41 SUPPLY CHAINS TO ADMIRE | 2025
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Telecommunications
For the fifth consecutive year, the Supply Chains to Admire analysis has not named winners in the telecommunications sector for 2025. With intense market pressure, short lifecycles, and sourcing cost increases, the industry used supply chain practices to improve resilience; margins were flat while inventory turns declined.
Table 26. Telecommunications Sector Evaluation for the Period of 2015-2024
INDUSTRY: Telecommunications
COMPANY INFORMATION
IMPROVEMENT
PERFORMANCE
VALUE
MARKET CAPITALIZIATION PER EMPLOYEE
PRICE TO BOOK
RETURN ON CAPITAL EMPLOYED
GROWTH (Year Over Year Revenue)
SUPPLY CHAIN FUNDAMENTAL SCORE
INVENTORY TURNS
OPERATING MARGIN
SUPPLY CHAIN INDEX
2024 REVENUE
NAME
2015 - 2024
Adtran
$ 923
2
18
6.7%
2.72
-4.2%
-5.0%
2.08 412,385
Avnet
$ 23,757
5
7
-0.1%
5.24
3.2%
8.3%
1.00 282,276
Belden
$ 2,461
3
6
1.4%
5.23
10.5%
8.8%
2.52 369,240
Cisco Systems Inc
$ 53,803
5
8
1.4%
10.63
26.4%
17.9%
4.38 2,436,708
DELL
$ 88,425
5
1
5.8%
12.77
1.4%
4.4%
2.63 131,701
EchoStar Group
$ 15,826
3
12
88.7%
24.32
8.0%
8.6%
0.72 1,013,745
Ericsson
$ 23,510
4
16
-3.2%
4.79
5.0%
4.1%
2.45 269,353
Fabrinet
$ 2,883
5
15
16.2%
4.68
7.9%
14.7%
2.95 231,483
Juniper Networks
$ 5,074
4
5
1.1%
11.03
12.4%
8.2%
2.18 1,197,681
Motorola Solutions
$ 10,817
4
11
6.5%
8.20
20.5%
21.8%
20.99 1,795,570
Nokia Oyj
$ 20,803
2
17
5.5%
5.32
5.6%
4.3%
1.47 301,553
Rogers Communications Inc
$ 15,031
4
10
3.0%
20.28
23.1%
10.2%
2.28 762,447
Skyworth Digital Holdings Ltd
$ 9,061
4
3
7.1%
3.57
3.9%
11.2%
0.15 5,779
TELUS Corp
$ 20,139
6
9
5.4%
15.06
16.5%
8.5%
2.65 423,969
T-Mobile US Inc
$ 81,400
5
2
11.5%
15.50
12.3%
6.7%
2.59 1,803,734
Ubiquiti Networks
$ 1,928
3
14
13.9%
4.09
32.5%
62.1%
48.46 9,210,559
Vodafone Group PLC
$ 39,857
3
4
-4.2%
46.40
13.2%
4.0%
0.68 556,924
Vtech
$ 2,146
5
13
1.4%
4.01
9.8%
31.4%
3.97 93,872
MEAN WITH OUTLIERS
$ 23,213
4
9.3%
11.33
11.6%
12.8%
5.79 1,183,277
MEAN WITHOUT OUTLIERS
4.7%
9.26
11.6%
9.9%
2.17 711,084
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