At&T Inc (T)
Price: $28.12
Industry: Utility-Telephone Chaikin Power Gauge Report | Generated: Thu Sep 08 17:09 EDT 2011 T
$28.12
At&T Inc
Power Gauge Rating
T - Neutral TM
The Chaikin Power Gauge Rating for T is neutral with average financial metrics, strong earnings performance, bullish price/volume activity and positive expert opinions.
Financial Metrics
T's earnings performance is strong as a result of high earnings growth over the past 3-5 years.
Earnings Performance
An appraisal of T's financial metrics show a relatively low cash flow.
Price/Volume Activity
Despite these bullish factors, Chaikin Power Tools has identified a negative trend resulting in a neutral rating.
Expert Opinions
News Sentiment Rating
Bearish T At&T Inc
September 08, 2011
TM
Chaikin Sentiment Gauge for T is bearish. There is currently a significant negative sentiment within news stories concerning T.
News Sentiment :Negative
Power Trend - 5 Year Chart
The Power Gauge distills a 20 factor model into a concise picture of a stock's potential.
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High Potential
Neutral
Low Potential
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Financials & Earnings
Financial Metrics
Financial Metrics Rating
Neutral
LT Debt/Equity Ratio
T's financial metrics are neutral. The company may be undervalued and generates relatively low free cash flow relative to market capitalization.
Price to Book Value
The rank is based on a low price to book value, high return on equity, low price to sales ratio and relatively low cash flow.
Return on Equity
Price to Sales Ratio
Business Value
Assets and Liabilities
Valuation
Returns
Ratio
TTM
Ratio
TTM
Ratio
TTM
Current Ratio
0.66
Price/Book
1.46
Return on Invest
7.9%
LT Debt/Equity
0.53
Price/Sales
1.34
Return on Equity
12.0%
Earnings Performance
Earnings Performance Rating
Bullish
Earnings Growth
T's earnings performance has been strong. The company has a history of strong earnings growth and experienced superior earnings growth in the past 12 months.
Earnings Surprise
The rank is based on high earnings growth over the past 3-5 years, worse than expected earnings in recent quarters, an upward trend in earnings this year, a relatively low projected P/E ratio and inconsistent earnings over the past 5 years.
Earnings Trend
Projected P/E Ratio
Earnings Consistency
5 Year Revenue and Earnings Growth
Revenue(M) Rev % Growth EPS EPS % Growth
EPS Estimates
12/06
12/07
12/08
12/09
12/10
63,055.00
118,928.00
124,028.00
123,018.00
124,280.00
43.76%
88.61%
4.29%
-0.81%
1.03%
$1.89
$1.95
$2.17
$2.13
$3.36
33.10%
3.17%
11.28%
-1.84%
57.75%
EPS Surprise
Factor
Actual EPS Prev
EST EPS Current
Change
$2.09
$0.60
-1.49
Quarterly EPS Yearly EPS Factor
$3.36
$2.37
-0.99
Actual EPS Growth
Est EPS Growth
Change
27.37%
4.54%
-22.83
3-5 year EPS
EPS Quarterly Results Estimate
Actual
Difference
% Difference
FY
Qtr 1
Qtr 2
Qtr 3
Qtr 4
Total
Latest Qtr
$0.59
$0.60
$0.01
1 Qtr Ago
$0.57
$0.57
$0.00
1.69
12/09
$0.53
$0.54
$0.54
$0.51
$2.12
0.00
12/10
$0.42
$0.68
$2.09
$0.18
$3.37
2 Qtr Ago
$0.54
$0.55
3 Qtr Ago
$0.55
$0.55
$0.01
1.85
12/11
$0.57
$0.60
-
-
-
$0.00
0.00
Fiscal Year End Month is December.
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Price Trend & Expert Opinions Price/Volume Activity
Price/Volume Activity Rating
Bullish
Relative Strength vs Market
Chaikin Money Flow
Price and volume activity for T is bullish. T is trading on higher volume than its 90 day average volume and has outperformed the S&P 500 over 26 weeks.
Price Trend
The rank for T is based on its price strength versus the market, negative Chaikin money flow, a positive Chaikin price trend, a negative Chaikin price trend ROC and an increasing volume trend.
Price Trend ROC
Volume Trend
Relative Strength vs S&P500 Index
Chaikin Money Flow
Chart shows whether T is performing better or worse than the market.
Chaikin Money Flow analyzes supply and demand for a company's stock.
Price Activity
Price Activity
Factor
Value
Factor
52 Week High
31.86
52 Week Low
27.27
% Change YTD Rel S&P 500
2.28%
Expert Opinions
Volume Activity Value
Factor
Value
% Change Price - 4 Weeks
0.90%
Average Volume 20 Days
33,544,148
% Change Price - 24 Weeks
-0.04%
Average Volume 90 Days
27,746,296
% Change Price - 4 Wks Rel to S&P
-5.66%
Chaikin Money Flow Persistency
% Change Price - 24 Wks Rel to S&P
8.21%
28%
Expert Opinions
Bullish
Earnings Estimate Revisions
Expert opinions about T are positive. Shorting of T is low and analysts's opinions on T have been more positive recently.
Short Interest
Insider Activity
The rank for T is based on analysts revising earnings estimates upward, a low short interest ratio, insiders not purchasing significant amounts of stock, optimistic analyst opinions and price strength of the stock versus the Utility-Telephone industry group.
Analyst Opinions
Relative Strength vs Industry
Earnings Estimate Revisions Current Current Qtr Next Qtr
0.60 0.59 Current
Current FY
2.37
Analyst Recommendations
7 Days Ago % Change 0.60 0.59
0.00% 0.00%
30 Days Ago % Change 2.37
0.00
Factor Mean this Week Mean Last Week
EPS Estimates Revision Summary Value
Buy 0.00
Mean 5 Weeks Ago
Buy
Last 4 Weeks
Down
Up
Down
Curr Qtr
0
0
0
0
Curr Yr
1
0
0
1
Next Qtr
1
0
0
0
Next Yr
1
0
0
0
Buy
Change
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The Company & Its Competitors
News Headlines for T
T's Competitors in Utility-Telephone Historic EPS growth
Projected EPS growth
Profit Margin
PEG
PE
Revenue(M)
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27.37%
4.54%
16.25%
2.61
12.39
124,280
FTE
0.08%
2.21%
-
3.76
-
60,428
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BT
3.63%
5.27%
8.18%
1.45
8.02
32,910
NTT
5.85%
8.10%
4.88%
0.99
25.14
127,473
TEF
17.73%
-2.70%
14.90%
-2.99
3.48
83,649
TI
0.96%
1.78%
10.78%
3.41
5.05
38,323
VZ
7.43%
3.85%
6.12%
4.14
16.34
106,565
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Company Details
Company Profile
AT&T INC 208 S. AKARD ST DALLAS, TX 75202 USA Phone: 2108214105 Website: http://http://www.att.com Full Time Employees: 265,410 Sector: Utilities
AT&T Inc. is a premier communications holding company. Its subsidiaries and affiliates, AT&T operating companies, are the providers of AT&T services in the United States and around the world. Among their offerings are the world's most advanced IP-based business communications services, the nation's fastest 3G network and the best wireless coverage worldwide, and the nation's leading high speed Internet access and voice services. In domestic markets, AT&T is known for the directory publishing and advertising sales leadership of its Yellow Pages and YELLOWPAGES.COM organizations, and the AT&T brand is licensed to innovators in such fields as communications equipment. As part of their three-screen integration strategy, AT&T operating companies are expanding their TV entertainment offerings.
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