AT&T Inc. 5.35% GLB NTS 66 · TBB · FY2025 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2025

AT&T: Broadband momentum holds as guidance is maintained

The quarter supports a constructive operating thesis for AT&T: broadband additions, fiber growth and wireless-home-internet convergence are strengthening the business. The evidence is balanced by maintained rather than raised guidance, steady capital needs, and execution risks around competition, transactions and cash flow.

Reported Before market openNYSECommunication Services $150.14B market cap
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Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $1.29 Consensus $0.54
EPS surprise +140.2% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $30.71B Consensus $30.88B
Revenue surprise -0.6% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move +0.2% Event window
SPY move -0.0% Same window
Abnormal move +0.2% Stock minus SPY
Volume 0.6× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift -5.8% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Compared with the prior quarter, management shifted from raised guidance to maintained guidance while emphasizing stronger broadband momentum, continued convergence, and pending Lumen fiber and EchoStar spectrum transactions. The current analysis also highlights legal settlement costs and transaction execution as nearer-term constraints.

Guidance delta

Management maintained full-year guidance for low-single-digit service revenue growth and adjusted EBITDA growth of 3% or more; capital investment remained planned at $22 billion to $22.5 billion.

Key takeaways

  • Management highlighted the highest total broadband net adds in over eight years, supported by fiber and fixed-wireless growth.
  • Wireless and home-internet convergence is increasing, while pending Lumen fiber and EchoStar spectrum transactions are central to the 2026 growth plan.
  • The investment case still depends on execution: network expansion and modernization continue alongside competitive, cost and transaction risks.

Management priorities

  • Expand fiber toward 60 million fiber-served locations by 2030.
  • Deploy 3.45 GHz spectrum and modernize the 5G network.
  • Accelerate wireless and broadband convergence while closing the Lumen and EchoStar transactions.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
TBB EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 10 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. Q4 '23 actual $0.30, None Q1 '24 actual $0.48, None Q2 '24 actual $0.50, None Q3 '24 actual $-0.02, None Q2 '25 estimate $0.53 Q2 '25 actual $0.62, beat Q3 '25 estimate $0.54 Q3 '25 actual $1.29, beat Q4 '25 estimate $0.46 Q4 '25 actual $0.52, beat Q1 '26 estimate $0.55 Q1 '26 actual $0.54, miss Q2 '26 estimate $0.59 Q2 '26 actual $0.65, beat Q3 '26 estimate $0.60 Q3 '26 actual $0.65, beat Q4 '26 estimate $0.55 Q1 '27 estimate $0.61 Q2 '27 estimate $0.65 Q3 '27 estimate $0.68
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Analyst 52W Price Targets

$17.86Previous close
$17Low
$21.29Average
$24High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted previous close from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 22, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted previous close $17.86. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$22$22.99 +23.2%Jan 10, 2023
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$18$24.04 +0.8%Sep 29, 2022
MoffettNathansonAnalyst unavailable$17$24.85 -4.8%Aug 18, 2022
UBSAnalyst unavailable$24$24.71 +34.4%Jul 22, 2022
Cowen & Co.Analyst unavailable$24$24.72 +34.4%Jul 22, 2022
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

AT&T Inc. operates as a parent corporation, offering a diverse portfolio of telecommunications, media, and technology services. Its business is structured into two main divisions: Communications and Latin America. The Communications division provides services to both individual consumers and corporate clients across the United States and its territories, as well as to businesses globally. In contrast, the Latin America division is dedicated to furnishing entertainment and wireless services primarily outside of the U.S. The company was founded in 1983 and has its headquarters situated in Dallas, Texas.

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  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
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By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-10-22. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.