Based on key financial metrics such as the price-to-sales ratio, shareholder yield and the price-earnings ratio, the following 5 stocks made the list for top value stocks in the Telecommunications Services - Wireless industry. Those looking for value stocks to add to their portfolio may want to use this list as a starting point for further investment research.

Why Focus on Undervalued Telecommunications Services - Wireless Stocks?

Value investors seek to buy stocks at a discount to their intrinsic value. Long-term returns show that such strategies are advantageous. Value stocks, as a group, tend to outperform growth stocks over extended periods of time. Typically, value investors perform financial analysis of numerous metrics, don’t follow the herd and are long-term investors.

AAII’s A+ Investor Value Grade is derived from a stock’s Value Score. The Value Score is the percentile rank of the average of the percentile ranks of the price-to-sales ratio, price-earnings ratio, enterprise-value-to-EBITDA (EV/EBITDA) ratio, shareholder yield, price-to-book-value ratio and price-to-free-cash-flow ratio. The score is variable, meaning it can consider all six ratios or, should any of the six ratios not be valid, the remaining ratios that are valid. To be assigned a Value Score, stocks must have a valid (non-null) ratio and corresponding ranking for at least two of the six valuation ratios.

What Goes Into AAII’s Value Grade?

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AAII’s proprietary stock grades come with A+ Investor. These offer intuitive A–F grades for more than just value. It is possible for a stock to appear cheap based on one valuation metric but appear expensive on another. It is also possible for one valuation ratio to be associated with outperforming stocks during certain periods of time but not others. Some stocks may even have null values for certain metrics like the price-earnings ratio or the price-to-book ratio but not others. An example of this would be a company with losses instead of profits or a negative book value because of heavy borrowing. Negative earnings or book value result in non-meaningful ratios that are left blank or null.

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5 Undervalued Telecommunications Services - Wireless Stocks

Of course, there are countless value stocks that are worth mentioning, but this is a concise list of the top 5 undervalued stocks in the Telecommunications Services - Wireless industry for Wednesday, January 04, 2023. Let’s take a closer look at their individual scores to see how they measure up against each other and the Telecommunications Services - Wireless industry median.

The Value Grade is assigned based on how each stock’s composite valuation compares to all other stocks.

The process for assigning grades starts with each variable for a given stock. The percentile rankings for all valid ratios that a stock has are calculated. So, for instance, a stock could have a price-to-book ranking in the 43rd percentile, a price-earnings ranking in the 67th percentile, a price-to-sales ranking in the 23rd percentile, etc. Then, those rankings are averaged for each stock. (A minimum of two valid variables are required, though all six will be used if available.)

Once the average of the individual variables is calculated, that average is ranked against all stocks. Put another way, each stock’s composite valuation is compared to all other stocks. These ranks are then sorted into quintiles from the cheapest 20% (a grade of A) to the most expensive 20% (a grade of F).

As always, we recommend that you conduct proper due diligence and research before investing in any security. We also suggest that investors utilize numerous grades, not just value, when it comes to deciding whether a company is a good fit for their allocation needs.

IHS Holding Ltd’s Value Grade

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IHS Holding Limited is a United Kingdom-based company, which is an operator and developer of shared telecommunications infrastructure. The Company provides shared telecommunications infrastructure services to mobile network operators (MNOs) and other customers, who in turn provide wireless voice, data and fiber access services to their end users and subscribers. It also provides its customers with opportunities to lease space on existing Towers alongside current tenants, known as Colocation, to install additional equipment on a Tower or request certain ancillary services, known as Lease Amendments, or to commission the construction of new Towers to the customer’s specifications, known as New Sites. The Company lease space to its customers in secure locations within building complexes, such as shopping malls, stadiums, and airports, which refers to as in-building solutions (IBS), or distributed antenna systems (DAS), as well as provide fiber connectivity.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

IHS Holding Ltd has a Value Score of 71, which is considered to be undervalued.

When you look at IHS Holding Ltd’s price-to-sales ratio at 1.12 compared to the industry median at 1.28, this company has a lower price relative to revenue compared to its peers. This could make IHS Holding Ltd’s stock more attractive for value investors.

Now, let’s assess IHS Holding Ltd’s EV/EBITDA ratio, also known as enterprise multiple. At 6.0, when compared to the industry median of 6.3, the company may be considered undervalued in relation to its peers. Value investors could use the enterprise multiple to identify stocks that are considered overvalued or undervalued relative to their industry.

Shareholder yield is the sum of a stock’s dividend yield (paid over previous 12 months minus special dividends) and the percentage of net share buybacks over the previous 12 months. IHS Holding Ltd’s shareholder yield is higher than its industry median ratio of 1.75%. Value investors may look for an attractive shareholder yield because it can be a powerful tool for identifying if the company has a good management team.

As one of the most common value metrics, the price-to-book ratio evaluates a company’s current market price relative to its book value. IHS Holding Ltd’s price-to-book ratio is lower than its industry median ratio of 1.94. This could make IHS Holding Ltd more attractive to investors looking for a new addition to their portfolio.

Lastly, let’s take a look at IHS Holding Ltd’s price-to-free-cash-flow ratio (P/FCF), which can indicate a company’s market value relative to its operating cash flow. IHS Holding Ltd’s price-to-free-cash-flow ratio is lower than its industry median ratio of 19.54. This could make IHS Holding Ltd more attractive because the lower P/FCF ratio indicates that IHS Holding Ltd is undervalued. The P/FCF ratio metric can also be viewed over a long-term time frame to see if the company's cash flow to share price value is generally improving or worsening.

Kaleyra Inc’s Value Grade

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Kaleyra, Inc. is engaged in providing mobile communication services to financial institutions, e-commerce players, over the top (OTT), software companies, logistic enablers, healthcare providers, retailers, and other organizations. The Company, through its cloud communications platforms, manages multi-channel integrated communication services on a global scale, consisting of inbound/outbound messaging solutions, programmable voice and Interactive Voice Response (IVR) configurations, hosted telephone numbers, conversational marketing solutions, Records Communications Switching System (RCS), and other types of Internet Protocol (IP) communications services such as e-mail, push notifications, video/audio/chat, and WhatsApp. The Company's subsidiary, Campaign Registry Inc., is a systems initiative to reduce spam by collecting robotically driven campaign information and processing and sharing that information with mobile operators and the messaging ecosystem.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

Kaleyra Inc has a Value Score of 65, which is considered to be undervalued.

Kaleyra Inc’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make Kaleyra Inc less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 1.94.

You can read more about Kaleyra Inc’s key financial metrics like shareholder yield, price-to-free-cash-flow and EV/EBITDA ratio, or learn more about its Momentum and Growth Grades, by subscribing to A+ Investor.

Spok Holdings Inc’s Value Grade

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Spok Holdings, Inc. through its wholly owned subsidiary Spok, Inc., is a healthcare communication. Company. The Company is focused on offering a suite of unified clinical communication and collaboration solutions, which includes call center operations, clinical alerting and notifications, one-way and advanced two-way wireless messaging services, mobile communications, and public safety solutions. The Company offers its services and products to three market segments: healthcare, government, and large enterprises. The Company provides one-way messaging consisting of numeric and alphanumeric messaging services. Two-way messaging services enable subscribers to send and receive messages to and from other wireless messaging devices, including pagers, personal digital assistants, and personal computers. The Company also offers voice mail, personalized greetings, message storage and retrieval, and equipment loss and/or maintenance protection to both one-way and two-way messaging subscribers.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

Spok Holdings Inc has a Value Score of 64, which is considered to be undervalued.

Spok Holdings Inc’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make Spok Holdings Inc less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 1.94.

You can read more about Spok Holdings Inc’s key financial metrics like shareholder yield, price-to-free-cash-flow and EV/EBITDA ratio, or learn more about its Momentum and Growth Grades, by subscribing to A+ Investor.

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.’s Value Grade

Value Grade:

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. is a diversified telecommunications company. It provides wireless, cable and wireline broadband, video, and voice, and hosted and managed services through its businesses, UScellular, TDS Telecom, BendBroadband and OneNeck IT Solutions. Its segments include UScellular and TDS Telecom. The TDS segment provides wireless telecommunications services. UScellular segment offers a range of devices, such as smartphones and other handsets, tablets, wearables, mobile hotspots, routers, and Internet of things (IoT) devices. In addition, UScellular also offers a range of accessories, including wireless essentials such as cases, screen protectors, chargers, memory cards and consumer electronics such as audio, home automation and networking products. TDS Telecom owns, operates and invests in communications services in a mix of rural and suburban communities throughout the United States. TDS Telecom provides a range of broadband, video, and voice communications.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc. has a Value Score of 91, which is considered to be undervalued.

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.’s price-earnings ratio is 25.8 compared to the industry median at 14.5. This means that it has a higher price relative to its earnings compared to its peers. This makes Telephone & Data Systems, Inc. less attractive for value investors.

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make Telephone & Data Systems, Inc. less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 1.94.

You can read more about Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.’s key financial metrics like shareholder yield, price-to-free-cash-flow and EV/EBITDA ratio, or learn more about its Momentum and Growth Grades, by subscribing to A+ Investor.

VEON Ltd (ADR)’s Value Grade

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VEON Ltd, formerly VimpelCom Ltd., is a communications and technology company based in the Netherlands. The Company offers mobile and fixed-line telecommunications services through a range of traditional and broadband mobile and fixed-line technologies. It provides mobile telecommunications services under contract and prepaid plans for corporate and consumer segments, as well as value added services. It also offers fixed-line telecommunication services, such as voice, data, and Internet services, as well as PSTN-fixed and IP telephony, data transmission and network access, domestic and international voice termination, IPLC, and TCP/IP international transit services for corporations, operators, and consumers, as well as sells equipment and accessories. The Company provides its services under the Beeline, Kyivstar, banglalink, Jazz and Djezzy brands. It operates in Russia, Italy, Algeria, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Bangladesh, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia and Georgia.

Stocks with a Value Score from 81 to 100 are considered deep value, those with a score between 61 and 80 are value and so on.

VEON Ltd (ADR) has a Value Score of 93, which is considered to be undervalued.

VEON Ltd (ADR)’s price-earnings ratio is 4.9 compared to the industry median at 14.5. This means that it has a lower price relative to its earnings compared to its peers. This makes VEON Ltd (ADR) more attractive for value investors.

VEON Ltd (ADR)’s price-to-book ratio is higher than its peers. This could make VEON Ltd (ADR) less attractive for value investors when compared to the industry median at 1.94.

You can read more about VEON Ltd (ADR)’s key financial metrics like shareholder yield, price-to-free-cash-flow and EV/EBITDA ratio, or learn more about its Momentum and Growth Grades, by subscribing to A+ Investor.

Other Telecommunications Services - Wireless Stock Grades

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Choosing Which of the 5 Best Telecommunications Services - Wireless Stocks Is Right for You

Choosing which value stocks to invest in will ultimately depend on your individual goals and allocation; however, comparing similar value stocks in the same industry can help you analyze which might be better investments for you in the long run. So, let’s take a look at the Value Grade for all of our stocks.

• IHS Holding Ltd stock has a Value Grade of B.
• Kaleyra Inc stock has a Value Grade of B.
• Spok Holdings Inc stock has a Value Grade of B.
• Telephone & Data Systems, Inc. stock has a Value Grade of A.
• VEON Ltd (ADR) stock has a Value Grade of A.

Now that you have a bit more background about each of the 5 undervalued stocks in the Telecommunications Services - Wireless industry as well as their overall grades, it’s time for you to conduct additional research to see if these could fit your portfolio needs based on your goals and risk tolerance. AAII can help you figure out both and identify which investments align with what works best for you.

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Additional Resources About Telecommunications Services - Wireless Stocks

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