Captrust Financial Advisors Increases Stock Holdings in AT&T Inc. $T

Captrust Financial Advisors boosted its holdings in shares of AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) by 1.7% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 2,564,945 shares of the technology company’s stock after buying an additional 43,968 shares during the period. Captrust Financial Advisors’ holdings in AT&T were worth $72,434,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Front Row Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of AT&T during the second quarter worth about $25,000. Mountain Hill Investment Partners Corp. raised its position in shares of AT&T by 363.7% in the 3rd quarter. Mountain Hill Investment Partners Corp. now owns 895 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 702 shares during the last quarter. GGM Financials LLC purchased a new position in shares of AT&T in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Cloud Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in AT&T in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $31,000. Finally, Kilter Group LLC acquired a new stake in AT&T in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $32,000. 57.10% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Stories Impacting AT&T

Here are the key news stories impacting AT&T this week:

• Positive Sentiment: AT&T rolled out a new AI‑powered consumer app to let wireless and home internet customers manage services and get AI support in one place — a product that could boost retention, simplify upsells and improve customer experience if adoption scales toward the company’s 100M-family target. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: AT&T expanded a small‑business service assurance guarantee (faster support, bill credits for downtime), which targets SMB churn and could help stabilize business revenue and ARPU in a competitive market. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: New national marketing tied to NCAA March Madness aims to reinforce AT&T’s brand and connectivity story — a visibility play that can help customer engagement and long‑term retention. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: AT&T committed to a large $250 billion spending plan to advance U.S. connectivity — a long‑term growth and market‑share signal but one that increases capital intensity and invites scrutiny on timing, returns and near‑term cash/ leverage. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst/media attention has spiked (Zacks/other outlets flagging T as a watched stock), which can increase trading volume and volatility but does not guarantee direction. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Broader sector/infrastructure coverage (MarketBeat piece on “boring” infrastructure stocks) may shift some investor flows toward other yield/utility‑like names; limited direct impact on AT&T but relevant for relative allocation decisions.
• Negative Sentiment: Market headlines noted that AT&T suffered a larger-than-market intraday decline, reflecting near‑term selling pressure; that technical weakness can amplify downside as momentum traders react. Read More.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have issued reports on T. Oppenheimer upped their price target on shares of AT&T from $29.00 to $32.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 11th. Sanford C. Bernstein lowered their price objective on shares of AT&T from $31.00 to $30.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, January 16th. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $31.00 price objective on shares of AT&T in a report on Thursday, February 12th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $33.00 target price on shares of AT&T in a research report on Thursday, January 29th. Finally, UBS Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of AT&T in a research note on Thursday, January 29th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have given a Buy rating and eight have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, AT&T presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $30.35.

AT&T Trading Down 1.6%

AT&T stock opened at $27.40 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $191.35 billion, a PE ratio of 8.98, a P/E/G ratio of 1.04 and a beta of 0.39. AT&T Inc. has a 12 month low of $22.95 and a 12 month high of $29.79. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $26.51 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $26.27. The company has a current ratio of 0.91, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.00.

AT&T (NYSE:T) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, January 28th. The technology company reported $0.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.06. AT&T had a net margin of 17.47% and a return on equity of 12.33%. The firm had revenue of $33.47 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $32.91 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.43 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. AT&T has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.250-2.350 EPS. Analysts anticipate that AT&T Inc. will post 2.14 earnings per share for the current year.

AT&T Profile

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.