Best High-Yield Dividend Stock to Buy: Verizon vs. AT&T

By Parkev Tatevosian, CFA – May 1, 2023 at 9:53AM

NYSE: T

AT&T

Market Cap

$125B

Today's Change

(0.69%) $0.12

Current Price

$17.52

Price as of May 20, 2024, 4:00 p.m. ET

I pit two of the biggest telecommunications companies in the U.S. against each other.

Passive income investors are right to look at Verizon (VZ 0.15%) and AT&T (T 0.69%) stocks. The companies offer robust, high dividend yields. Fool.com contributor and finance professor Parkev Tatevosian answers which is the best dividend stock to buy.

*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of April 28, 2023. The video was published on April 30, 2023.

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