Wiregrass Investment Management LLC Sells 36,634 Shares of AT&T Inc. $T

Wiregrass Investment Management LLC reduced its position in shares of AT&T Inc. (NYSE:TFree Report) by 79.5% in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 9,436 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 36,634 shares during the quarter. Wiregrass Investment Management LLC’s holdings in AT&T were worth $274,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the business. IFM Investors Pty Ltd increased its stake in AT&T by 5.3% during the first quarter. IFM Investors Pty Ltd now owns 1,488,172 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $43,142,000 after acquiring an additional 74,684 shares during the last quarter. Parr Mcknight Wealth Management Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of AT&T in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $2,901,000. Annex Advisory Services LLC boosted its holdings in shares of AT&T by 749.1% in the 4th quarter. Annex Advisory Services LLC now owns 159,598 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $3,964,000 after purchasing an additional 140,802 shares during the period. World Investment Advisors boosted its holdings in shares of AT&T by 85.0% in the 4th quarter. World Investment Advisors now owns 338,942 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $8,419,000 after purchasing an additional 155,728 shares during the period. Finally, Cerity Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of AT&T by 3.7% in the 4th quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 1,668,862 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $41,449,000 after purchasing an additional 59,279 shares during the period. 57.10% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts recently weighed in on the company. Oppenheimer lowered AT&T from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, June 3rd. KeyCorp lifted their price objective on shares of AT&T from $30.00 to $36.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 25th. Weiss Ratings cut shares of AT&T from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Monday. Wolfe Research raised shares of AT&T from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane reduced their target price on shares of AT&T from $28.00 to $26.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, April 23rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $29.19.

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AT&T Trading Up 3.5%

T opened at $23.04 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $160.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.73, a P/E/G ratio of 0.88 and a beta of 0.24. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $22.83 and its 200-day moving average price is $25.25. AT&T Inc. has a one year low of $19.89 and a one year high of $29.79. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.05, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a current ratio of 0.92.

AT&T (NYSE:TGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 22nd. The technology company reported $0.65 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.06. AT&T had a return on equity of 12.49% and a net margin of 16.94%.The firm had revenue of $31.56 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $31.80 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.54 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 2.3% on a year-over-year basis. AT&T has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.250-2.350 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that AT&T Inc. will post 2.32 EPS for the current year.

AT&T Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, August 3rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 10th will be paid a $0.2775 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, July 10th. This represents a $1.11 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.8%. AT&T’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 37.25%.

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AT&T Company Profile

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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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