Vanguard Group Inc. Sells 885,171 Shares of AT&T Inc. $T

Vanguard Group Inc. trimmed its stake in AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) by 0.1% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 660,470,039 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 885,171 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. owned 0.09% of AT&T worth $18,651,674,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Denali Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of AT&T by 5.9% during the 2nd quarter. Denali Advisors LLC now owns 401,037 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $11,606,000 after acquiring an additional 22,394 shares during the last quarter. Csenge Advisory Group raised its holdings in shares of AT&T by 20.3% in the third quarter. Csenge Advisory Group now owns 189,293 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $5,346,000 after purchasing an additional 31,935 shares during the last quarter. Rhumbline Advisers lifted its position in shares of AT&T by 0.4% in the third quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 12,810,872 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $361,779,000 after purchasing an additional 49,727 shares in the last quarter. Tredje AP fonden boosted its holdings in AT&T by 1.8% during the second quarter. Tredje AP fonden now owns 1,221,395 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $35,347,000 after purchasing an additional 21,720 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sentry Investment Management LLC grew its position in AT&T by 153.2% in the second quarter. Sentry Investment Management LLC now owns 22,095 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $625,000 after purchasing an additional 13,370 shares in the last quarter. 57.10% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

AT&T Price Performance

T stock opened at $28.70 on Monday. AT&T Inc. has a 1 year low of $22.95 and a 1 year high of $29.79. The stock has a market capitalization of $200.88 billion, a PE ratio of 9.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.06 and a beta of 0.39. The company’s 50-day moving average is $24.88 and its 200-day moving average is $26.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.00, a current ratio of 0.91 and a quick ratio of 0.86.

AT&T (NYSE:T) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 28th. The technology company reported $0.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.06. AT&T had a return on equity of 12.33% and a net margin of 17.47%.The business had revenue of $33.47 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $32.91 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.43 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 3.6% on a year-over-year basis. AT&T has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.250-2.350 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that AT&T Inc. will post 2.14 EPS for the current fiscal year.

AT&T Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, February 2nd. Shareholders of record on Monday, January 12th were given a dividend of $0.2775 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, January 12th. This represents a $1.11 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.9%. AT&T’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 36.39%.

Trending Headlines about AT&T

Here are the key news stories impacting AT&T this week:

• Positive Sentiment: AT&T CEO John Stankey reiterated a bullish long‑term growth outlook and emphasized the company’s focus on fiber expansion and network competitiveness — supportive for AT&T’s convergence strategy and investor confidence. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: AT&T’s strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services (including Amazon Leo) to migrate workloads and modernize its connectivity stack signals potential cost savings, faster product development and improved cloud-native network capabilities. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst commentary and MarketBeat’s sector roundup highlight AT&T’s strong Q4 results, raised 2026 EPS guidance, and progress on fiber‑to‑postpaid convergence (higher cross‑sell of fiber + wireless), which underpins upside potential and dividend support. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Space-based broadband progress at AST SpaceMobile (BlueBird 6) could create partnership opportunities for AT&T to extend coverage via satellites, but commercial benefits remain contingent on AST execution and contract activation. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: T‑Mobile’s recent investor day and strong customer growth highlight competitive pressure in postpaid adds and fixed wireless — a factor that can limit AT&T’s near‑term subscriber upside and put pressure on market share. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: T‑Mobile’s capital raise (euro‑denominated debt) to fund buybacks/dividends strengthens its financial flexibility and could amplify competitive returns versus AT&T if buybacks boost TMUS shares. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Local service reports (Anderson County) name both AT&T and T‑Mobile as experiencing issues — operational outages can dent near‑term sentiment, particularly if broader network reliability headlines accumulate. Read More.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have commented on T. Arete Research set a $20.00 price objective on shares of AT&T in a report on Tuesday, January 6th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of AT&T from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, November 8th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating and set a $33.00 price objective on shares of AT&T in a report on Thursday, January 29th. TD Cowen reissued a “hold” rating on shares of AT&T in a report on Thursday, January 29th. Finally, Loop Capital set a $29.00 price objective on AT&T in a report on Friday, December 19th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $29.93.

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.