AT&T Stock Forecast, Price & News

25 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AT&T in the last year. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 8 hold ratings and 13 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" AT&T stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in T, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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AT&T is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 28th 2021.
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AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January, 26th. The technology company reported $0.75 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.73 by $0.02. The technology company earned $45.70 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $44.58 billion. AT&T had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.27% and a net margin of 6.42%. AT&T's quarterly revenue was down 2.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.89 EPS.
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AT&T's stock was trading at $34.52 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, T shares have decreased by 18.6% and is now trading at $28.09.
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AT&T declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 11th. Shareholders of record on Monday, January 11th will be given a dividend of $0.52 per share on Monday, February 1st. This represents a $2.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 7.40%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 8th.
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AT&T pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 7.46%. T has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. AT&T has been increasing its dividend for 37 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of AT&T is 58.26%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AT&T will have a dividend payout ratio of 65.00% next year. This indicates that AT&T will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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AT&T issued an update on its FY 2021 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 27th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $173.478-173.478 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $172.97 billion.

25 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for AT&T's stock. Their forecasts range from $24.00 to $39.00. On average, they expect AT&T's stock price to reach $32.08 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 14.2% from the stock's current price.
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889 employees have rated AT&T CEO John Stankey on Glassdoor.com. John Stankey has an approval rating of 61% among AT&T's employees. This puts John Stankey in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Some companies that are related to AT&T include Verizon Communications (VZ), Lumen Technologies (LUMN), Cincinnati Bell (CBB), ATN International (ATNI), IDT (IDT) and Consolidated Communications (CNSL).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other AT&T investors own include Verizon Communications (VZ), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Pfizer (PFE), AbbVie (ABBV), Intel (INTC), Bank of America (BAC), Cisco Systems (CSCO), General Electric (GE) and Altria Group (MO).

AT&T trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "T."

AT&T's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.81%), Newport Trust Co (2.76%), Northern Trust Corp (1.14%), Morgan Stanley (1.10%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.86%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (0.81%). Company insiders that own AT&T stock include Geoffrey Y Yang, John T Stankey and Stephen J Luczo.
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T stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC, Northern Trust Corp, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Voloridge Investment Management LLC, Newport Trust Co, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Clearbridge Investments LLC, and Prudential PLC.
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T stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, BlackRock Inc., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Dai Ichi Life Insurance Company Ltd, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, and Vontobel Holding Ltd.. Company insiders that have bought AT&T stock in the last two years include Geoffrey Y Yang, and Stephen J Luczo.
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Shares of T can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of T stock can currently be purchased for approximately $28.09.

AT&T has a market capitalization of $200.17 billion and generates $181.19 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $13.90 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.57 on an earnings per share basis.

AT&T employs 235,000 workers across the globe.

AT&T was founded in 1877.

The official website for AT&T is www.att.com.

AT&T is headquartered at 208 S. AKARD ST, DALLAS TX, 75202.

AT&T's mailing address is 208 S. AKARD ST, DALLAS TX, 75202. The technology company can be reached via phone at 210-821-4105 or via email at [email protected]