Telefonica (TEF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Telefónica, S.A., together with its subsidiaries, provides telecommunications services in Europe and Latin America. The company offers mobile and related services and products, such as mobile voice, value added, mobile data and internet, wholesale, corporate, roaming, fixed wireless, and trunking and paging services. It also provides fixed telecommunication services, including PSTN lines; ISDN accesses; public telephone services; local, domestic, and international long-distance and fixed-to-mobile communications; corporate communications; supplementary value-added services; video telephony; intelligent network; and telephony information services, as well as leases and sells handset equipment and telephony information services. It also provides Internet and broadband multimedia services comprising internet service provider, portal and network, retail and wholesale broadband access, narrowband switched access, security, internet through fibre to the home, and voice over internet protocol services. In addition, the company offers leased line, virtual private network, fibre optics, web hosting and application, managed hosting, content delivery, outsourcing and application, desktop, and system integration and professional services. Further, the company offers wholesale services for telecommunication operators, including domestic interconnection and international wholesale services; leased lines for other operators; and local loop leasing services, as well as bit stream services, wholesale line rental accesses, and leased ducts for other operators' fiber deployment. Additionally, it provides video/TV services; smart connectivity and services, and consumer IoT products; financial and other payment, security, cloud, advertising, big data, and digital experience services; Aura; open gateway, living apps; smart Wi-Fi, Phoenix, NT, Solar 360, and Movistar Home devices. Telefónica, S.A. was incorporated in 1924 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $5.21 to $5.28
• 50-Day Range: $4.55 to $5.41
• 52-Week Range: $3.89 to $5.48
• Volume: 408,605 shs
• Average Volume: 691,610 shs
• Market Capitalization: $29.57 billion
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 4.79%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Reduce

Telefonica Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Telefonica scored higher than 34% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 83rd out of 96 stocks in the utilities sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: N/A
• Analyst Rating: N/A

Consensus Rating

There is not enough analysis data for Telefonica.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 3.33%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Telefonica are expected to grow by 3.33% in the coming year, from $0.30 to $0.31 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Telefonica is -13.72, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Telefonica is -13.72, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Telefonica has a PEG Ratio of 0.82. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Telefonica has a P/B Ratio of 1.20. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.10% of the float of Telefonica has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Telefonica has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 8.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Telefonica has recently decreased by 3.28%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Leadership

Telefonica is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 4.71%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Telefonica does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, Telefonica will have a dividend payout ratio of 80.65% in the coming year. This indicates that Telefonica may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.10% of the float of Telefonica has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Telefonica has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 8.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Telefonica has recently decreased by 3.28%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.40

News Sentiment

Telefonica has a news sentiment score of 0.40. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.82 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for Telefonica this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 3 people have searched for TEF on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -40% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Telefonica to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Telefonica insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.01% of the stock of Telefonica is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 1.14% of the stock of Telefonica is held by institutions.

TEF Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have TEF shares performed this year?

Telefonica's stock was trading at $4.02 at the beginning of 2025. Since then, TEF shares have increased by 29.7% and is now trading at $5.2150.
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How were Telefonica's earnings last quarter?

Telefonica SA (NYSE:TEF) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May, 14th. The utilities provider reported $0.08 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $0.08. The utilities provider earned $9.70 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $10.06 billion. Telefonica had a negative net margin of 4.52% and a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.30%.
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Does Telefonica have any subsidiaries?

Telefonica subsidiaries include iHackLabs, Statiq, Synergic Partners S.L, E-Plus Mobilfunk, Global Village Telecom (GVT), DTS Communications, Canal+, and others.

Who are Telefonica's major shareholders?

Telefonica's top institutional investors include Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (0.11%), Northern Trust Corp (0.06%), American Century Companies Inc. (0.03%) and Drum Hill Capital LLC (0.01%).

How do I buy shares of Telefonica?

Shares of TEF stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Telefonica own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Telefonica investors own include Waste Connections (WCN), American Water Works (AWK), AU Optronics (AUOTY), The RMR Group (RMR), DiamondRock Hospitality (DRH), Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR) and iShares Micro-Cap ETF (IWC).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/14/2025
• Record date for 7/11 Dividend: 6/18/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 7/11 Dividend: 6/18/2025
• Today: 6/19/2025
• Dividend Payable: 7/11/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 7/30/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: Diversified Comm Services
• Sub-Industry: Communication
• Current Symbol: NYSE:TEF
• CIK: 814052
• Web: www.telefonica.com
• Phone: (491) 482-8700
• Fax: 34-91-482-8600
• Employees: 100,870
• Year Founded: 1924

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): ($0.38)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 17.38
• P/E Growth: 0.78
• Net Income: -$53.02 million
• Net Margins: -4.52%
• Pretax Margin: 1.11%
• Return on Equity: 9.30%
• Return on Assets: 2.21%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.39
• Current Ratio: 0.97
• Quick Ratio: 0.93

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $44.71 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.66
• Cash Flow: $0.43 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 12.07
• Book Value: $4.34 per share
• Price / Book: 1.20

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 5,670,160,000
• Free Float: 5,669,595,000
• Market Cap: $29.57 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.46