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Telefonica SA ADR (TEF)



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Upturn Advisory Summary
02/20/2025: TEF (1-star) has a low Upturn Star Rating. Not recommended to BUY.
Analysis of Past Performance
Type Stock | Historic Profit -5.69% | Avg. Invested days 44 | Today’s Advisory Consider higher Upturn Star rating |
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Key Highlights
Company Size Large-Cap Stock | Market Capitalization 24.72B USD | Price to earnings Ratio - | 1Y Target Price 4.76 |
Price to earnings Ratio - | 1Y Target Price 4.76 | ||
Volume (30-day avg) 652916 | Beta 0.7 | 52 Weeks Range 3.77 - 4.75 | Updated Date 02/22/2025 |
52 Weeks Range 3.77 - 4.75 | Updated Date 02/22/2025 | ||
Dividends yield (FY) 7.37% | Basic EPS (TTM) -0.26 |
Revenue by Geography
Earnings Date
Report Date - | When - | Estimate - | Actual - |
Profitability
Profit Margin -2.87% | Operating Margin (TTM) 10.59% |
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (TTM) 1.49% | Return on Equity (TTM) -3.23% |
Valuation
Trailing PE - | Forward PE 23.04 | Enterprise Value 23647635482 | Price to Sales(TTM) 0.61 |
Enterprise Value 23647635482 | Price to Sales(TTM) 0.61 | ||
Enterprise Value to Revenue 0.56 | Enterprise Value to EBITDA 2.14 | Shares Outstanding 5639360000 | Shares Floating 3905376120 |
Shares Outstanding 5639360000 | Shares Floating 3905376120 | ||
Percent Insiders 0.02 | Percent Institutions 1.29 |
AI Summary
Telefonica SA ADR: A Comprehensive Overview
Company Profile:
Detailed history and background:
- Founded in 1924 as the Spanish National Telephone Company.
- Privatized in 1997 and became a publicly traded company.
- Expanded aggressively through acquisitions in Latin America and Europe, becoming a major global telecommunications company.
- Faced challenges in recent years due to high debt and intense competition.
- Current CEO: Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete Lopez.
- Corporate structure: A Spanish publicly traded company with operations in Europe and the Americas.
Description of core business areas:
- Fixed-line telephony: Provides landline phone services to residential and business customers.
- Mobile telecommunications: Offers mobile voice and data services to individual and corporate customers.
- Broadband: Delivers internet access to homes and businesses through various technologies like fiber optic and cable.
- Digital services: Provides cloud computing, cybersecurity, and other digital solutions to businesses.
Overview of leadership team:
- Chairman: Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete Lopez.
- Chief Operating Officer: Angel Vila.
- Chief Financial Officer: Laura Abasolo.
- Other key executives with extensive experience in the telecommunications industry.
Top Products and Market Share:
Top products:
- Fixed-line and mobile phone services.
- Broadband internet access.
- Digital solutions for businesses.
Market share:
- Spain: Leading provider in fixed-line, mobile, and broadband markets.
- Latin America: Significant presence in mobile and broadband markets across the region.
- Global: Ranked among the top 10 telecommunications companies worldwide.
Product performance and market reception:
- Strong brand recognition in its core markets.
- Faces competition from local and global players in each of its business areas.
- Continuously innovating and investing in network infrastructure to improve service quality.
Total Addressable Market:
The global telecommunications market is vast and growing, estimated to be worth over $2 trillion in 2023. This market includes both consumer and enterprise segments across various services like mobile, broadband, and digital solutions.
Financial Performance:
(Please note that due to data limitations, the following financial data may not reflect the most recent information available. It is recommended to refer to the official financial reports published by the company.):
Revenue:
- 2022: €39.5 billion.
- 2021: €41.2 billion.
- 2020: €41.0 billion.
Net Income:
- 2022: €2.2 billion.
- 2021: €1.8 billion.
- 2020: €923 million.
Profit Margin:
- 2022: 5.6%.
- 2021: 4.4%.
- 2020: 2.3%.
Earnings Per Share (EPS):
- 2022: €0.52.
- 2021: €0.43.
- 2020: €0.22.
Year-over-year comparison:
- Revenue slightly decreased in 2022 compared to 2021.
- Net Income significantly increased in 2022 compared to 2021, reflecting a recovery from the pandemic's impact.
- Profit margin improved in 2022 compared to 2021.
- EPS significantly increased in 2022 compared to 2021.
Cash flow statement:
- Positive operating cash flow.
- Investing in network infrastructure and acquisitions.
Balance sheet:
- High debt levels due to past acquisitions.
- Working to reduce debt and improve financial flexibility.
Dividends and Shareholder Returns:
About Telefonica SA ADR
Exchange NYSE | Headquaters - | ||
IPO Launch date 1987-06-11 | Executive Chairman & CEO Mr. Marc Thomas Murtra Millar | ||
Sector Communication Services | Industry Telecom Services | Full time employees 104142 | Website https://www.telefonica.com |
Full time employees 104142 | Website https://www.telefonica.com |
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. Further, the company offers wholesale services for telecommunication operators, including 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. Additionally, it provides video/TV services; smart connectivity and services, and consumer IoT products; financial and other payment, security, cloud, advertising, big data, and digital experience services; Aura; open gateway, living apps; smart Wi-Fi, Phoenix, NT, Solar 360, and Movistar Home devices. Telefónica, S.A. was incorporated in 1924 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.
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