On Tuesday, after the closing bell, AT&T will report its 1Q17 earnings.
In this article, I list some of the key questions that I will have in mind as I analyze the company's results.
AT&T seems like a name worth considering adding to a long-term biased, diversified portfolio.
On Tuesday, after the closing bell, AT&T (NYSE:T) will report 1Q17 earnings. Street expectations for the quarter are set at $40.6 billion for revenues, flat YOY, and $0.74 for adjusted EPS that would represent a modest 3% improvement from 2016 levels.
Considering AT&T's stated goals of growing revenues in the single digits and EPS in the mid-single digit range in 2017
“After showing it's true colors in blocking Google's fiber expansion, Antitrust officials may have a hard time buying AT&T’s argument that it will expand broadband competition and not seek to harm competitors if they find the company is actively working to block new broadband players from entering the markets AT&T already dominates,” said Gene Kimmelman, the president of Public Knowledge, a consumer group, and a former senior antitrust official at the Justice Department, who opposes the merger, remember how
AT&T said it was not being hypocritical. It said its local activities were aimed at fighting misguided and potentially illegal regulations and that it was seeking to protect jobs and the quality of its service. Its rivals, including Google Fiber, have also lobbied to influence city and state leaders to break into new markets, AT&T said.