The trading price of AT&T, Inc (NYSE:T) closed higher on Friday, May 23, and closing at $27.56, 0.49% higher than its previous close.
Traders who pay close attention to intraday price movement should know that it fluctuated between $27.325 and $27.6254. The company’s P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period was 16.92, while its 5Y monthly beta was 0.612. In examining the 52-week price action we see that the stock hit a 52-week high of $29.03 and a 52-week low of $17.11. Over the past month, the stock has gained 2.78% in value.
AT&T, Inc, whose market valuation is $198.27 billion at the time of this writing, is expected to release its quarterly earnings report on 2025-Apr-22. The dividend yield on the company stock is 4.03%, while its Forward Dividend ratio is 1.11. Investors’ optimism about the company’s current quarter earnings report is understandable.
On the technical side, indicators suggest T has a 100% Buy on average for the short term. According to the data of the stock’s medium term indicators, the stock is currently averaging as a 100% Buy, while an average of long term indicators suggests that the stock is currently 100% Buy.
Here is the average analyst rating on the stock as represented by 1.00 to 5.00, with the extremes of 1.00 and 5.00 suggesting the stock should be considered as either strong buy or strong sell respectively. The number of analysts that have assigned T a recommendation rating is 25. Out of them, 5 rate it a Hold, while 18 recommend Buy, whereas 1 assign an Overweight rating. 0 analyst(s) have tagged AT&T, Inc (T) as Underweight, while 1 advise Sell. Analysts have rated the stock Buy, likely urging investors to take advantage of the opportunity to add to their holdings of the company’s shares.
If we dig deeper into the stock’s outlook, we see that the stock’s PEG is 5.21, which symbolizes a positive outlook. A quick review shows that T’s price is currently 0.24% off the SMA20 and 0.85% off the SMA50. The RSI metric on the 14-day chart is currently showing 52.14, and weekly volatility stands at 0.83%. When measured over the past 30 days, the indicator reaches 1.59%. AT&T, Inc (NYSE:T)’s beta value is currently sitting at 0.41, while the Average True Range indicator is currently displaying 0.61. With analysts defining $28-$32 as the low and high price targets, we arrive at a consensus price target of $28.5 for the trailing 12-month period. The current price is about -1.6% off the estimated low and -16.11% off the forecast high, based on this estimate. Investors will be thrilled if T’s share price rises to $28.5, which is the median consensus price. At that level, T’s share price would be -3.41% below current price.
To see how AT&T, Inc stock has been performing in comparison to its peers in the industry, here are the numbers: T stock’s performance was 0.49% in the latest trading, and 57.46% in the past year. AT&T, Inc has a P/E ratio of 16.92.
An evaluation of the daily trading volume of AT&T, Inc (NYSE:T) indicates that the 3-month average is 41.91 million. However, this figure has increased over the past 10 days to an average of 35.71.
Currently, records show that 7.20 billion of the company’s shares remain outstanding. The insiders hold 0.14% of outstanding shares, whereas institutions hold 65.32%. The stats also highlight that short interest as of 2025-04-30, stood at 96.94 million shares, resulting in a short ratio of 2.24 at that time. From this, we can conclude that short interest is 135.00 of the company’s total outstanding shares. It is noteworthy that short shares in April were down slightly from the previous month’s figure, which was 112.43 million. However, since the stock’s price has seen 21.01% year-to-date, investors’ interest is likely to be reignited due to its potential to move even higher.
