AT&T Inc. (T) to Issue Quarterly Dividend of $0.28 on May 1st

AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, March 27th. Investors of record on Friday, April 10th will be paid a dividend of 0.2775 per share by the technology company on Friday, May 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, April 10th.

AT&T has decreased its dividend payment by an average of 0.1%per year over the last three years. AT&T has a dividend payout ratio of 49.8% meaning its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Equities analysts expect AT&T to earn $2.27 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $1.11 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 48.9%.

AT&T Stock Performance

NYSE:T opened at $27.24 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.00, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a current ratio of 0.91. The company has a fifty day moving average of $27.90 and a two-hundred day moving average of $26.17. The stock has a market capitalization of $190.20 billion, a PE ratio of 8.92, a P/E/G ratio of 1.06 and a beta of 0.34. AT&T has a fifty-two week low of $22.95 and a fifty-two week high of $29.79.

AT&T (NYSE:T) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 28th. The technology company reported $0.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.46 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $33.47 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $32.91 billion. AT&T had a net margin of 17.47% and a return on equity of 12.33%. The company’s revenue was up 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.43 earnings per share. AT&T has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.250-2.350 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that AT&T will post 2.14 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

AT&T Company 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.