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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

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

Apple has a net margin of 24.30% compared to AT&T's net margin of 10.29%. Apple's return on equity of 167.24% beat AT&T's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Apple24.30% 167.24% 31.35%
AT&T 10.29%13.36%3.99%

67.7% of Apple shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.1% of AT&T shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Apple shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of AT&T shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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
Apple$391.04B8.18$93.74B$6.4233.37
AT&T$122.34B1.65$10.95B$1.6317.25

Apple has a beta of 1.2, indicating that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AT&T has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its stock price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Apple pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. AT&T pays an annual dividend of $1.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Apple pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AT&T pays out 68.1% 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.

Apple presently has a consensus price target of $234.94, suggesting a potential upside of 9.66%. AT&T has a consensus price target of $29.66, suggesting a potential upside of 5.49%. Given Apple's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Apple is more favorable than AT&T.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Apple
2 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
15 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
AT&T
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77

In the previous week, Apple had 128 more articles in the media than AT&T. MarketBeat recorded 253 mentions for Apple and 125 mentions for AT&T. Apple's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat AT&T's score of 0.84 indicating that Apple is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Apple
154 Very Positive mention(s)
22 Positive mention(s)
52 Neutral mention(s)
20 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
AT&T
74 Very Positive mention(s)
10 Positive mention(s)
31 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
4 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Apple beats AT&T on 15 of the 19 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$202.16B$39.75B$28.86B$21.02B
Dividend Yield4.00%5.47%3.01%3.58%
P/E Ratio15.9610.3534.1227.75
Price / Sales1.652.651,739.4660.10
Price / Cash5.3712.0038.6523.00
Price / Book1.673.777.784.67
Net Income$10.95B$2.38B$781.95M$994.49M
7 Day Performance4.44%0.66%0.77%1.25%
1 Month Performance0.66%19.17%7.22%5.50%
1 Year Performance46.43%3.67%53,000.94%11.11%

AT&T Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
T
AT&T
4.4915 of 5 stars
$28.09
+0.6%
$29.66
+5.6%
+45.7%$202.09B$122.34B15.96140,990Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
AAPL
Apple
4.5671 of 5 stars
$213.31
+0.4%
$235.11
+10.2%
-2.2%$3.19T$391.04B33.23164,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
AMZN
Amazon.com
4.3064 of 5 stars
$226.78
-1.1%
$251.67
+11.0%
+28.4%$2.44T$637.96B37.401,556,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
CMCSA
Comcast
4.9488 of 5 stars
$35.60
+1.7%
$41.10
+15.4%
-7.1%$132.39B$123.56B8.71182,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Options Volume
Gap Down
MSFT
Microsoft
4.4765 of 5 stars
$507.73
-0.5%
$543.79
+7.1%
+19.1%$3.79T$245.12B39.38228,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
NFLX
Netflix
4.2418 of 5 stars
$1,210.19
-1.9%
$1,297.66
+7.2%
+85.7%$522.02B$39.00B52.2614,000Trending News
TMUS
T-Mobile US
4.6738 of 5 stars
$236.57
+1.7%
$255.12
+7.8%
+39.9%$267.52B$82.69B22.9970,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery
2.2544 of 5 stars
$12.79
-0.1%
$12.41
-3.0%
+59.4%$31.48B$39.32B-2.9135,000Positive News
DIS
Walt Disney
4.6377 of 5 stars
$120.69
-0.1%
$128.13
+6.2%
+35.8%$217.31B$91.36B24.72233,000Trending News
TU
TELUS
3.3286 of 5 stars
$16.66
+1.4%
$21.50
+29.0%
+4.8%$25.43B$14.88B29.25106,800Upcoming Earnings
VZ
Verizon Communications
4.945 of 5 stars
$43.39
+2.1%
$47.22
+8.8%
+8.7%$182.93B$135.29B10.3399,600Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast

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