How to buy Telefonica SA ADR stock (TEF)

Telefonica SA ADR is a telecom services business based in the US. Telefonica SA ADR shares (TEF) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $4.06 – a decrease of 8.14% over the previous week. Telefonica SA ADR employs 104,142 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $40.6 billion.

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Telefonica SA ADR stock price (NYSE: TEF)

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Telefonica SA ADR shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-19.

Latest market close	$4.06
52-week range	$3.54 - $4.75
50-day moving average more info button	$4.56
200-day moving average more info button	$4.49
Wall St. target price	$4.73
PE ratio more info button	N/A
Dividend yield more info button	$0.15 (7.72%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$-0.26

Is it a good time to buy Telefonica SA ADR stock?

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Telefonica SA ADR price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $4.06 from 2024-12-20

1 week (2024-12-13)	-8.14%
1 month (2024-11-22)	-8.76%
3 months (2024-09-20)	-15.94%
6 months (2024-06-21)	-5.80%

1 year (2023-12-22)	2.78%
2 years (2022-12-22)	34.08%
3 years (2021-12-22)	17.48%
5 years (2019-12-20)	4.8202

Is Telefonica SA ADR stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Telefonica SA ADR stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Telefonica SA ADR's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Telefonica SA ADR's PEG ratio

Telefonica SA ADR's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.136. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Telefonica SA ADR's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Telefonica SA ADR's EBITDA

Telefonica SA ADR's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $7.7 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Telefonica SA ADR's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Telefonica SA ADR financials

Revenue TTM	$40.6 billion
Operating margin TTM	10.59%
Gross profit TTM	$22.4 billion
Return on assets TTM	1.49%
Return on equity TTM	-3.23%
Profit margin	-2.87%
Book value	$3.65
Market Capitalization more info button	$23.7 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Telefonica SA ADR share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 111.21% of net profits

Recently Telefonica SA ADR has paid out, on average, around 100% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Telefonica SA ADR shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Telefonica SA ADR's case, that would currently equate to about $0.15 per share.

Telefonica SA ADR's payout ratio would broadly be considered high, and as such this stock could appeal to those looking to generate an income. Bear in mind however that companies should normally also look to re-invest a decent amount of net profits to ensure future growth.

Telefonica SA ADR's most recent dividend payout was on 9 January 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 17 December 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Telefonica SA ADR's shares ever split?

Telefonica SA ADR's shares were split on a 3:1 basis on 20 January 2011 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Telefonica SA ADR shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 66.7% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Telefonica SA ADR shares which in turn could have impacted Telefonica SA ADR's share price.

Telefonica SA ADR share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Telefonica SA ADR's shares have ranged in value from as little as $3.5421 up to $4.7493. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Telefonica SA ADR's is 0.678. This would suggest that Telefonica SA ADR's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Telefonica SA ADR 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.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Telefonica SA ADR is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.016% of Telefonica SA ADR shares are held by insiders and 1.296% by institutions. How many people work for Telefonica SA ADR?
Latest data suggests 104,142 work at Telefonica SA ADR. When does the fiscal year end for Telefonica SA ADR?
Telefonica SA ADR's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Telefonica SA ADR based?
Telefonica SA ADR's address is: Distrito TelefOnica, Madrid, Spain, 28050 What is Telefonica SA ADR's ISIN number?
Telefonica SA ADR's international securities identification number is: US8793822086 What is Telefonica SA ADR's CUSIP number?
Telefonica SA ADR's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 879382208