Best Dividend Stocks in Telecom Services for 2026

Reliable dividend payers with sustainable yields, screened on payout ratio and balance-sheet health.

Telecom Services (the global wireless and fixed-line incumbents) are mature, capital-intensive businesses with high dividend yields. Composite scoring leans on the Health pillar (net debt to EBITDA, free-cash-flow coverage of the dividend) and the Valuation pillar (EV/EBITDA); Quality pillar uses operating-margin durability across pricing cycles.

Data as of (updated daily)

Top 20 Telecom Services stocks by dividend yield

#TickerNameYield
1CCOI.USCogent Communications Group Inc16.3%
2TU.USTelus Corp15.5%
3VZ.TOVerizon CDR (CAD Hedged)14.2%
4SPK.AUSpark New Zealand Ltd13.2%
5T.TOTelus Corp11.3%
6C1HT34.SAChunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.9.6%
7ALMENDRAL.SNAlmendral9.2%
8FNTN.XETRAfreenet AG8.9%
9TIMB.USTIM Participacoes SA8.7%
10TLK.USTelkom Indonesia (Persero) Tbk PT ADR Rep 100 B8.5%
11TLKM.JKTelkom Indonesia (Persero) Tbk PT8.4%
12BCE.USBCE Inc7.8%
13PHI.USPLDT Inc ADR7.7%
14VIV.USTelefonica Brasil SA ADR7.6%
15CNU.AUChorus Ltd7.4%
161883.HKCITIC Telecom International Holdings Ltd7.0%
17BAC.XETRAVerizon Communications Inc.7.0%
18VERZ34.SAVerizon Communications Inc6.9%
19ENTEL.SNEmpresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones SA6.9%
200008.HKPCCW Limited6.7%

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Methodology: How we score stocks. Data refreshed nightly around 03:30 ET. This page lists the top 20 by dividend yield within the Telecom Services industry; use the screener for the full ranked list.

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