AT&T (T) Q4 Earnings: How Key Metrics Compare to Wall Street Estimates

AT&T (T) reported $31.34 billion in revenue for the quarter ended December 2022, representing a year-over-year decline of 23.5%. EPS of $0.61 for the same period compares to $0.78 a year ago.

The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $31.36 billion, representing a surprise of -0.05%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +3.39%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.59.

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 Net Additions: -323 thousand compared to the -278 thousand average estimate based on five analysts.
• Broadband connections-Total: 15386 thousand compared to the 13841.16 thousand average estimate based on five analysts.
• Consumer Wireline - Fiber Broadband Net Additions: 280 thousand versus the five-analyst average estimate of 323.17 thousand.
• Mobility Net Additions - Postpaid Phone: 656 thousand compared to the 710.93 thousand average estimate based on five analysts.
• Revenues - Corporate and Other: $117 million versus $108.44 million estimated by seven analysts on average.
• Revenues - Communications - Consumer Wireline: $3.23 billion versus the seven-analyst average estimate of $3.22 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +2.2%.
• Revenues - Communications - Business Wireline: $5.64 billion versus $5.58 billion estimated by seven analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -4.5% change.
• Revenues - Communications - Mobility: $21.50 billion compared to the $21.65 billion average estimate based on seven analysts. The reported number represents a change of +1.7% year over year.
• Revenues - Latin America: $861 million versus $800.57 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -19% change.
• Revenues - Total Communications: $30.37 billion compared to the $30.54 billion average estimate based on six analysts. The reported number represents a change of +0.5% year over year.
• Revenues - Communications - Mobility - Equipment: $6.07 billion versus the five-analyst average estimate of $6.09 billion.
• Revenues - Communications - Mobility - Service: $15.43 billion versus the five-analyst average estimate of $15.54 billion.

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