Dividend Investing | Is AT&T a Stock to Buy or Value Trap Ahead of Earnings?

AT&T

We bring you our latest video discussing AT&T ahead of their upcoming earnings release.  AT&T is one of our Top 5 Foudnation dividend stocks. The two of us both of large positions in the wireless communications and media giant. That is why we are going to keep a close eye on the company’s upcoming earnings announcement.

The companys’ stock price has continued to slide in 2020. Now, the company is trading well below $30 per share. In fact, the company has even traded below $27 per share lately.  With a falling price, the company’s dividend yield is quickly approaching 8%.

AT&T’s dividend history remains one of the best in class as well. The company is a Dividend Aristocrat has increase its dividend for 35 consecutive years.  T’s five-year average dividend growth rate is around 2%, which is higher than the yield you are earning on your savings account!

AT&T has faced some headwinds in 2020. The company’s large debt balance (which was a result of their Direct TV and Time Warner Acquisitions) and rumored Direct TV fire sale are constantly on investors minds. Both of us suspect that is why the company’s stock price continues to fall. Still, despite the headwinds, management is committed to aggressively reducing their debt burden and maintaining their dividend.

We run all investments through the Dividend Diplomats Dividend Stock Screener, of course. AT&T is showing serious signs of undervaluation as a result, which we discuss in our video.  Further, their dividend payout ratio and dividend history are both strong.

Therefore, jump into our video, to watch our full earnings preview and see if AT&T is a stock to buy, or a value trap.  We both give our assessment, and predictions, of where we expect AT&T’s stock price to go after earnings.

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Let us know if you like us posting this video link on our blog site, so that you can see our other content on that platform in addition to our blog! Other resources we mention in the video that can help you build your dividend stock portfolio:

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Further – What are your expectations for AT&T? Have you been purchasing shares of their stock lately? Do you think they are undervalued, or a value trap?

-Dividend Diplomats

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