AT&T Stock Forecast, Price & News

AT&T's stock was trading at $34.52 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, T stock has decreased by 16.2% and is now trading at $28.93.
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24 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AT&T in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 13 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities 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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6,978 employees have rated AT&T CEO Larry J. Merlo on Glassdoor.com. Larry J. Merlo has an approval rating of 37% among AT&T's employees. This puts Larry J. Merlo in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

AT&T is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 27th 2021.
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AT&T will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 27th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) issued its earnings results on Thursday, October, 22nd. The technology company reported $0.76 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.77 by $0.01. The technology company had revenue of $42.43 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $41.66 billion. AT&T had a return on equity of 12.27% and a net margin of 6.42%. The company's revenue was down 4.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.94 earnings per share.
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AT&T declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 11th. Shareholders of record on Monday, January 11th will be paid a dividend of $0.52 per share on Monday, February 1st. This represents a $2.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 7.19%. 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 7.21%. 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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24 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices 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 $32.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.8% from the stock's current price.
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Some companies that are related to AT&T include Verizon Communications (VZ), Lumen Technologies (LUMN), Cincinnati Bell (CBB), ATN International (ATNI), Consolidated Communications (CNSL) and IDT (IDT).
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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 a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Maj Invest Holding A S (0.04%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.04%), Kestra Advisory Services LLC (0.02%), Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%) and RNC Capital Management LLC (0.02%). 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 Avantax Advisory Services Inc., RNC Capital Management LLC, Grassi Investment Management, Hexavest Inc., Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc., Centre Asset Management LLC, Windward Capital Management Co. CA, and First American Bank.
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T stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Maj Invest Holding A S, Professional Advisory Services Inc., Denali Advisors LLC, Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., Sicart Associates LLC, and Nwam LLC. 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.

One share of T stock can currently be purchased for approximately $28.93.

AT&T has a market capitalization of $206.16 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 246,000 workers across the globe.

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

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]