Telefônica Brasil (VIV) – Investment Analysts’ Weekly Ratings Changes

Telefônica Brasil (NYSE: VIV) has recently received a number of price target changes and ratings updates:

• 3/7/2025 – Telefônica Brasil was upgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating.
• 3/3/2025 – Telefônica Brasil was upgraded by analysts at Barclays PLC from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating. They now have a $11.50 price target on the stock, down previously from $11.80.
• 2/27/2025 – Telefônica Brasil had its price target lowered by analysts at Scotiabank from $10.40 to $9.20. They now have a “sector perform” rating on the stock.
• 2/27/2025 – Telefônica Brasil was downgraded by analysts at StockNews.com from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating.

Telefônica Brasil Stock Up 3.6 %

VIV opened at $8.85 on Monday. Telefônica Brasil S.A. has a fifty-two week low of $7.47 and a fifty-two week high of $10.63. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19, a quick ratio of 0.91 and a current ratio of 0.96. The company has a market capitalization of $14.62 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.04, a P/E/G ratio of 0.84 and a beta of 0.76. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $8.56 and a 200-day moving average of $8.89.

Telefônica Brasil (NYSE:VIV) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The Wireless communications provider reported $0.18 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.17 by $0.01. Telefônica Brasil had a return on equity of 7.77% and a net margin of 9.78%. The company had revenue of $2.50 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.39 billion. On average, equities analysts expect that Telefônica Brasil S.A. will post 0.6 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Laird Norton Wetherby Wealth Management LLC grew its position in Telefônica Brasil by 1.3% in the fourth quarter. Laird Norton Wetherby Wealth Management LLC now owns 82,053 shares of the Wireless communications provider’s stock valued at $620,000 after acquiring an additional 1,086 shares during the last quarter. Quantinno Capital Management LP grew its position in Telefônica Brasil by 3.5% in the third quarter. Quantinno Capital Management LP now owns 33,370 shares of the Wireless communications provider’s stock valued at $343,000 after acquiring an additional 1,136 shares during the last quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. grew its position in Telefônica Brasil by 5.5% in the third quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. now owns 23,708 shares of the Wireless communications provider’s stock valued at $243,000 after acquiring an additional 1,236 shares during the last quarter. Summit Global Investments grew its position in Telefônica Brasil by 1.1% in the fourth quarter. Summit Global Investments now owns 137,909 shares of the Wireless communications provider’s stock valued at $1,041,000 after acquiring an additional 1,506 shares during the last quarter. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC grew its position in Telefônica Brasil by 67.8% in the fourth quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 3,818 shares of the Wireless communications provider’s stock valued at $29,000 after acquiring an additional 1,543 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 5.16% of the company’s stock.

Telefônica Brasil SA, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a mobile telecommunications company in Brazil. Its fixed line services portfolio includes local, domestic long-distance, and international long-distance calls; and mobile portfolio comprises voice and broadband internet access through 3G, 4G, 4.5G, and 5G, as well as mobile value-added and wireless roaming services.