Telefônica Brasil S.A.

VIV

Telecommunications Services · Communication Services

Price

$11.43

+0.20 (+1.78%)

Market Cap

$18.29B

Exchange

New York Stock Exchange

Winston Score

Winston is happy

A high-quality business with solid fundamentals.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Strong

Growth

Exceptional

Cash Flow

Exceptional

Stability

Strong

Valuation

Exceptional

Dividends

Exceptional

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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)

Winston Score History

The full picture

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.

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+7.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+16.7% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady EPS growth

R&D Spend

R$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

R$12.4B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

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

Growth context

Telefônica Brasil S.A. is growing revenue at 8% 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

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

81.3%

Premium pricing power — 81.3% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

16.5%

Healthy — 16.5% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

13.4%

Good — 13.4% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

+7.1%

Steady sales growth (+7.1% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

+15.0%

Earnings growing fast (+15.0% YoY)

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

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

8/8 quarters

Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

309%

Turns 309% of profit into real cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

17.6%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (17.6%)

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

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

0.15

Conservative — low debt load (0.15)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

6.73x

Adequate interest coverage (6.7x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

14.2x

Attractive valuation — P/E 14.2

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

+10.1

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (14.2 → 4.1)

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Dividends

Dividend

Dividend Yield

6.43%

Healthy income — 6.43% yield

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

Dividend record

Dividend Growth

+246.6%

Dividend growing fast (246.6% YoY)

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