AT&T, Inc (NYSE: T) Rose 29.25% From Its 52-Week Low; YTD Numbers Fall -1.05% – Here Are Some Things To Keep In Mind

During the last session, AT&T, Inc (NYSE:T)’s traded shares were 31.89 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 0.56. At the end of the trading day, the stock’s price was $22.53, reflecting an intraday gain of 0.94% or $0.21. The 52-week high for the T share is $24.03, that puts it down -6.66 from that peak though still a striking 29.25% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $15.94. The company’s market capitalization is $161.66B, and the average intraday trading volume over the past 10 days was 35.6 million shares, and the average trade volume was 34.91 million shares over the past three months.

AT&T, Inc (T) received a consensus recommendation of Buy from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 1.93. T has a Sell rating from 1 analyst(s) out of 25 analysts who have looked at this stock. 5 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 1 suggest Overweight, and 18 recommend a Buy rating for it. 0 analyst(s) has rated the stock Underweight. Company’s earnings per share (EPS) for the current quarter are expected to be 0.51.

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

AT&T, Inc (T) registered a 0.94% upside in the last session and has traded in the green over the past 5 sessions. The stock spiked 0.94% in intraday trading to $22.53, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is 2.83%, and it has moved by -0.18% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is 34.11%. The short interest in AT&T, Inc (NYSE:T) is 105.35 million shares and it means that shorts have 2.87 day(s) to cover.

The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $24, which implies an increase of 6.12% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $19 and $28 respectively. As a result, T is trading at a discount of -24.28% off the target high and 15.67% off the low.

AT&T, Inc (T) estimates and forecasts

Statistics show that AT&T, Inc has underperformed its competitors in share price, compared to the industry in which it operates. AT&T, Inc (T) shares have gone up 23.72% during the last six months, with a year-to-date growth rate less than the industry average at -8.30% against -2.20. In the rating firms’ projections, revenue will decrease -0.28% compared to the previous financial year.

As companies strive to predict their financial trajectories, we turn our attention to the forthcoming financial quarter. Here are the insights gathered from industry analysts. Revenue for the current quarter is expected to be 31.94B as predicted by 17 analyst(s). Meanwhile, a consensus of 8 analyst(s) estimates revenue growth to 30.47B by the end of current fiscal year. As per earnings report from last fiscal year’s results, sales for the corresponding quarters totaled 32.02B and 30.03B respectively. In this case, analysts expect current quarter sales to shrink by -0.26% and then jump by 1.47% in the coming quarter.

An analysis of the company’s performance over the past 5 years shows that the company’s earnings shrunk an estimated -7.15%. While earnings are projected to return -9.01% in 2025, the next five years will return 1.20% per annum.

T Dividends

AT&T, Inc is due to release its next quarterly earnings in February. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance. Investors should also take the other fundamental and operational aspects into account before investing in the stock. The forward dividend ratio for AT&T, Inc is 1.11, with the dividend yield indicating at 4.93 percent, continuing the trend of increasing dividends in recent years. The average dividend yield of the company for the last 5 years is 7.08%.

AT&T, Inc (NYSE:T)’s Major holders

AT&T, Inc insiders own 0.08% of total outstanding shares while institutional holders control 62.32%, with the float percentage being 62.37%. VANGUARD GROUP INC is the largest shareholder of the company, while 3029.0 institutions own stock in it. As of 2024-06-30, the company held over 629.67 million shares (or 8.7502% of all shares), a total value of $12.03 billion in shares.

The next largest institutional holding, with 527.05 million shares, is of BLACKROCK INC.’s that is approximately 7.3283% of outstanding shares. At the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were valued at $10.07 billion.

Also, the Mutual Funds coming in first place with the largest holdings of AT&T, Inc (T) shares are Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard 500 Index Fund . Data provided on Sep 30, 2024 indicates that Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund owns about 227.38 shares. This amounts to just over 3.17 percent of the company’s overall shares, with a $5.12 billion market value. The same data shows that the other fund manager holds slightly less at 187.79, or about 2.62% of the stock, which is worth about $4.23 billion.