AT&T -- The Essentials

By Ken Smith • Wednesday, November 08 15:11 • Permanent Link

AT&T logged a -1.4% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $15.62 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -0.0%. T's trading volume is 16,873,107 compared to the stock's average volume of 37,477,137.

AT&T trades -7.27% away from its average analyst target price of $16.85 per share. The 20 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $7.54 to $23.58, and on average have given AT&T a rating of hold.

If you are considering an investment in T, you'll want to know the following:

AT&T has moved -14.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 18.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of -1.51, AT&T has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of -10.3 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
T has a forward P/E ratio of 6.7 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $2.34 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 14.67 — a number near or below 1 signifying that AT&T is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 1.08 compared to its sector average of 3.12
AT&T Inc. provides telecommunications and technology services worldwide.
Based in Dallas, the company has 152,740 full time employees and a market cap of $111.72 Billion. AT&T currently returns an annual dividend yield of 7.0%.

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