Telecommunications giant AT&T
What analysts say:
- Buy, sell, or hold the line? Twenty-seven analysts follow AT&T these days: 22 maintain a buy rating, four say hold, and one analyst recommends selling shares. AT&T ranks as a four-star stock in our Motley Fool CAPS community, where more than 2,740 players have given input on the company.
- Revenue. The average expectation for revenue this quarter is a healthy $30.5 billion.
- Earnings. Profits are expected to climb 16%, to $0.71 per share.
What management says:
CEO Randall Stephenson sent the entire stock market into a tizzy two weeks ago when he blamed a softening consumer market for an increase in disconnections of AT&T's broadband and wire-line services. Though the comments knocked AT&T shares for about a 5% loss and dragged down the larger market, main rival Verizon Communications
What management does:
With continued investments in its wireless network and services, AT&T continues to show impressive growth in this segment. And with rival Sprint Nextel
06/06 |
09/06 |
12/06 |
3/07 |
6/07 |
9/07 |
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Net Additions (millions) |
1.5 |
1.4 |
2.4 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
2.0 |
Churn |
1.7% |
1.8% |
1.8% |
1.7% |
1.6% |
1.7% |
ARPU |
$48.89 |
$49.81 |
$49.33 |
$49.21 |
$50.63 |
$50.82 |
One Fool says:
Once again, analysts will scrutinize AT&T's wireless results to find the impact of the Apple
For starters, AT&T could be forced to cough up billions to outbid giants like Google
Wireless has been a great performer for AT&T, but I'm concerned it may be flaunted this quarter to gloss over other significant parts of the company's business. Read past the headlines and highlights for the real meat.
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