HMV Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund bought 25,725 shares of the technology company's stock, valued at approximately $586,000.
Other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. International Assets Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of AT&T in the 4th quarter worth approximately $14,700,000. Swiss National Bank lifted its holdings in shares of AT&T by 0.5% in the 3rd quarter. Swiss National Bank now owns 21,282,584 shares of the technology company's stock worth $468,217,000 after acquiring an additional 104,700 shares during the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of AT&T by 41.4% in the 3rd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 7,947,913 shares of the technology company's stock worth $168,969,000 after acquiring an additional 2,326,904 shares during the last quarter. Consolidated Planning Corp lifted its holdings in shares of AT&T by 7.4% in the 4th quarter. Consolidated Planning Corp now owns 320,089 shares of the technology company's stock worth $7,288,000 after acquiring an additional 21,927 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Caprock Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of AT&T by 18.3% in the 3rd quarter. Caprock Group LLC now owns 195,991 shares of the technology company's stock worth $4,312,000 after acquiring an additional 30,281 shares during the last quarter. 57.10% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of equities research analysts recently commented on T shares. Royal Bank of Canada upped their price target on shares of AT&T from $26.00 to $27.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Tuesday, January 28th. Sanford C. Bernstein upped their price target on shares of AT&T from $28.00 to $29.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Tuesday, January 28th. New Street Research upgraded shares of AT&T from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, December 3rd. BNP Paribas upgraded shares of AT&T from a "neutral" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $28.50 price target for the company in a report on Thursday, February 13th. Finally, Argus upgraded shares of AT&T from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating and set a $27.00 price target for the company in a report on Thursday, January 16th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating, seventeen have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $26.74.
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AT&T Stock Up 2.0 %
NYSE:T opened at $26.61 on Friday. The firm's 50-day moving average price is $24.66 and its 200-day moving average price is $23.03. The company has a market capitalization of $190.98 billion, a PE ratio of 17.86, a P/E/G ratio of 3.00 and a beta of 0.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.00, a current ratio of 0.66 and a quick ratio of 0.62. AT&T Inc. has a 1-year low of $15.94 and a 1-year high of $27.97.
AT&T (NYSE:T - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Monday, January 27th. The technology company reported $0.54 earnings per share 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, equities analysts predict that AT&T Inc. will post 2.14 EPS for the current fiscal year.
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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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