Compare 5G Stocks

5G stocks give investors access to the next wave of technological transformation, powering everything from ultra-fast mobile networks to smart cities and the Internet of Things (IoT). With 5G deployment accelerating worldwide, companies leading in network infrastructure, semiconductor innovation, and wireless technology are poised for significant growth.

Want to discover the companies shaping the future of connectivity and uncover the strongest investment opportunities in the 5G revolution? Our advanced comparison tool allows you to assess up to ten stocks at once, diving deep into Performance Charts, Price & Volume, MarketRank™, Analyst Ratings, Sales & Book Value, Profitability & Earnings, Dividends, Debt, Ownership, Headlines, and more.

This list is regularly updated to provide you with the latest market insights and top investment opportunities as the demand for faster, more efficient networks accelerates and 5G adoption transforms industries.

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ERIC Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)	$8.25 +0.3%	$8.08	$4.77 ▼ $8.90	$27.48B	0.81	16.98 million shs	14.69 million shs
QCOM QUALCOMM	$160.23 +0.1%	$164.57	$149.43 ▼ $230.63	$177.35B	1.28	8.23 million shs	1.87 million shs
SWKS Skyworks Solutions	$68.35 -1.0%	$75.26	$62.01 ▼ $120.86	$10.99B	1.18	2.57 million shs	622,367 shs
TMUS T-Mobile US	$259.12 +0.1%	$249.10	$159.14 ▼ $276.49	$295.83B	0.64	3.98 million shs	1.41 million shs
NOK Nokia Oyj	$5.33 -0.1%	$4.90	$3.29 ▼ $5.48	$29.03B	1.11	17.00 million shs	7.28 million shs
T AT&T	$27.22 +1.0%	$25.24	$15.94 ▼ $27.97	$195.54B	0.56	34.29 million shs	26.44 million shs
VZ Verizon Communications	$43.27 -0.7%	$41.63	$37.59 ▼ $47.36	$182.15B	0.41	18.34 million shs	10.60 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ERIC Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)	+0.61%	-0.24%	+3.92%	+0.61%	+51.38%
QCOM QUALCOMM	+2.08%	+1.35%	-3.23%	+0.45%	-5.89%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions	+2.63%	-2.21%	+2.69%	-23.61%	-34.62%
TMUS T-Mobile US	+1.22%	-0.47%	-2.34%	+16.12%	+61.24%
NOK Nokia Oyj	+0.19%	-0.93%	+8.11%	+18.82%	+49.02%
T AT&T	-0.30%	+0.33%	+1.20%	+17.45%	+58.75%
VZ Verizon Communications	-1.07%	-0.23%	+1.90%	+9.51%	+7.96%

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Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
ERIC Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)	1.1569 of 5 stars	1.0	3.0	1.7	0.0	3.1	0.0	1.3
QCOM QUALCOMM	4.9695 of 5 stars	4.3	3.0	4.2	3.4	2.8	2.5	1.9
SWKS Skyworks Solutions	4.4493 of 5 stars	3.0	2.0	3.3	2.8	2.5	3.3	1.3
TMUS T-Mobile US	4.6904 of 5 stars	2.3	5.0	2.5	3.4	2.9	1.7	2.5
NOK Nokia Oyj	2.0432 of 5 stars	1.3	3.0	2.5	0.0	2.5	0.0	2.5
T AT&T	4.3443 of 5 stars	2.4	3.0	3.3	3.7	2.8	0.8	1.9
VZ Verizon Communications	4.7849 of 5 stars	2.3	4.0	5.0	3.5	2.9	2.5	1.9

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ERIC Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)	2.00	Hold	$6.70	-19.03% Downside
QCOM QUALCOMM	2.50	Moderate Buy	$205.32	27.92% Upside
SWKS Skyworks Solutions	1.91	Reduce	$83.78	22.18% Upside
TMUS T-Mobile US	2.61	Moderate Buy	$255.80	-1.20% Downside
NOK Nokia Oyj	2.60	Moderate Buy	$5.85	9.45% Upside
T AT&T	2.78	Moderate Buy	$26.79	-2.60% Downside
VZ Verizon Communications	2.56	Moderate Buy	$46.71	7.56% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest 5G Stocks Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
3/25/2025	VZ Verizon Communications	Royal Bank of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Sector Perform ➝ Sector Perform	$42.00 ➝ $45.00
3/21/2025	TMUS T-Mobile US	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
3/21/2025	TMUS T-Mobile US	Royal Bank of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Sector Perform ➝ Sector Perform	$245.00 ➝ $260.00
3/19/2025	T AT&T	Royal Bank of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$27.00 ➝ $28.00
3/18/2025	TMUS T-Mobile US	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$265.00 ➝ $270.00
3/14/2025	TMUS T-Mobile US	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$268.00
3/12/2025	VZ Verizon Communications	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Peer Perform
3/5/2025	TMUS T-Mobile US	Hsbc Global Res Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
3/5/2025	TMUS T-Mobile US	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold	$270.00
3/3/2025	TMUS T-Mobile US	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Sector Perform ➝ Sector Perform	$247.00 ➝ $275.00
3/3/2025	T AT&T	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Sector Outperform ➝ Sector Outperform	$26.00 ➝ $28.50

(Data available from 3/25/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ERIC Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)	$247.88B	0.11	$1.12 per share	7.37	$2.64 per share	3.13
QCOM QUALCOMM	$40.70B	4.36	$9.35 per share	17.17	$24.30 per share	6.61
SWKS Skyworks Solutions	$4.05B	2.72	$8.39 per share	8.17	$39.82 per share	1.72
TMUS T-Mobile US	$81.40B	3.63	$20.73 per share	12.49	$54.08 per share	4.79
NOK Nokia Oyj	$19.22B	1.52	$0.68 per share	7.90	$4.12 per share	1.30
T AT&T	$122.34B	1.61	$5.44 per share	5.06	$16.47 per share	1.67
VZ Verizon Communications	$134.79B	1.36	$9.05 per share	4.80	$23.89 per share	1.82

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ERIC Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)	$1.89M	-$0.00	N/A	15.61	3.89	0.06%	13.70%	4.42%	4/15/2025 (Estimated)
QCOM QUALCOMM	$10.14B	$9.36	17.15	16.28	2.01	25.94%	39.51%	18.65%	4/29/2025 (Estimated)
SWKS Skyworks Solutions	$596M	$3.26	21.05	23.81	1.79	13.02%	12.60%	9.67%	4/29/2025 (Estimated)
TMUS T-Mobile US	$11.34B	$9.67	26.78	21.07	1.55	13.93%	18.09%	5.44%	4/24/2025 (Estimated)
NOK Nokia Oyj	$1.38B	$0.25	21.38	13.71	6.43	6.54%	10.30%	5.52%	4/17/2025 (Estimated)
T AT&T	$10.95B	$1.49	18.46	12.12	3.00	8.95%	13.97%	4.16%	4/23/2025 (Estimated)
VZ Verizon Communications	$17.51B	$4.14	10.49	8.94	4.45	12.99%	19.80%	5.08%	4/28/2025 (Estimated)

Latest 5G Stocks Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
4/17/2025	N/A	NOK Nokia Oyj	$0.05	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
4/15/2025	N/A	ERIC Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)	$0.09	N/A	N/A	N/A	$55.83 billion	N/A
2/5/2025	Q1 2025	QCOM QUALCOMM	$2.93	$2.86	-$0.07	$2.83	$10.90 billion	N/A
2/5/2025	Q1 2025	SWKS Skyworks Solutions	$1.57	$1.31	-$0.26	$1.00	$1.07 billion	N/A
1/30/2025	Q4 2024	NOK Nokia Oyj	$0.14	$0.19	+$0.05	$0.16	$5.70 billion	N/A
1/29/2025	Q4 2024	TMUS T-Mobile US	$2.15	$2.57	+$0.42	$2.57	$21.37 billion	N/A
1/27/2025	Q4 2024	T AT&T	$0.48	$0.54	+$0.06	$0.56	$31.94 billion	N/A
1/24/2025	Q4 2024	ERIC Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)	$0.21	$0.17	-$0.04	$0.13	$6.52 billion	N/A
1/24/2025	Q4 2024	VZ Verizon Communications	$1.11	$1.10	-$0.01	$1.19	$35.49 billion	N/A

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ERIC Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)	$0.17	2.05%	+3.74%	N/A	N/A
QCOM QUALCOMM	$3.40	2.12%	+7.19%	36.32%	22 Years
SWKS Skyworks Solutions	$2.80	4.08%	+9.19%	85.89%	11 Years
TMUS T-Mobile US	$3.52	1.36%	N/A	36.40%	N/A
NOK Nokia Oyj	$0.08	1.50%	N/A	32.00%	N/A
T AT&T	$1.11	4.04%	-18.89%	74.50%	N/A
VZ Verizon Communications	$2.71	6.24%	+1.93%	65.46%	20 Years

Latest 5G Stocks Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
2/6/2025	TMUS T-Mobile US	quarterly	$0.88	1.42%	5/30/2025	5/30/2025	6/22/2025
2/28/2025	VZ Verizon Communications	quarterly	$0.6775	6.29%	4/10/2025	4/10/2025	5/1/2025
1/10/2025	QCOM QUALCOMM	quarterly	$0.85	2.06%	3/6/2025	3/6/2025	3/27/2025
1/24/2025	ERIC Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)		$0.1315		3/27/2025	3/27/2025	3/24/2025
2/5/2025	SWKS Skyworks Solutions	quarterly	$0.70	4.2%	2/24/2025	2/24/2025	3/17/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ERIC Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)	0.34	1.17	0.96
QCOM QUALCOMM	0.49	2.62	1.99
SWKS Skyworks Solutions	0.16	5.94	4.73
TMUS T-Mobile US	1.28	0.91	0.83
NOK Nokia Oyj	0.14	1.58	1.39
T AT&T	1.00	0.66	0.62
VZ Verizon Communications	1.21	0.63	0.59

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ERIC Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)	7.99%
QCOM QUALCOMM	74.35%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions	85.43%
TMUS T-Mobile US	42.49%
NOK Nokia Oyj	5.28%
T AT&T	57.10%
VZ Verizon Communications	62.06%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ERIC Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)	N/A
QCOM QUALCOMM	0.08%
SWKS Skyworks Solutions	0.34%
TMUS T-Mobile US	0.67%
NOK Nokia Oyj	N/A
T AT&T	0.07%
VZ Verizon Communications	0.02%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ERIC Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)	105,500	3.33 billion	N/A	Optionable
QCOM QUALCOMM	51,000	1.11 billion	1.11 billion	Optionable
SWKS Skyworks Solutions	11,200	160.74 million	160.19 million	Optionable
TMUS T-Mobile US	71,000	1.14 billion	1.13 billion	Optionable
NOK Nokia Oyj	86,689	5.45 billion	5.45 billion	Optionable
T AT&T	160,700	7.18 billion	7.17 billion	Optionable
VZ Verizon Communications	117,100	4.21 billion	4.21 billion	Optionable

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5G Stocks Company Descriptions

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) NASDAQ:ERIC

$8.24 +0.03 (+0.30%)

As of 02:51 PM Eastern

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), together with its subsidiaries, provides mobile connectivity solutions for telcom operators and enterprise customers in various sectors in North America, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, North East Asia, South East Asia, Oceania, and India. It operates in four segments: Networks; Cloud Software and Services; Enterprise; and Other. The Networks segment offers radio access network (RAN) solutions for various network spectrum bands, including purpose-built and open RAN-prepared hardware and software. This segment also provides cloud RAN; transport solutions; passive and active antennas; and a range of service portfolios covering network deployment and support. The Cloud Software and Services segment offers core networks, business and operational support systems, network design and optimization, and managed network services. The Enterprise segment offers a global communications platform, including cloud-based unified communications as a service, contact center as a service, and communications platform as a service; enterprise wireless solutions comprising private wireless networks and wireless wan pre-packaged solutions; and technologies and new business solutions, such as mobile financial services, security solutions, and advertising services. The Other segment includes Redbee media that prepares and distributes live and video services for broadcasters, sports leagues, and communications service providers. It offers its services through wholesalers and distributors. The company was formerly known as Allmanna Telefon AB LM Ericsson and changed its name to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) in January 1926. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) was founded in 1876 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

QUALCOMM NASDAQ:QCOM

$160.22 +0.15 (+0.09%)

As of 02:51 PM Eastern

QUALCOMM Incorporated engages in the development and commercialization of foundational technologies for the wireless industry worldwide. It operates through three segments: Qualcomm CDMA Technologies (QCT); Qualcomm Technology Licensing (QTL); and Qualcomm Strategic Initiatives (QSI). The QCT segment develops and supplies integrated circuits and system software based on 3G/4G/5G and other technologies for use in wireless voice and data communications, networking, computing, multimedia, and position location products. The QTL segment grants licenses or provides rights to use portions of its intellectual property portfolio, which include various patent rights useful in the manufacture and sale of wireless products comprising products implementing CDMA2000, WCDMA, LTE and/or OFDMA-based 5G standards and their derivatives. The QSI segment invests in early-stage companies in various industries, including 5G, artificial intelligence, automotive, consumer, enterprise, cloud, IoT, and extended reality, and investments, including non-marketable equity securities and, to a lesser extent, marketable equity securities, and convertible debt instruments. It also provides development, and other services and related products to the United States government agencies and their contractors. The company was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in San Diego, California.

Skyworks Solutions NASDAQ:SWKS

$68.35 -0.67 (-0.96%)

As of 02:51 PM Eastern

Skyworks Solutions, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and markets proprietary semiconductor products in the United States, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the rest of Asia-Pacific. Its product portfolio includes amplifiers, antenna tuners, attenuators, automotive tuners and digital radios, DC/DC converters, demodulators, detectors, diodes, wireless analog system on chip products, directional couplers, diversity receive modules, filters, front-end modules, hybrids, light emitting diode drivers, low noise amplifiers, mixers, modulators, optocouplers/optoisolators, phase locked loops, phase shifters, power dividers/combiners, power over ethernet, power isolators, receivers, switches, synthesizers, timing devices, voltage controlled oscillators/synthesizers, and voltage regulators. The company products are the used in aerospace, automotive, broadband, cellular infrastructure, connected home, defense, entertainment and gaming, industrial, medical, military, smartphone, tablet, and wearable markets. It sells its products through direct sales force, electronic component distributors, and independent sales representatives. Skyworks Solutions, Inc. was founded in 1962 and is based in Irvine, California.

T-Mobile US NASDAQ:TMUS

$259.12 +0.16 (+0.06%)

As of 02:51 PM Eastern

T-Mobile US, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides mobile communications services in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands. The company offers voice, messaging, and data services to customers in the postpaid, prepaid, and wholesale and other services. It also provides wireless devices, including smartphones, wearables, tablets, home broadband routers, and other mobile communication devices, as well as wireless devices and accessories; financing through equipment installment plans; reinsurance for device insurance policies and extended warranty contracts; leasing through JUMP! On Demand; and High Speed Internet services. In addition, the company offers services, devices, and accessories under the T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile brands through its owned and operated retail stores, T-Mobile app and customer care channels, and its websites. It also sells its devices to dealers and other third-party distributors for resale through independent third-party retail outlets and various third-party websites. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.

Nokia Oyj NYSE:NOK

$5.32 -0.01 (-0.09%)

As of 02:51 PM Eastern

Nokia Oyj provides mobile, fixed, and cloud network solutions worldwide. The company operates through four segments: Network Infrastructure, Mobile Networks, Cloud and Network Services, and Nokia Technologies. The company provides fixed networking solutions, such as fiber and copper-based access infrastructure, in-home Wi-Fi solutions, and cloud and virtualization services; IP networking solutions, including IP access, aggregation, and edge and core routing for residential, mobile, enterprise and cloud applications; optical networks solutions that provides optical transport networks for metro, regional, and long-haul applications, and subsea applications; and submarine networks for undersea cable transmission. It serves its products and services to communications service providers, webscales and hyperscalers, digital industries, and government. The company also offers mobile technology products and services for radio access networks and microwave radio links for transport networks, network management solutions, as well as network planning, optimization, network deployment, and technical support services. In addition, it offers cloud and network services, including core network solutions, such as voice and packet core; business applications, such as security, automation, and monetization; cloud and cognitive services; and enterprise solutions, including private wireless and industrial automation. Further, the company licenses intellectual property, including patents, technologies, and the Nokia brand. Nokia Oyj was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Espoo, Finland.

AT&T NYSE:T

$27.22 +0.26 (+0.96%)

As of 02:51 PM Eastern

AT&T, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of telecommunications and technology services. It operates through the Communications and Latin America segments. The Communications segment offers wireless, wireline telecom, and broadband services to businesses and consumers located in the US and businesses globally. The Latin America segment provides wireless services and equipment in Mexico. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Verizon Communications NYSE:VZ

$43.27 -0.29 (-0.66%)

As of 02:51 PM Eastern

Verizon Communications Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of communications, technology, information, and entertainment products and services to consumers, businesses, and governmental entities worldwide. It operates in two segments, Verizon Consumer Group (Consumer) and Verizon Business Group (Business). The Consumer segment provides wireless services across the wireless networks in the United States under the Verizon and TracFone brands and through wholesale and other arrangements; and fixed wireless access (FWA) broadband through its wireless networks, as well as related equipment and devices, such as smartphones, tablets, smart watches, and other wireless-enabled connected devices. The segment also offers wireline services in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, as well as Washington D.C. through its fiber-optic network, Verizon Fios product portfolio, and a copper-based network. The Business segment provides wireless and wireline communications services and products, including FWA broadband, data, video and conferencing, corporate networking, security and managed network, local and long-distance voice, and network access services to deliver various IoT services and products to businesses, government customers, and wireless and wireline carriers in the United States and internationally. The company was formerly known as Bell Atlantic Corporation and changed its name to Verizon Communications Inc. in June 2000. Verizon Communications Inc. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Written by Jessica Mitacek | Reviewed by Don Miller

March 13, 2025

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