profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
AT&T
$22.18+0.00% today
-13.9% in 1 year
1-year low $20.481-year high $29.10
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $6.81 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What AT&T sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $121 billion in 2022 to $126 billion in 2025, with $22.0 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
AT&T handed back 76% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $6.6B$8.2B
Free cash flow 2025$19.4B
Bought back its own shares$6.6B
Paid as dividends$8.2B
Cash vs. debt$18.2B vs. $155.0B
AT&T vs. similar companies
AT&T grows the slowest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| AT&T | 6.8× · Cheap | ||
 China Mobile | 16.0× · Fair price | ||
 Verizon | 11.2× · Cheap | ||
 T-Mobile US | 16.4× · Fair price | ||
 Deutsche Telekom | 13.2× · Cheap |
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AI analysis
An AI analyst reads AT&T's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 143,050 | 134,038 | 120,741 | 122,428 | 122,336 | 125,648 | |
| – | – | 69,893 | 72,305 | 73,115 | 74,828 | |
| 8,372 | 25,897 | 22,911 | 24,654 | 24,124 | 25,000 | |
| 29,896 | 53,739 | 21,035 | 45,329 | 44,037 | 54,697 | |
| -5,176 | 20,081 | -8,524 | 14,400 | 10,948 | 21,953 | |
| -0.75 | 2.73 | -1.13 | 1.97 | 1.49 | 3.04 | |
| – | – | 57.9% | 59.1% | 59.8% | 59.6% | |
| 5.9% | 19.3% | 19.0% | 20.1% | 19.7% | 19.9% | |
| -3.6% | 15.0% | -7.1% | 11.8% | 8.9% | 17.5% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 525,761 | 551,622 | 402,853 | 407,060 | 394,795 | 420,198 |
| Cash | 7,924 | 19,223 | 3,701 | 6,722 | 3,298 | 18,234 |
| Total debt | 177,411 | 193,018 | 154,679 | 154,899 | 140,923 | 155,043 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 296,396 | 287,645 | 274,570 | 291,706 |
| – | – | 97,500 | 103,297 | 104,372 | 110,533 | |
| 7,466 | 7,503 | 7,587 | 7,258 | 7,204 | 7,179 | |
| – | – | 0.9% | 8.1% | 7.6% | 10.1% | |
| – | – | -8.7% | 13.9% | 10.5% | 19.9% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43,130 | 41,957 | 32,023 | 38,314 | 38,771 | 40,284 | |
| 14,690 | 15,545 | 19,626 | 17,853 | 20,263 | 20,842 | |
| 28,440 | 26,412 | 12,397 | 20,461 | 18,508 | 19,442 | |
| Dividends paid | 14,956 | 15,068 | 9,859 | 8,136 | 8,208 | 8,180 |
| 5,498 | 202 | 890 | 194 | 215 | 6,575 | |
| 422 | 447 | 518 | 479 | 505 | 536 |
Valuation
- 6.8×
- 9.6×
- –
- 1.3×
- 1.2×
- 7.7×
- 5.2×
- 13.0%
- 14.7%
- 4.5%
Profitability
- 59.6%
- 19.9%
- 17.5%
- 42.3%
- 10.3%
- 6.8%
- 19.6%
- 5.1%
- 6.6%
- –
Growth
- −2.6%
- –
- +5.0%
- −11.8%
- −1.8%
Financial health
- 2.5×
- 1.40
- 39.0%
- 5.0×
- 0.91
- 0.87
- 0.30
How it ranks in Communication Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 32%of 436
Top 27%of 438
Top 9%of 347
Bottom 13%of 440
Top 17%of 440
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $29.42
- Range
- $26.00 – $33.00
- 3 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 2026 | 0.57 | 0.55 | +3.3% |
| Jan 28, 2026 | 0.52 | 0.46 | +12.4% |
| Oct 22, 2025 | 0.54 | 0.54 | +0.6% |
| Jul 23, 2025 | 0.54 | 0.53 | +1.9% |
| Apr 23, 2025 | 0.51 | 0.51 | +0.2% |
| Jan 27, 2025 | 0.54 | 0.50 | +8.4% |
| Oct 23, 2024 | 0.60 | 0.57 | +5.4% |
| Jul 24, 2024 | 0.57 | 0.57 | +0.0% |
4.5%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$45a year at today's yield, before tax
−11.8%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$1.88 in 2015 → $1.11 in 2025
How safe it looks
37.3% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 42.1%
News
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
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The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
50No pass
Benjamin Graham
58No pass
Philip Fisher
60Pass
Peter Lynch
41No pass
Joel Greenblatt
59No pass
Charlie Munger
46No pass
Terry Smith
38No pass
Questions about AT&T
Is AT&T a good stock to buy?
A solid business, and the price looks low. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the AT&T AI analysis
What does AT&T do?
AT&T Inc. provides telecommunications and technology services worldwide. It operates through two segments, Communications and Latin America. It is in Telecom Services, based in Dallas, TX, United States, with 132,590 employees.
Does AT&T pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 4.5% a year, about 37% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $8.18 billion in dividends.
Is AT&T stock halal?
No. AT&T does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 104% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has AT&T stock done over the past year?
Down 13.9% over the past twelve months, to $22.18. It traded between $20.48 and $29.10 and is 23.8% below its high.
Who are AT&T's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are China Mobile, Verizon, T-Mobile US and Deutsche Telekom. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with AT&T's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.