Rank: 7 (Previous rank: 8)
CEO: Randall L. Stephenson
Compare tool: AT&T vs. Top 10
Ahh, the glamorous life of AT&T: best friends with Steve Jobs, exclusive rights to the iPhone (for now) and carrier of choice on the iPad. So why, with everything going for it, did the stock miss a huge rally? In the year ending April 1, Apple soared 109% and the S&P 500 rose 41%. AT&T? Down 2%. The problem is growth, or lack thereof: little in its saturated wireless business and a decline in landlines, which still accounts for 25% of sales. Unless its high-speed Internet business takes off or the iPad drives new wireless growth, the beatings by Wall Street will continue. --Michael Copeland |
| Key financials |
$ millions |
% change
from 2008 |
| Revenues |
123,018.0 |
-0.8 |
| Profits |
12,535.0 |
-2.6 |
| Assets |
268,752.0 |
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| Stockholders' equity |
101,900.0 |
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| Market value (3/26/2010) |
154,870.4 |
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| Profits as % of |
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| Revenues |
10.2 |
| Assets |
4.7 |
| Stockholders' equity |
12.3 |
| Earnings per share |
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| 2009 $ |
2.12 |
| % change from 2008 |
-1.9 |
| 1999-2009 annual growth rate % |
-1.1 |
| Total return to investors |
% |
| 2009 |
4.8 |
| 1999-2009 annual rate |
-1.6 |
| 4 | Sprint Nextel | 67 | 32,260.0 | | 5 | DirecTV Group | 116 | 21,565.0 | | 6 | Time Warner Cable | 131 | 17,868.0 | | 7 | Qwest Communications | 188 | 12,311.0 | | 8 | DISH Network | 200 | 11,664.2 | | 9 | Liberty Global | 210 | 11,110.4 | | 10 | Cablevision Systems | 292 | 7,773.3 | | 11 | Charter Communications | 332 | 6,755.0 | | 12 | Virgin Media | 359 | 6,013.6 | | 13 | Telephone & Data Systems | 416 | 5,020.7 | | 14 | CenturyTel | 423 | 4,974.2 | | 15 | NII Holdings | 468 | 4,397.6 |
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