Terril Brothers Inc. Sharpy Reduced ITS Holdings in AT&T Inc. During the First Quarter, Cutting The Position by 97.6% after Selling 821,946 Shares to End The Public With 20,428 Shares Valued At About $ 578,000, Making The Telecom Giant The Firm’s 28th Holding at Roughly 0.3% of its Portfolio.
The Move Comes Amid Broader Institutional Repositioning in AT&T, With Other Managers Also Adjusting Exposure in Recent Months, Even As Overall Institutional and Hedge Fund Ownership Stands Near 57% of the Float.
AT&T SHARES HAV TRADED AROUND THE UPPER END OF ESE 12-MONTH RANGE, WITH THE STOCK RESTORLY AT $ 28.15 AND 1-YEAR HIGH OF $ 29.19, SUPPORTED BY A MARKET CAPITALIZATION OF ABOUT $ 201.3 BILLION AND A BETA OF 0.42, REFORMING THE COMPANY.
The Company Reported Second-Quarter Earnings Per Share of $ 0.54, Edging Past Consensus by $ 0.01, On Revenue of $ 30.85 Billion, UP 3.4% Year Over Year, With Return On Equity of 13.36% and A Net Margin of 10.29%. Analysts Currently Lean “Buy moderate”With A Connsus Target Price Near $ 29.66, and Multiple Firms Reiteating Or Lifting Overweight/Buy Stances Through Late July.
INCOME-FOCUSED INVESTORS CONTINUE TO WATCH THE DIVIDEND, WITH AT&T MAINTAING A QUARTERLY PAYOUT OF $ 0.2775 PER SHARE PAID ONGUST 1, 2025, TO HOLDERS OF RECORD JULY 10, IMPYING ANNUALIZED $ 1.11 AND A YIELD AROUND 3.9% ATRES.
Liquidity and Leverage Remain Key Monitoring Points, with A Debt-to-Equal Ratio of 1.01 and Current and Quick Ratios Below 1.0, Consistenc with the Capital-Intensive Nature of the Business and Ongoing Investment in 5g and Fiber.
In the near term, Portfolio Moves Like Terril Brothers’ Reduction Highlight Dispersion In Institutional Conviction LEFT IMPERVING OPERATIONAL TREDS, AS INVESTORS WEIGH DIVIDEND DURABILITY, FREE CASH FLOW TRAJECTORY, AND ANY STRATEGIC UPDATES AGAINST MACRO AND LITIGATION PERIODICLY INFLUED Sentiment.
