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T vs. AAPL, AMZN, CMCSA, MSFT, NFLX, TMUS, WBD, DIS, TU, and VZ

Should you be buying AT&T stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AT&T include Apple (AAPL), Amazon.com (AMZN), Comcast (CMCSA), Microsoft (MSFT), Netflix (NFLX), T-Mobile US (TMUS), Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), Walt Disney (DIS), TELUS (TU), and Verizon Communications (VZ).

AT&T vs. Its Competitors

AT&T (NYSE:T) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Apple has a net margin of 24.30% compared to AT&T's net margin of 10.29%. Apple's return on equity of 170.91% beat AT&T's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
AT&T10.29% 13.36% 3.99%
Apple 24.30%170.91%31.94%

AT&T presently has a consensus price target of $30.65, indicating a potential upside of 16.44%. Apple has a consensus price target of $248.29, indicating a potential downside of 1.58%. Given AT&T's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe AT&T is more favorable than Apple.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
AT&T
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Apple
2 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64

In the previous week, Apple had 183 more articles in the media than AT&T. MarketBeat recorded 241 mentions for Apple and 58 mentions for AT&T. Apple's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat AT&T's score of 0.85 indicating that Apple is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
AT&T
34 Very Positive mention(s)
13 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Apple
168 Very Positive mention(s)
22 Positive mention(s)
30 Neutral mention(s)
9 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

AT&T pays an annual dividend of $1.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Apple pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. AT&T pays out 63.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Apple pays out 15.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Apple has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

AT&T has a beta of 0.42, meaning that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apple has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Apple has higher revenue and earnings than AT&T. AT&T is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apple, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
AT&T$122.34B1.54$10.95B$1.7614.96
Apple$391.04B9.57$93.74B$6.5938.28

57.1% of AT&T shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Apple shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of AT&T shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Apple shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Apple beats AT&T on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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T vs. The Competition

MetricAT&TWireless National IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$188.24B$39.08B$32.72B$21.77B
Dividend Yield4.21%6.20%3.24%3.63%
P/E Ratio14.9633.47100.8732.43
Price / Sales1.542.521,454.1881.20
Price / Cash5.1010.3934.6818.06
Price / Book1.602.937.424.59
Net Income$10.95B$2.55B$820.47M$1.01B
7 Day Performance2.98%0.20%-1.15%-0.38%
1 Month Performance-9.35%-7.45%1.05%-0.93%
1 Year Performance20.49%-13.92%24,183.58%9.46%

AT&T Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
T
AT&T
4.8772 of 5 stars
$26.33
+0.5%
$30.65
+16.4%
+20.5%$188.24B$122.34B14.96140,990Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
AAPL
Apple
4.7301 of 5 stars
$246.96
-0.3%
$248.29
+0.5%
+7.4%$3.65T$391.04B37.35164,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.8865 of 5 stars
$215.61
-2.0%
$266.26
+23.5%
+12.7%$2.30T$637.96B32.821,556,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
CMCSA
Comcast
4.9636 of 5 stars
$29.87
+1.6%
$39.94
+33.7%
-29.5%$109.94B$123.73B4.92182,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MSFT
Microsoft
4.9814 of 5 stars
$509.23
-0.9%
$618.47
+21.5%
+22.8%$3.79T$281.72B37.34228,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
NFLX
Netflix
4.5836 of 5 stars
$1,212.19
-0.6%
$1,337.63
+10.3%
+57.0%$515.17B$39.00B51.6614,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
TMUS
T-Mobile US
4.8493 of 5 stars
$228.22
+1.4%
$265.13
+16.2%
+2.7%$255.92B$81.40B21.4570,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Insider Trade
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery
2.0196 of 5 stars
$17.69
-0.5%
$16.61
-6.1%
+132.6%$43.64B$39.32B58.7535,000
DIS
Walt Disney
4.9057 of 5 stars
$111.05
+0.7%
$131.18
+18.1%
+13.8%$199.54B$91.36B17.40233,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
TU
TELUS
3.3038 of 5 stars
$15.11
-0.7%
$21.50
+42.3%
-6.1%$23.22B$14.88B32.88106,800Positive News
VZ
Verizon Communications
4.9422 of 5 stars
$40.16
+1.0%
$47.63
+18.6%
-7.8%$169.03B$134.79B9.3499,600Trending News
Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NYSE:T) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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