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IS AT&T In Trouble?

AT&T logged a -0.86% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $19.07 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 0.60% and the Nasdaq posted a 0.97% change.

AT&T shares moved 13.11% over the last 52 weeks, with a high of $22.84 and a low of $14.25. During this time, the stock outperformed the S&P 500 index by 22.34%. As of January 2022, the company's 50-day average price is $19.0. AT&T Inc. is an American multinational conglomerate holding company, Delaware-registered but headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas. The large-cap Technology company is based in Dallas, TX. AT&T has returned a 5.77% dividend yield over the last 12 months.

The Company Has Negative Earnings and Excessive Leverage:

2019-12-31 2020-12-31 2021-12-31 2022-12-31
Revenue (MM) $181,193 $171,760 $134,038 $120,741
Revenue Growth n/a -5.21% -21.96% -9.92%
Gross Margins 54.75% 47.55% 70.98% 33.07%
Gross Margins Growth n/a -13.15% 49.27% -53.41%
Operating Margins 15.43% 3.73% 19.32% -3.8%
Operating Margins Growth n/a -75.83% 417.96% -119.67%
Earnings Per Share $1.9 -$0.72 $2.8 -$1.19
EPS Growth n/a -137.89% 488.89% -142.5%
Free Cash Flow (MM) $29,033 $27,455 $26,412 $48,028
FCF Growth n/a -5.44% -3.8% 81.84%
Capital Expenditures (MM) $19,635 $15,675 $15,545 $19,626
Net Debt / EBITDA 4.38 12.03 4.46 83.15

AT&T has negative earnings for the current period, so its trailing twelve month P/E ratio is not meaningful. But based on its EPS guidance of 2.51, the company has a forward P/E ratio of None. In contrast, the Technology sector's average P/E ratio is 27.16.

On the other hand, AT&T is possibly undervalued in terms of its net assets because its P/B ratio is 1.1 compared to its sector average of 6.23.

23 analysts are following AT&T and have set target prices ranging from $9.0 to $28.0 per share. On average, they have given the company a rating of hold. At the current price of $19.07, T is trading -9.73% away from its average analyst target price of $21.13 per share, implying an analyst consensus of some upside potential for the stock.

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