Better Buy: CenturyLink vs. T-Mobile

Many investors choose AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ), the two largest wireless carriers in the U.S., as their top telecom stocks -- they pay big dividends, trade at low multiples, and have wide moats. Other telecom companies, like CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) and T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS), generally get less attention.

CenturyLink doesn't own a wireless business, but it became one of the world's largest wireline providers after its acquisition of Level 3 Communications two years ago. However, it lost about two-thirds of its market value over the past five years as its commercial and enterprise revenues declined.

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