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Communication Services Sector

Communication services spans telecom carriers, internet platforms, media, social networks, gaming, and digital advertising. The sector is led by giants like Alphabet (Google), Meta, and Netflix, alongside traditional carriers like Verizon and AT&T. It mixes high-margin digital-growth stocks with income-generating, dividend-paying telecoms. On this page we rank the best US communication-services stocks by the EL7 Score and compare them across value, growth, quality, safety, and capital-return factors.

EL7 Score

76Strong

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P/E 16.6 vs period average 16.1 Near its historical average

Total stocks222

Total Market Cap$12.8T

Median P/E16.6x

Median Net Margin-0.1%

Value

Growth

AI Sector Summary

2026-08-06

The communication services sector ranks third among market sectors with a score of 75.5, supported by high safety and quality levels as well as robust growth that enhances its investment appeal. Despite this distinction, the sector suffers from weak capital returns along with a relatively low evaluation in terms of the value factor, while the median price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio stabilizes at 16.58. Stocks such as EVER and TBLA stand out as the top-performing choices within the sector currently, according to our criteria.

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Best Stocks in Communication Services

Ranked among 81 stocks with a market cap above $2B. Smaller companies are excluded from the ranking.

Rank	Company	Price	Change	P/E	Fwd P/E	Value	Growth	Quality	Safety	Capital Return	EL7 Score
1/81	AMXAmérica Móvil, S.A.B.	$23.88	-0.2%	14.9	0.7	83	67	73	53	95	99
2/81	IHSIHS	$8.32	+1.0%	15.0	6.8	86	42	95	46	83	97
3/81	KYIVKyivstar Group Ltd.	$13.37	-0.0%	8.1	8.7	81	68	64	80	76	96
4/81	SIRISirius XM	$29.84	-0.1%	12.0	9.2	81	40	65	56	54	95
5/81	VIVTelefônica Brasil	$12.03	-0.5%	15.2	2.1	84	64	76	76	61	94
6/81	WLYJohn Wiley & Sons	$53.23	-0.8%	12.8	11.1	68	42	89	72	70	94
7/81	RDDTReddit	$160.30	+6.3%	35.1	26.1	14	100	96	99	55	93
8/81	GOOGAlphabet	$353.47	-0.9%	17.9	27.1	19	84	78	92	27	93
9/81	STGWStagwell	$9.17	+0.5%	137.7	7.9	60	72	59	51	77	93
10/81	TIMBTIM	$18.48	-0.2%	10.6	1.7	91	63	88	73	72	92

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Score = market-cap-weighted percentile rank of the sector stocks vs the whole market (0-100). Higher = stronger.

Fund	Exposure	Assets	Expense	Holdings
VOXVanguard Communication Services ETF	97.9%	$6B	0.09%	116
XLCState Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF	96.4%	$22B	0.08%	23
FDNFirst Trust Dow Jones Internet Index Fund	32.3%	$5B	0.49%	41

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Sector performance via XLC