U.S. wireless carrier AT&T (NYSE: T) is a polarizing stock among investors. Shares are down nearly 30% in price over the past decade, which is a tough pill to swallow. However, include AT&T’s famous high-yielding dividend and shares generated a 50% positive return. Indeed, dividends can have a powerful impact on investment returns. Moreso than […]
How Long Would It Take To Double Your Money With AT&T’s 6.15% Yield? Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. AT&T Inc (NYSE:T) has long been a favorite among income investors due to its high dividend yield, which currently stands at an impressive 6.15%. But […]
If you come across a dividend stock with a yield exceeding 5%, it wouldn’t be out of line to question whether its dividend is sustainable. And the higher that yield is, the greater the doubts that you have come across a safe income stock. It’s this truism that likely goes some way toward explaining why […]
Good morning. An American legacy company that’s nearly 150 years old is working to modernize itself for the next 150 years. Embracing its telecommunication roots, AT&T over the last three years has spun off DirecTV and WarnerMedia, with the firm setting its sights on building out higher-margin areas such as 5G and fiber. With the […]
Retirees and other income-focused investors must wade through an ocean of dividend stocks to find high-yield investments that can afford their lofty payout. The market won’t pay as much for a stock with a suspect dividend. The lower share price creates a higher yield. But some stocks, like Altria Group (NYSE: MO) and AT&T (NYSE: […]
U.S. wireless carrier AT&T (NYSE: T) recently closed out its fiscal 2023 year with earnings. The company, popular with income-focused investors, got great news regarding its financials and how they may affect its dividend moving forward. However, it wasn’t all sunshine. The company is coming up short in one crucial area that could limit the […]
AT&T (NYSE: T) currently pays a dividend that yields 6.4%. That’s more than four times the S&P 500 average of around 1.5%. While it does offer a mouthwatering payout for income investors, there’s the obvious concern of whether it is sustainable. And those fears may have been heightened recently after the company posted earnings results […]
While the wireless business is the largest contributor to AT&T‘s (NYSE: T) revenue by far, the fiber internet business is proving to be a potent growth opportunity. Capturing that growth comes at a cost: Building out a fiber network is capital-intensive, requiring vast outlays with no guarantee that consumers and businesses will sign up for […]
(Reuters) -AT&T forecast annual profit below market expectations on Wednesday as the U.S. carrier grapples with tough competition from cable operators and lowers the value of some of its old equipment, sending shares down nearly 3% in premarket trading. Telecom operators have in recent months faced pressure from cable operators such as Charter Communications, which […]