Shares of AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T – Get Free Report) have been given a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” by the twenty-three analysts that are covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, seven have assigned a hold recommendation, fourteen have assigned a buy recommendation and one has given a strong buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price target among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $29.9348.
Several brokerages have weighed in on T. KeyCorp reissued an “overweight” rating on shares of AT&T in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Citigroup dropped their price target on shares of AT&T from $32.00 to $29.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, December 22nd. UBS Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of AT&T in a research note on Thursday, January 29th. Loop Capital set a $29.00 target price on shares of AT&T in a report on Friday, December 19th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their price target on AT&T from $33.00 to $29.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, December 19th.
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Key AT&T News
Here are the key news stories impacting AT&T this week:
- Positive Sentiment: AT&T CEO John Stankey reiterated a bullish long‑term growth outlook and emphasized the company’s focus on fiber expansion and network competitiveness — supportive for AT&T’s convergence strategy and investor confidence. Read More.
- Positive Sentiment: AT&T’s strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services (including Amazon Leo) to migrate workloads and modernize its connectivity stack signals potential cost savings, faster product development and improved cloud-native network capabilities. Read More.
- Positive Sentiment: Analyst commentary and MarketBeat’s sector roundup highlight AT&T’s strong Q4 results, raised 2026 EPS guidance, and progress on fiber‑to‑postpaid convergence (higher cross‑sell of fiber + wireless), which underpins upside potential and dividend support. Read More.
- Neutral Sentiment: Space-based broadband progress at AST SpaceMobile (BlueBird 6) could create partnership opportunities for AT&T to extend coverage via satellites, but commercial benefits remain contingent on AST execution and contract activation. Read More.
- Negative Sentiment: T‑Mobile’s recent investor day and strong customer growth highlight competitive pressure in postpaid adds and fixed wireless — a factor that can limit AT&T’s near‑term subscriber upside and put pressure on market share. Read More.
- Negative Sentiment: T‑Mobile’s capital raise (euro‑denominated debt) to fund buybacks/dividends strengthens its financial flexibility and could amplify competitive returns versus AT&T if buybacks boost TMUS shares. Read More.
- Negative Sentiment: Local service reports (Anderson County) name both AT&T and T‑Mobile as experiencing issues — operational outages can dent near‑term sentiment, particularly if broader network reliability headlines accumulate. Read More.
AT&T Stock Down 0.4%
NYSE:T opened at $28.70 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $200.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.41, a P/E/G ratio of 1.06 and a beta of 0.39. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.00, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a current ratio of 0.91. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $24.88 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $26.34. AT&T has a 52-week low of $22.95 and a 52-week high of $29.79.
AT&T (NYSE:T – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, January 28th. The technology company reported $0.52 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.46 by $0.06. AT&T had a return on equity of 12.33% and a net margin of 17.47%.The company had revenue of $33.47 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $32.91 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.43 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 3.6% on a year-over-year basis. AT&T has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.250-2.350 EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that AT&T will post 2.14 EPS for the current year.
AT&T Announces Dividend
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, February 2nd. Stockholders of record on Monday, January 12th were paid a $0.2775 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, January 12th. This represents a $1.11 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.9%. AT&T’s dividend payout ratio is 36.39%.
About AT&T
AT&T Inc is a global telecommunications company that provides a broad range of communications and digital entertainment services. Its core activities include consumer and business wireless services, broadband and fiber internet, and network infrastructure. The company operates branded wireless services through AT&T Mobility and deploys fixed-line and fiber networks to deliver high-speed internet and related home services.
AT&T’s product and service portfolio spans mobile voice and data plans, smartphones and device sales, home internet (including fiber-to-the-home where available), and managed connectivity solutions for enterprise customers.
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