Back in January, we took a deep look into three groups of Dividend Aristocrat stocks to show which ones had increased their payouts most significantly over the past five years. Now it is time for a fo...
Tag: Telecommunications
What Beauty And Technology Have In Common — And Why It Matters For Multi-brand Retail
When you think about everything you might buy as a consumer, and how similar or different those products are, what comes to mind as being on opposite ends of the spectrum? How about lipstick and phone...
Avaya files for bankruptcy, about 5 years after emerging from previous bankruptcy
Avaya Holdings Corp. said Tuesday that it and all of its U.S. subsidiaries filed for bankruptcy, a little more than five years after emerging from its previous bankruptcy. The business communication c...
15 dividend stocks whose 5% to 10% yields appear safe in 2023 and 2024 by this analysis
Corrected dividend stock screen table, because Hanesbrands had eliminated its dividend on Feb. 2. See note above table. If you are investing in dividend stocks, the last thing you want to see is a com...
AT&T subscriber growth tops analyst expectations, stock jumps
A pedestrian walks in front of an AT&T location in New York. Scott Mlyn | CNBC AT&T shares jumped on Wednesday after the carrier reported fourth-quarter subscriber growth that exceeded Wall St...
Here’s When to Buy AT&T Stock After Q4 Earnings Beat
Investors heard from Verizon (VZ) – Get Free Report yesterday, and before the open today they heard from AT&T (T) – Get Free Report, The telecom giant reported fourth-quarter earning...
AT&T Stock Leaps After Q4 Earnings Beat, Dividend Support
Updated at 1:25 pm EST AT&T Inc. (T) – Get Free Report posted better-than-expected fourth quarter earnings with a muted near-term outlook Wednesday, while adding that it plans to pay down d...
Verizon earnings preview: After stemming losses, can real momentum now build?
Verizon Communications Inc. already disclosed that it reversed its negative subscriber trends in the fourth quarter, but there’s more to be shared about the company’s story. The wireless giant is set ...
Looking for clues about iPhone supply? Ask AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile
How have iPhone sales have fared in the wake of production constraints on high-end models? Wall Street likely won’t get a clear answer until Apple Inc. reports earnings later this month, but some publ...
Cox launches mobile business, joining Comcast, Charter, Altice
In this photo illustration, the Cox Communications logo is displayed on a smartphone screen. Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Cox Communications is ringing in the new year wi...
Verizon, Intel and Dow stocks are the biggest ‘dogs’ of the Dow as 2022 ends
The stocks of Verizon Communications Inc. VZ, +0.36%, Intel Corp. INTC, +0.84% and Dow Inc. DOW, -0.52% are the biggest “dogs” of the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.22% as 2022 comes to an end....
REITs May Be a Great Investment Next Year (After a Rough 2022)
Soaring interest rates and the weakening economy have crushed real estate investment trusts in 2022, with the FTSE Nareit All Equity REIT index dropping 23% year to date. Rising rates hurt REITs becau...
Is There Still Time to Buy AT&T Stock? The Chart Hints.
AT&T (T) – Get Free Report has been a love-hate stock over the years, including this one. The stock tends to boast a big dividend yield and low valuation, but elevated debt levels and low g...
Verizon stock has had a tough year. Is a ‘drastic’ shakeup in order?
At a time when AT&T Inc. is winning praise for disentangling itself from recent deals, is it time for rival Verizon Communications Inc. to actually think about a merger of its own? LightShed Partn...
AT&T exec says ‘it’s only a matter of time’ before people ‘really’ feel inflation
AT&T Inc. Chief Financial Officer Pascal Desroches says “it’s only a matter of time” before consumers start to “really” feel the impact of inflation, but he thinks the wireless business will prove...
Altice USA stock sinks after tough third quarter earnings
Igor Golovniov | Lightrocket | Getty Images Altice USA‘s shares dropped more than 20% and trading in the stock was briefly halted Thursday, after the company posted a weak earnings report. The c...
The U.S. Tightens The Noose On Huawei—and China
From left, Assistant Attorney General for National Security Matthew Olsen, Deputy Attorney General … [+] Lisa Monaco, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and FBI Director Christopher Wray, meet wi...
AT&T stock has its best week since 2000: ‘There is at least a plausible case for optimism’
Shares of AT&T Inc. recorded their best weekly performance since 2000 after the telecommunications company offered some reassurance to Wall Street with its latest earnings report. AT&T’s stock...
How to Buy Verizon and Its 7.5% Dividend Yield With Low Risk
Shares of Verizon are not seeing the reaction to its earnings report that AT&T (T) did when the latter rallied more than 10% at one point on Thursday. Verizon (VZ) shares instead are moving lo...
Is AT&T Stock Finally a Buy? The Chart Hints at the Answer.
Shares of AT&T (T) are enjoying a strong post-earnings reaction on Thursday, up about 10% at last check. The company delivered an earnings and revenue beat. Further, it raised its full-year adju...
UBS has released its annual house-price bubble report. Here are the most overvalued markets.
The housing market is in something of its own recession as mortgage rates have surged. If the economist consensus is right about an existing home sales report due later in the morning, then sales will...
Can AT&T earnings help stop the stock’s ‘bleeding’?
Telecommunications names are usually seen as defensive in periods of economic stress, but that hasn’t played out recently. Can AT&T Inc.’s upcoming earnings report help change the tone? AT&T’s...
Verizon has hit a speed bump, but earnings could show a better road ahead
For Verizon Communications Inc., the pain likely isn’t over yet. After posting net losses of wireless retail postpaid phone subscribers in its consumer business during each of the past two quarters, V...
Viasat takeover of UK rival Inmarsat faces in-depth competition probe
The offices of satellite operator Inmarsat in central London. Leon Neal | AFP | Getty Images The U.K.’s competition regulator launched an in-depth probe into American satellite internet company ...
21 dividend stocks yielding 5% or more of companies that will produce plenty of cash in 2023
When the stock market has jumped two days in a row, as it has now, it is easy to become complacent. But the Federal Reserve isn’t finished raising interest rates, and recession talk abounds. Stock inv...
AT&T, Verizon and Comcast stocks just had their worst quarter in two decades
Some of the biggest telecommunications stocks just posted their steepest quarterly declines in two decades amid pressures both new and old on the cable and wireless industries. Shares of wireless comp...
Verizon hasn’t been a very defensive stock lately, but here’s how things could flip
Telecommunications stocks are said to be defensive, but Credit Suisse analyst Douglas Mitchelson wrote that Verizon Communications Inc. hasn’t quite lived up to that billing lately. The stock has narr...
Apple stock downgraded to sell by analysts at Lightshed
Apple Inc. stock AAPL, -0.49% was downgraded to sell from neutral by Lightshed analysts on Friday, based on a more conservative outlook for iPhone sales and moderating growth expectations for services...