AT&T INC. $34 – New York symbol T

AT&T INC. $34 (New York symbol T; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 6.2 billion; Market cap: $210.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.5; Dividend yield: 5.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.att.com) is the largest wireless provider in the U.S., with 126.4 million subscribers. It… Read More

Deal brings big savings, bargaining power

AT&T INC. $35 (New York symbol T; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 5.2 billion; Market cap: $182.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.3; Dividend yield: 5.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.att.com) has completed its purchase of DirecTV, which has 20.4 million satellite TV customers… Read More

AT&T INC. $35 – New York symbol T

AT&T INC. $35 (New York symbol T; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 5.2 billion; Market cap: $182.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.3; Dividend yield: 5.4%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.att.com) has completed its purchase of DirecTV, which has 20.4 million satellite TV customers… Read More

Top telcos continue to adapt

In the past few years, Verizon and AT&T have aggressively expanded their wireless and high-speed Internet networks. That has attracted new users and helped offset falling revenue from traditional phones.

But new challengers continue to emerge, like low-cost wireless service from Google and video-streaming services… Read More

AT&T INC. $36 – New York symbol T

AT&T INC. $36 (New York symbol T; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 5.2 billion; Market cap: $187.2 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.4; Dividend yield: 5.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.att.com) is the largest wireless provider in the U.S., with 121.8 million subscribers… Read More

Look beyond net neutrality

AT&T INC. $34 (New York symbol T; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 5.2 billion; Market cap: $176.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.3; Dividend yield: 5.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.att.com) is the largest wireless provider in the U.S., with 120.6 million subscribers. Wireless… Read More

AT&T INC. $34 – New York symbol T

AT&T INC. $34 (New York symbol T; Conservative Growth and Income Portfolios, Utilities sector; Shares outstanding: 5.2 billion; Market cap: $176.8 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 1.3; Dividend yield: 5.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.att.com) is the largest wireless provider in the U.S., with 120.6 million subscribers. Wireless… Read More

Big deal has hidden advantages

As demand for traditional phone service declines, AT&T is shifting into faster-growing fields like wireless and fibre optic TV.

On the surface, the company’s recent deal to buy satellite TV provider DirecTV doesn’t seem to fit with that plan. That’s because strong competition from cable… Read More