AT&T Dividend yield

AT&T is part of Fixed Line Telecommunications business, which is part of Telecommunications industry. AT&T is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

AT&T stock dividend

AT&T paid a total dividend of 7,941 million USD last year, for a market value of 105,808 millions (Market Cap 105,753 millions). AT&T dividend per share is 1.11 USD, and his stock market price 14.79 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, AT&T has a dividend yield of 7.51%, which is higher than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also bigger than average of Telecommunications industry. This high dividend yield might be a sign to worry about the future of the company so deeper analysis is needed.

In addition, you should compare AT&T stocks dividend with other Fixed Line Telecommunications companies or other of the high USA dividend stocks list.

AT&T Dividend Payout

About the ability of AT&T to maintain his current dividend of USD 1.11 per share, an amount that accounts for 7.51%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). AT&T payout on ernings is currently -91.74%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Telecommunications industry, which are 39.34% and 41.86% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that AT&Tcan maintain his current dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of AT&T is USD 4.48 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 1.11, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of AT&T, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Telecommunications industry and Fixed Line Telecommunications sector companies.

AT&T Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of AT&T's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	7.51%	1.11	-91.74%	7,154
2022	6.03%	1.11	32.55%	7,159
2021	8.46%	2.08	520.00%	7,140
2020	7.23%	2.08	67.97%	7,125
2019	5.22%	2.04	55.28%	7,298
2018	7.01%	2.00	105.26%	7,265
2017	5.04%	1.96	66.44%	6,148
2016	4.97%	1.92	73.56%	6,179
2015	5.58%	1.88	172.48%	6,179

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of AT&T dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Fixed Line Telecommunications stocks.

AT&T Stock performance

Finally, last moth AT&T showed a return of 1.90% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -0.77% of Telecommunications firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -15.70% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Fixed Line Telecommunications firms.