Zacks Research Has Strong Estimate for AT&T FY2025 Earnings

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research increased their FY2025 earnings estimates for AT&T in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, November 12th. Zacks Research analyst Team now expects that the technology company will post earnings of $2.07 per share for the year, up from their prior forecast of $2.03. The consensus estimate for AT&T’s current full-year earnings is $2.14 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for AT&T’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.48 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.58 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.57 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.57 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $2.29 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $0.61 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $0.64 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.52 EPS.

Several other analysts also recently issued reports on the company. Williams Trading set a $33.00 price target on AT&T in a research note on Thursday, October 23rd. Hsbc Global Res downgraded AT&T from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, July 24th. The Goldman Sachs Group began coverage on shares of AT&T in a research note on Tuesday, September 2nd. They issued a “buy” rating and a $32.00 price target on the stock. Barclays lowered their price target on shares of AT&T from $30.00 to $28.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, October 23rd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company cut their price objective on shares of AT&T from $31.00 to $29.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, October 16th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have given a Buy rating and eight have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, AT&T presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $30.64.

AT&T Price Performance

AT&T stock opened at $25.64 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $181.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.32, a PEG ratio of 2.16 and a beta of 0.40. The company has a current ratio of 1.01, a quick ratio of 0.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.01. AT&T has a 12 month low of $21.38 and a 12 month high of $29.79. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $26.91 and its 200-day moving average is $27.58.

AT&T (NYSE:T) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 22nd. The technology company reported $0.54 EPS for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.54. The business had revenue of $30.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $30.85 billion. AT&T had a net margin of 17.87% and a return on equity of 12.72%. AT&T’s quarterly revenue was up 1.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.60 EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC bought a new stake in shares of AT&T during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $5,266,758,000. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in AT&T in the second quarter valued at approximately $2,228,655,000. Nuveen LLC bought a new stake in shares of AT&T during the first quarter worth $1,072,128,000. GQG Partners LLC raised its position in AT&T by 17.7% in the first quarter. GQG Partners LLC now owns 113,957,259 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $3,222,711,000 after purchasing an additional 17,177,874 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board boosted its stake in shares of AT&T by 30,527.5% during the first quarter. Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board now owns 11,959,440 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $338,213,000 after purchasing an additional 11,920,392 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 57.10% of the company’s stock.

AT&T Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, November 3rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, October 10th were issued a dividend of $0.2775 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, October 10th. This represents a $1.11 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.3%. AT&T’s payout ratio is 36.04%.

About AT&T

AT&T, Inc is a holding company, which engages in the provision of telecommunications and technology services. It operates through the Communications and Latin America segments. The Communications segment offers wireless, wireline telecom, and broadband services to businesses and consumers located in the US and businesses globally.