AT&T Stock Forecast, Price & News

17 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AT&T in the last year. There are currently 3 sell ratings, 7 hold ratings and 7 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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AT&T saw a decline in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 610,700 shares, a decline of 99.4% from the June 15th total of 105,850,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 43,640,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.0 days. Approximately 0.0% of the company's shares are sold short.
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AT&T is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 28th 2021.
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AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 21st. The technology company reported $0.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.79 by $0.10. The technology company earned $44.05 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $42.39 billion. AT&T had a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.78% and a negative net margin of 1.11%. AT&T's revenue for the quarter was up 7.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.83 earnings per share.
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AT&T's stock was trading at $34.52 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, T shares have decreased by 18.7% and is now trading at $28.05.
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AT&T declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, June 25th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 9th will be given a dividend of $0.52 per share on Monday, August 2nd. This represents a $2.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 7.42%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, July 8th.
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AT&T pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 7.42%. 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 65.41%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, AT&T will have a dividend payout ratio of 66.03% next year. This indicates that AT&T will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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AT&T updated its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $175.20 billion-$176.91 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $174.39 billion.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for AT&T's shares. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $38.00. On average, they expect AT&T's share price to reach $31.01 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.5% 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), IDT (IDT), Cincinnati Bell (CBB), ATN International (ATNI) 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.14%), State of Michigan Retirement System (0.11%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (0.07%), Letko Brosseau & Associates Inc. (0.05%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.03%) and TCW Group Inc. (0.03%). Company insiders that own AT&T stock include Geoffrey Y Yang, John T Stankey, Pascal Desroches and Stephen J Luczo.
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T stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including GSB Wealth Management LLC, PGGM Investments, Deroy & Devereaux Private Investment Counsel Inc., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Douglas Lane & Associates LLC, Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS, Fort Pitt Capital Group LLC, and DAVENPORT & Co LLC.
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T stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Michigan Retirement System, MUFG Securities EMEA plc, Alliancebernstein L.P., Aegon Asset Management UK PLC, Brookstone Capital Management, Calamos Advisors LLC, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have bought AT&T stock in the last two years include Geoffrey Y Yang, John T Stankey, Pascal Desroches, 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 $28.05.

AT&T has a market capitalization of $200.28 billion and generates $171.76 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $-5,176,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $3.18 on an earnings per share basis.

AT&T employs 230,000 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]