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Telefónica, S.A. (TEF) Stock Analysis

Telefónica, S.A. (TEF) is a Telecom Services stock listed on NYSE and quoted in US Dollar.

TEF

$4.17

+$0.05 (+1.21%)

Last trade March 19, 2026

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TEF Key Statistics

As of Mar 19, 2026

Trading

Open: $4.01
Previous Close: $4.12
Day's Range: 4.01–4.18
52-Week Range: 3.67–5.72
Volume: 198.41K
Beta: 0.28

Valuation

Market Cap: $21.49B
P/E Ratio: unprofitable
Forward P/E: 15.55
P/S ratio: 0.52
EPS (ttm): −0.22

Financials (FY)

Profit margin: −5.00%
1-Year Return: −7.72%

Dividend and dates

Dividend: $0.35+9.15%
Avg Volume: 1.61M

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TEF Stock Return by Calendar Year

Calendar-year returns computed from daily closing prices. Partial years are shown muted and marked with an asterisk.

−0.74%+4.12%+2.96%

2024*20252026*

Year	Return
2026 (partial year)	+2.96%
2025	+4.12%
2024 (partial year)	−0.74%

As of March 19, 2026.

TEF Valuation vs Telecom Services Median

Median of 63 stocks

Metric	TEF	Telecom Services median	vs median
P/S ratio	0.52	0.86	40% below
Profit margin	−5.00%	−0.09%	4.9 pts below

Medians across 63 Telecom Services stocks that report the metric. Medians, not averages, so one outlier cannot move them. As of September 4, 2026.

Analysis

Data-derived

Company Overview

Telefónica, S.A. (TEF) carries a market capitalisation of $21.49B. The company sits in the Communication Services sector, in the Telecom Services industry. Headcount on file is 100,870.

Over the past 52 weeks the price has ranged from $3.67 to $5.72. TEF last closed at $4.17 on March 19, 2026. That is +$0.05 (+1.21%) against the previous close. The latest close sits 13.62% above that 52-week low.

Financial Health

Trailing twelve-month revenue on file is $41.62B. Profit margin runs at −5.01%. That is 4.9 percentage points below the Telecom Services median of −0.09%. Trailing earnings per share are −0.22.

Valuation Assessment

The record shows negative trailing earnings, so no price-to-earnings ratio is published. The forward P/E on file is 15.55. The price-to-sales ratio is 0.52. On price-to-sales that is 39.96% below the Telecom Services median of 0.86. The medians here are taken across 63 Telecom Services companies that report the metric.

Over the trailing twelve months the price has returned −7.72%. The reported beta is 0.28. Daily returns over the trailing 1 year annualize to a volatility of 28.85%.

Growth & Income

TEF pays a dividend yielding 9.15%. That is 5 percentage points above the Telecom Services median yield of 4.11%. At the indicated rate that is $0.35 a share a year.

The record holds one complete calendar year, 2025, which returned +4.12%. So far in 2026 the price is +2.96%.

Peer Comparison

Telefónica, S.A. (TEF) operates in the Telecom Services industry. Here is how it compares to its closest peers by market capitalization:

Company	Ticker	Market Cap	P/E Ratio
Telefónica, S.A.	TEF	$21.49B	—
Verizon Communications Inc.	VZ	$208.32B	13.1
T-Mobile US, Inc.	TMUS	$194.71B	19.0
AT&T Inc.	T	$175.97B	8.7

The Telecom Services industry average P/E ratio is 13.1x. Telefónica, S.A. has no P/E ratio because it is not currently profitable.

Every figure above is read from this page's own data on each nightly rebuild. Informational only, not financial advice. As of March 19, 2026.

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About Telefónica, S.A.

Telefónica, S.A., together with its subsidiaries, provides telecommunications services in Europe and Latin America. The company offers mobile and related services and products, including mobile voice, value added, mobile data and internet, wholesale, corporate, roaming, fixed wireless, and trunking and paging services; traditional fixed telecommunication services, such as 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; telephony information services; and leases and sells handset equipment. It also provides internet provider service; portal and network, retail and wholesale broadband access, narrowband switched access and other technologies, internet through fibre to the home, very high bit-rate digital subscriber line, and voice over internet protocol services; leased line, virtual private network, fibre optics, web and managed hosting, content delivery and application, security, and outsourcing and consultancy services, including network management or CGP; and desktop, system integration, and professional services. In addition, the company offers wholesale services for telecommunication operators, such as 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. Further, it provides video/TV services; smart connectivity and services; financial and other payment, cloud, security, advertising, and big data services; digital products; Aura, an artificial-intelligence ecosystem; Movistar Home device; open gateway; living apps; smart Wi-Fi; NT; Solar 360; and Phoenix, a digital sales platform. Telefónica, S.A. was incorporated in 1924 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

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