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AT&T (STU:SOBA) 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate : -12.80% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is AT&T 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate?

AT&T's Dividends per Share for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €0.26.

During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -18.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -12.80% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was -3.60% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of AT&T was 70.50% per year. The lowest was -18.90% per year. And the median was 4.05% per year.

AT&T's Dividend Payout Ratio for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.50. As of today, AT&T's Dividend Yield % is 6.52%.

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Competitive Comparison of AT&T's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate

For the Telecom Services subindustry, AT&T's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate 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 Dividend Growth Rate Distribution in the Telecommunication Services Industry

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, AT&T's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where AT&T's 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate falls into.



AT&T 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Calculation

This is the average annual rate that a company has been raising its dividends. The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average dividends per share growth rate.


AT&T  (STU:SOBA) 5-Year Dividend Growth Rate Explanation

1. Dividend Payout Ratio measures the percentage of the company's earnings paid out as dividends.

AT&T's Dividend Payout Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Dividend Payout Ratio=Dividends per Share (Q: Mar. 2024 )/ EPS without NRI (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=0.255/ 0.506
=0.50

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Payout Ratio of AT&T was 1.78. The lowest was 0.39. And the median was 0.75.

2. Dividend Yield % measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.

AT&T Recent Full-Year* Dividend History

Amount Ex-date Record Date Pay Date Type Frequency Forex Rate
USD 0.2775002024-04-092024-04-102024-05-01Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:EUR 0.932000
USD 0.2775002024-01-092024-01-102024-02-01Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:EUR 0.918000
USD 0.2775002023-10-062023-10-102023-11-01Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:EUR 0.947000
USD 0.2775002023-07-072023-07-102023-08-01Cash DividendquarterlyUSD:EUR 0.904000

* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.

AT&T's Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as

Dividend Yield %=Most Recent Full Year Dividend/Current Share Price
=1.0270275/15.836
=6.49 %

Current Share Price is €15.836.
AT&T's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is €1.0270275.

During the past 13 years, the highest Dividend Yield of AT&T was 12.07%. The lowest was 5.57%. And the median was 7.25%.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


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AT&T (STU:SOBA) Business Description

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