Corps Capital Advisors LLC bought a new stake in AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T – Free Report) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor bought 34,103 shares of the technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $847,000.
A number of other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of AT&T by 0.5% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 664,055,700 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $16,495,144,000 after purchasing an additional 3,585,661 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its stake in shares of AT&T by 0.8% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 323,775,045 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $9,143,407,000 after purchasing an additional 2,704,536 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of AT&T in the fourth quarter valued at $2,181,977,000. Capital Research Global Investors raised its stake in shares of AT&T by 0.6% in the third quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 65,607,835 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,852,765,000 after purchasing an additional 370,455 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Invesco Ltd. raised its stake in shares of AT&T by 8.6% in the third quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 57,823,362 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $1,632,932,000 after purchasing an additional 4,584,316 shares in the last quarter. 57.10% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
T has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Oppenheimer lowered AT&T from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 3rd. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $31.00 price objective on shares of AT&T in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. BNP Paribas Exane dropped their price objective on AT&T from $28.00 to $26.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, April 23rd. Scotiabank dropped their price objective on AT&T from $31.50 to $31.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, April 23rd. Finally, KeyCorp increased their price objective on AT&T from $30.00 to $36.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 25th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, AT&T currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $30.55.
AT&T Stock Performance
AT&T stock opened at $23.54 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.05, a current ratio of 0.92 and a quick ratio of 0.87. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $25.32 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $25.86. AT&T Inc. has a 52-week low of $22.32 and a 52-week high of $29.79. The firm has a market capitalization of $163.56 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.90, a P/E/G ratio of 0.96 and a beta of 0.21.
AT&T (NYSE:T – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 22nd. The technology company reported $0.57 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.55 by $0.02. AT&T had a return on equity of 12.49% and a net margin of 16.94%.The firm had revenue of $31.51 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $31.29 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.51 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 2.9% compared to the same quarter last year. AT&T has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.250-2.350 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that AT&T Inc. will post 2.31 EPS for the current fiscal year.
AT&T Announces Dividend
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, April 10th were paid a dividend of $0.2775 per share. This represents a $1.11 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.7%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, April 10th. AT&T’s dividend payout ratio is currently 37.25%.
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.
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