Telefônica Brasil S.A.

VIV

Telecommunications Services · Communication Services

Price

$14.05

+0.35 (+2.55%)

Market Cap

$22.45B

Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

Winston Score

Winston is curious

A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Data as of Jul 25, 2026 · filings through Mar 31, 2026

Share count falling — buybacks

−4.2% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 1.68B (2021) → 1.61B (2025)

Telefônica Brasil, known by its brand name Vivo, is Brazil's largest telecommunications company. It provides mobile phone service, home internet, pay-TV, and landline connections to tens of millions of individual customers and businesses across Brazil. The company is a subsidiary of Spain's Telefónica Group, one of the largest telecom operators in the world.

Vivo makes money by charging monthly fees for mobile plans, broadband subscriptions, and bundled service packages. It operates exclusively in Brazil, generating roughly $10 billion in annual revenue, and holds a leading market share in mobile — giving it scale advantages over smaller rivals. The company has been investing heavily in 5G network expansion, which could drive higher-value plan upgrades, but it also faces ongoing pressure from competition, currency fluctuations between the Brazilian real and the U.S. dollar, and a regulatory environment that limits how freely it can raise prices.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+5.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+18.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (12%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

0.0%ownership

Relatively low insider ownership

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$12.9B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

→ Burn rate stable

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Telefônica Brasil S.A. is growing revenue at 5% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

40.6%

Healthy — 40.6% gross margin

Operating Margin

14.8%

Healthy — 14.8% operating margin

ROCE

3.1%

Weak — 3.1% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+6.9%

Slow sales growth (6.9% YoY)

EPS YoY

+14.3%

Earnings growing (14.3% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency

8/8 quarters

Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

328%

Turns 328% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

18.9%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (18.9%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.07

Conservative — low debt load (0.07)

Interest Cover

6.05x

Adequate interest coverage (6.0x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

3.5x

Attractive valuation — P/E 3.5

P/E under 10. The price tag is small relative to last year's profit.

P/E vs Forward

+1.3

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow — slightly cheaper on forward P/E

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

6.43%

Healthy income — 6.43% yield

Yield above 6% — often a flag the market is pricing in a cut.

Dividend Growth

+246.6%

Dividend growing fast (246.6% YoY)

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