting and network design services. Ciena Corporation was incorporated in 1992 and is headquartered in Hanover, Maryland.

AT&T NYSE:T

$28.73 -0.71 (-2.42%)

Closing price 08/22/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$28.80 +0.07 (+0.23%)

As of 08/22/2025 07:59 PM Eastern

AT&T, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of telecommunications and technology services. It operates through the Communications and Latin America segments. The Communications segment offers wireless, wireline telecom, and broadband services to businesses and consumers located in the US and businesses globally. The Latin America segment provides wireless services and equipment in Mexico. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Verizon Communications NYSE:VZ

$44.38 -0.65 (-1.43%)

Closing price 08/22/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$44.46 +0.07 (+0.16%)

As of 08/22/2025 07:59 PM Eastern

Verizon Communications Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of communications, technology, information, and entertainment products and services to consumers, businesses, and governmental entities worldwide. It operates in two segments, Verizon Consumer Group (Consumer) and Verizon Business Group (Business). The Consumer segment provides wireless services across the wireless networks in the United States under the Verizon and TracFone brands and through wholesale and other arrangements; and fixed wireless access (FWA) broadband through its wireless networks, as well as related equipment and devices, such as smartphones, tablets, smart watches, and other wireless-enabled connected devices. The segment also offers wireline services in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, as well as Washington D.C. through its fiber-optic network, Verizon Fios product portfolio, and a copper-based network. The Business segment provides wireless and wireline communications services and products, including FWA broadband, data, video and conferencing, corporate networking, security and managed network, local and long-distance voice, and network access services to deliver various IoT services and products to businesses, government customers, and wireless and wireline carriers in the United States and internationally. The company was formerly known as Bell Atlantic Corporation and changed its name to Verizon Communications Inc. in June 2000. Verizon Communications Inc. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Written by Jessica Mitacek | Reviewed by Don Miller

March 13, 2025

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