For the quarter ended June 2025, AT&T (T) reported revenue of $30.85 billion, up 3.5% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.54, compared to $0.57 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $30.53 billion, representing a surprise of +1.02%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +5.88%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.51.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how AT&T performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Consumer Wireline - Broadband Connections - Fiber Broadband Connections: 9.84 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of 9.83 million.
- Consumer Wireline - Fiber Broadband Net Additions: 243 thousand compared to the 239.75 thousand average estimate based on four analysts.
- Consumer Wireline - Broadband Connections - Non Fiber Broadband Connections: 4.43 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of 4.36 million.
- Consumer Wireline - Non Fiber Broadband Net Additions: -93 thousand versus -157.3 thousand estimated by four analysts on average.
- Revenues- Communications- Business Wireline: $4.31 billion versus the five-analyst average estimate of $4.33 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -9.3%.
- Revenues- Communications- Consumer Wireline: $3.54 billion versus $3.53 billion estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +5.8% change.
- Revenues- Corporate and Other: $94 million compared to the $20.56 million average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of -16.1% year over year.
- Revenues- Communications- Mobility: $21.85 billion versus $21.54 billion estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +6.7% change.
- Revenues- Total Communications: $29.7 billion versus $29.4 billion estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +3.9% change.
- Revenues- Latin America: $1.05 billion versus $1.09 billion estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -4.4% change.
- Revenues- Latin America- Wireless equipment: $392 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $396.12 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -3%.
- Revenues- Latin America- Wireless service: $662 million compared to the $685.89 million average estimate based on four analysts. The reported number represents a change of -5.3% year over year.
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Shares of AT&T have returned -3% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +5.9% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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