Opinions
Stan Wong
A T & T US
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COMMENT
Jun 23, 2016
Stock price when the opinion was issued
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Improved since fall 2023. 6.5% dividend yield, attractive, pretty secure. Price broke above 200-day MA. With yields falling, dividend stocks are more appealing. Seems to have bottomed, as long as rates stay stable or continue to fall. Total return, though, is not tremendous. Cheap, but only 2% earnings growth expected, and he likes double-digits.
Premium contentAT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas. It is the worlds third-largest telecommunications company by revenue and the third-largest provider of mobile telephone services in the U.S. Social media mentions are up 100% in the past 24h.
The wireline business is more difficult to build out and AT&T has a big presence in that area in the U.S He prefers Canada over the U.S. which is more competitive. He prefers BCE which already has a large wireline footprint and can bundle it with wireless. BCE raised its dividend by 3% a while ago and he has concerns over the payout ratio being more than 100%. However he thinks the dividend is sustainable.
Seeing resilience in the stock price right now. Fundamentals are hard to determine. Lots of mistakes in company management in the past. Pricing power not great. Could be a good dividend investment, but hard to justify when compared to other options in the markets. Overall, would not recommend investing.
There is a chase for yield with interest rates being lower for longer. This yields about 4.6%, which is what investors want. Steady growth, so it is a low beta name, especially for investors who are more cautious. Trading at about 14X PE, only a notch away from a 2012 10-year high, so it is getting up there in terms of lofty valuations. Sees this growing at about 5% EPS, so it is a bit expensive.