AT&T Stock Forecast, Price & News

19 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, 8 hold ratings and 8 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 is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 21st 2021.
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AT&T will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 21st at 8:30 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) released its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 21st. The technology company reported $0.89 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.79 by $0.10. The technology company earned $44.05 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $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 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, T stock has decreased by 21.6% and is now trading at $27.07.
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AT&T declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, June 25th. Investors 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 7.68%. The ex-dividend date 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 7.56%. 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 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 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 5th. 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.

19 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for AT&T's shares. Their forecasts range from $23.00 to $38.00. On average, they expect AT&T's stock price to reach $31.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.5% 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), Consolidated Communications (CNSL), Cincinnati Bell (CBB) and ATN International (ATNI).
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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 investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (7.94%), BlackRock Inc. (7.13%), State Street Corp (4.16%), Newport Trust Co (2.73%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.67%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.09%). 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 SG Americas Securities LLC, GSB Wealth Management LLC, Federated Hermes Inc., Susquehanna International Group LLP, American Century Companies Inc., Prudential PLC, Dai Ichi Life Insurance Company Ltd, and Parallax Volatility Advisers L.P..
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T stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Amundi, State Street Corp, FMR LLC, Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Vanguard Group Inc., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, and Citadel Advisors 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 $27.07.

AT&T has a market capitalization of $193.28 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].