AT&T (LTS:0QZ1) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 3.37 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)

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What is AT&T 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

AT&T's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 3.37.

The historical rank and industry rank for AT&T's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:

LTS:0QZ1' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.81 Med: 3.66 Max: 6.09
Current: 3.37

During the past 13 years, AT&T's highest Yield on Cost was 6.09. The lowest was 2.81. And the median was 3.66.

LTS:0QZ1's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked worse than
63.39% of 224 companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 4.555 vs LTS:0QZ1: 3.37

Competitive Comparison of AT&T's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Telecom Services subindustry, AT&T's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

AT&T's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, AT&T's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where AT&T's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.

AT&T 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Calculation

Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.

Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.

Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of AT&T is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost

Dividend Yield %

Dividend Growth Rate)^5

AT&T (LTS:0QZ1) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation

Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.

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AT&T (LTS:0QZ1) Business Description

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Address

208 S. Akard Street, Dallas, TX, USA, 75202

Website

https://www.att.com

The wireless business contributes about two thirds of AT&T's revenue following the spinoff of Warner Media. The firm is the third-largest U.S. wireless carrier, connecting 70 million postpaid and 18 million prepaid phone customers. Fixed-line enterprise services, which account for about 18% of revenue, include internet access, private networking, security, voice, and wholesale network capacity. Residential fixed-line services, about 11% of revenue, primarily consist of broadband internet access service. AT&T also has a sizable presence in Mexico, serving 22 million customers, but this business only accounts for 3% of revenue. The firm still holds a 70% equity stake in satellite television provider DirecTV but does not consolidate this business in its financial statements.

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