AT&T Stock Forecast, Price & News

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for AT&T in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 5 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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 drop in short interest in May. As of May 28th, there was short interest totaling 95,840,000 shares, a drop of 21.1% from the May 13th total of 121,490,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 46,540,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.1 days. Currently, 1.3% of the company's stock are sold short.
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AT&T is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 22nd 2021.
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AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 21st. The technology company reported $0.86 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.78 by $0.08. The technology company had revenue of $43.90 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $42.69 billion. AT&T had a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.33% and a negative net margin of 1.29%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 2.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.84 earnings per share.
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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. Since then, T shares have decreased by 16.7% and is now trading at $28.74.
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AT&T announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, March 26th. Shareholders of record on Friday, April 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.52 per share on Monday, May 3rd. This represents a $2.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 7.24%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, April 8th.
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AT&T pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 7.16%. 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 issued an update on its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 4th. The company provided EPS guidance of - for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $173.48 billion-$173.48 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $172.95 billion.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for AT&T's stock. Their forecasts range from $25.00 to $38.00. On average, they expect AT&T's stock price to reach $31.73 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.4% 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 investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.90%), Newport Trust Co (2.73%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.62%), Northern Trust Corp (1.11%), Morgan Stanley (0.93%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.85%). 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 Loomis Sayles & Co. L P, Morgan Stanley, Voloridge Investment Management LLC, Federated Hermes Inc., Schafer Cullen Capital Management Inc, LSV Asset Management, Martingale Asset Management L P, and APG Asset Management N.V..
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T stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Franklin Resources Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, BlackRock Inc., Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, GSB Wealth Management LLC, State of Michigan Retirement System, Cullen Capital Management LLC, and Geode Capital Management LLC. 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 $28.74.

AT&T has a market capitalization of $205.20 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]