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AT&T - T Competitors

$18.50
+0.01 (+0.05%)
(As of 03/21/2023 01:34 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$18.44
$18.72
50-Day Range
$18.13
$20.42
52-Week Range
$14.46
$21.53
Volume
11.08 million shs
Average Volume
33.09 million shs
Market Capitalization
$131.90 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
6.00%
Price Target
$22.00

T vs. VZ, AMX, QCOM, SAP, INTC, AMD, INTU, IBM, ADBE, and TXN

Should you be buying AT&T stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of AT&T include Verizon Communications (VZ), América Móvil (AMX), QUALCOMM (QCOM), SAP (SAP), Intel (INTC), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Intuit (INTU), International Business Machines (IBM), Adobe (ADBE), and Texas Instruments (TXN). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

AT&T vs.

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

Verizon Communications presently has a consensus target price of $47.63, indicating a potential upside of 27.26%. AT&T has a consensus target price of $22.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.98%. Given Verizon Communications' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Verizon Communications is more favorable than AT&T.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Verizon Communications
1 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.21
AT&T
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.53

Verizon Communications has a net margin of 15.53% compared to AT&T's net margin of -6.60%. Verizon Communications' return on equity of 24.60% beat AT&T's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Verizon Communications 15.53% 24.60% 5.84%
AT&T -6.60% 14.18% 4.40%

61.0% of Verizon Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.9% of AT&T shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Verizon Communications shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of AT&T shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Verizon Communications pays an annual dividend of $2.61 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. AT&T pays an annual dividend of $1.11 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Verizon Communications pays out 51.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. AT&T pays out -93.3% 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. Verizon Communications has increased its dividend for 18 consecutive years. Verizon Communications is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

AT&T received 316 more outperform votes than Verizon Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.43% of users gave AT&T an outperform vote while only 59.11% of users gave Verizon Communications an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Verizon CommunicationsOutperform Votes
1084
59.11%
Underperform Votes
750
40.89%
AT&TOutperform Votes
1400
68.43%
Underperform Votes
646
31.57%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Verizon Communications$136.84 billion1.15$21.26 billion$5.067.40
AT&T$120.74 billion1.09-$8.52 billion-$1.19-15.54

In the previous week, Verizon Communications had 4 more articles in the media than AT&T. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Verizon Communications and 17 mentions for AT&T. AT&T's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Verizon Communications' score of 0.53 indicating that AT&T is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Verizon Communications
9 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
AT&T
10 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Verizon Communications has a beta of 0.36, meaning that its stock price is 64% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AT&T has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Verizon Communications beats AT&T on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding T and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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&TTelephone communication, except radio IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$131.83B$19.69B$13.03B$14.04B
Dividend Yield6.12%3.56%4.18%3.93%
P/E Ratio-15.545.14378.2220.72
Price / Sales1.0910.81912.159.96
Price / Cash3.527.1924.6724.71
Price / Book1.241.668.536.74
Net Income-$8.52B$599.82M$532.39M$877.35M
7 Day Performance0.27%-1.35%-1.49%-2.43%
1 Month Performance-3.75%-4.48%-4.89%-7.74%
1 Year Performance-20.16%-20.34%-12.13%-14.88%

AT&T Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VZ
Verizon Communications
3.4813 of 5 stars
$37.06
+0.5%
$47.63
+28.5%
-26.3%$155.65B$136.84B7.32117,100
AMX
América Móvil
1.888 of 5 stars
$20.86
-0.9%
$21.70
+4.0%
+3.4%$66.33B$42.01B17.83181,205
QCOM
QUALCOMM
3.8189 of 5 stars
$115.49
-0.9%
$157.41
+36.3%
-20.9%$128.77B$44.20B11.1351,000
SAP
SAP
2.0306 of 5 stars
$115.60
-2.1%
$114.13
-1.3%
+5.2%$136.36B$32.53B56.12111,961Analyst Report
INTC
Intel
2.5346 of 5 stars
$28.41
+1.4%
$29.28
+3.0%
-38.5%$117.53B$63.05B14.49131,900Analyst Report
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
2.3165 of 5 stars
$89.68
+2.6%
$93.60
+4.4%
-14.7%$144.51B$23.60B101.9125,000Analyst Report
Insider Selling
INTU
Intuit
3.1277 of 5 stars
$406.32
-0.5%
$489.00
+20.3%
-14.2%$113.99B$12.73B59.5817,300
IBM
International Business Machines
2.5653 of 5 stars
$123.28
-1.1%
$142.73
+15.8%
-2.2%$111.83B$60.53B70.05345,000
ADBE
Adobe
2.9445 of 5 stars
$333.61
+0.1%
$418.56
+25.5%
-20.0%$152.99B$17.61B33.0329,239Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
TXN
Texas Instruments
2.88 of 5 stars
$174.39
-0.8%
$179.70
+3.0%
-0.5%$158.03B$20.03B18.5533,000
This page (NYSE:T) was last updated on 3/21/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff