CreativeOne Wealth LLC reduced its holdings in AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T - Free Report) by 11.3% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 131,892 shares of the technology company's stock after selling 16,848 shares during the quarter. CreativeOne Wealth LLC's holdings in AT&T were worth $3,003,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
A number of other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of AT&T by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 642,859,644 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $14,637,914,000 after purchasing an additional 6,220,442 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of AT&T by 1.6% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 163,761,301 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $3,719,723,000 after buying an additional 2,640,644 shares during the period. GQG Partners LLC raised its position in shares of AT&T by 37.3% during the fourth quarter. GQG Partners LLC now owns 96,779,385 shares of the technology company's stock worth $2,203,667,000 after acquiring an additional 26,280,866 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its stake in shares of AT&T by 7.1% during the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 85,592,594 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $1,948,943,000 after acquiring an additional 5,649,277 shares during the period. Finally, Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of AT&T during the fourth quarter valued at $1,858,418,000. 57.10% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Several brokerages have weighed in on T. Citigroup reissued a "buy" rating on shares of AT&T in a report on Monday, April 7th. Oppenheimer lifted their target price on shares of AT&T from $27.00 to $32.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Tuesday, April 1st. Tigress Financial increased their price target on AT&T from $30.00 to $32.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 4th. DZ Bank upgraded AT&T from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $27.00 price objective for the company in a report on Wednesday, January 29th. Finally, Scotiabank raised their target price on AT&T from $28.50 to $29.00 and gave the stock a "sector outperform" rating in a report on Tuesday, April 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating, seventeen have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, AT&T presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $27.24.
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AT&T Stock Up 1.6 %
NYSE:T opened at $27.22 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $195.39 billion, a PE ratio of 18.27, a PEG ratio of 3.00 and a beta of 0.42. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $26.65 and a 200 day simple moving average of $24.03. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.00, a quick ratio of 0.62 and a current ratio of 0.66. AT&T Inc. has a 52-week low of $15.94 and a 52-week high of $29.03.
AT&T (NYSE:T - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, January 27th. The technology company reported $0.54 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.48 by $0.06. AT&T had a net margin of 8.95% and a return on equity of 13.97%. On average, sell-side analysts expect that AT&T Inc. will post 2.14 EPS for the current fiscal year.
AT&T Announces Dividend
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, May 1st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, April 10th will be paid a $0.2775 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 10th. This represents a $1.11 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.08%. AT&T's dividend payout ratio is 74.50%.
AT&T Company Profile
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AT&T, Inc is a holding company, which engages in the provision of telecommunications and technology services. It operates through the Communications and Latin America segments. The Communications segment offers wireless, wireline telecom, and broadband services to businesses and consumers located in the US and businesses globally.
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