In the last trading session, 30.71 million AT&T, Inc. (NYSE:T) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 0.56. With the company’s per share price at $16.10 changed hands at $0.2 or 1.26% during last session, the market valuation stood at $115.12B. T’s last price was a discount, traded about -27.33% off its 52-week high of $20.50. The share price had its 52-week low at $13.43, which suggests the last value was 16.58% up since then. When we look at AT&T, Inc.’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 27.13 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 36.83 million.

Analysts gave the AT&T, Inc. (T) stock a consensus recommendation rating of an Overweight, calculated at a mean rating of 2.37. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 2 out of 27 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 1 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 14 recommended T as a Hold, 10 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. AT&T, Inc.’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be $0.52.

AT&T, Inc. (NYSE:T) trade information

Instantly T was in green as seen at the end of in last trading. With action 3.34%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The jump to weekly highs of 16.17 on Monday, 11/20/23 added 1.26% to the stock’s daily price. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date downside of -12.55%, with the 5-day performance at 3.34% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, AT&T, Inc. (NYSE:T) is 4.68% up. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 104.42 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 2.42 days.

The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $17.90, meaning bulls need an upside of 10.06% from its current market value. According to analyst projections, T’s forecast low is $9.00 with $25.00 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -55.28% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to tank 44.1% for it to hit the projected low.

AT&T, Inc. (T) estimates and forecasts

Data shows that the AT&T, Inc. share is performing relatively much not better than most of its peers within the same industry. As can be gleaned from the statistics, the company’s share value shot -1.71% over the past 6 months, a -5.06% in annual growth rate that is considerably lower than the industry average of 12.10%. Moreover, analysts have looked to lower expectations by upgrading its fiscal year 2023 revenue estimates. The rating firms predict current quarter revenue for AT&T, Inc. will fall -14.80%, while the growth in revenue is estimated to hit -8.30% for the next quarter. Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach -7.50% down from the last financial year.

Consensus estimates given by 14 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of $28.83 billion. 4 analysts are of the opinion that AT&T, Inc.’s revenue for the quarter ending Mar 2024 will be $28.02 billion. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was $31.34 billion and $30.27 billion respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at -8.00%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at -7.40%.

The 2023 estimates are for AT&T, Inc. earnings to decrease by -5.14%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 0.49% per year.

T Dividends

AT&T, Inc. is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report between January 23 and January 29. The 6.91% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 1.11. It is important to note, however, that the 6.91% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision.

AT&T, Inc. (NYSE:T)’s Major holders

If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 0.09% of AT&T, Inc. shares while 56.72% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 56.77%. There are 56.72% institutions holding the AT&T, Inc. stock share, with Vanguard Group Inc the top institutional holder. As of Jun 29, 2023, the company held 8.68% of the shares, roughly 620.3 million T shares worth $9.89 billion.

Blackrock Inc. holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 7.48% or 534.77 million shares worth $8.53 billion as of Jun 29, 2023.

Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Jun 29, 2023 were Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard 500 Index Fund. With 223.29 million shares estimated at $3.56 billion under it, the former controlled 3.12% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, Vanguard 500 Index Fund held about 2.38% of the shares, roughly 170.21 million shares worth around $2.71 billion.