We recently published a list of Why These 15 Telecom Stocks Are Surging In 2025. In this article, we are going to take a look at where ATN International Inc (NASDAQ:ATNI) stands against other telecom stocks that are surging in 2025.

The telecom sector has seen many ups and downs in the past few years. Post-COVID, these stocks declined even more due to the inflation wave and the subsequent interest rate hikes. Telecommunication companies usually have significant debt on their balance sheets due to infrastructure CapEx, and they were among the hardest hit.

However, rates are now slowly coming down, and these stocks are also starting to bottom out and turn a corner. Many telecom stocks are still profitable and pay dividends. Falling bond yields are making them even more attractive. It’s a good idea to keep tabs on which telecom stocks are spearheading the gains so far this year.

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For this article, I screened the best-performing telecom stocks year-to-date.

I will also mention the number of hedge fund investors in these stocks. Why are we interested in the stocks that hedge funds pile into? The reason is simple: our research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter’s strategy selects 14 small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 373.4% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 218 percentage points (see more details here).Why ATN International Inc (ATNI) Is Surging In 2025?

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ATN International Inc (NASDAQ:ATNI)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders In Q4 2024: 13

ATN International Inc (NASDAQ:ATNI) is a digital infrastructure and communications services company.

The stock is up significantly so far in 2025 as ATN declared a quarterly dividend of $0.24 per share, payable on April 7, 2025. This announcement caused an uptick, especially since bond yields are down and investors are getting slightly more yield hungry.

The Q4 2024 results also came in solid as high-speed broadband subscribers grew by 3% year-over-year. Broadband homes passed expanded by 16% and net cash flow from operations also increased by 16%.

The consensus price target of $26 implies 19.49% upside.

ATNI stock is up 29.45% year-to-date.

Overall, ATNI ranks 3rd on our list of telecom stocks that are surging in 2025. While we acknowledge the potential of ATNI as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than ATNI but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.

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