AT&T PP&E (Gross) increased by 0.5% to $349.45B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 0.5%, from $351.20B to $349.45B. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), PP&E (Gross) shows relatively stable performance with a 1.2% CAGR.
An increase indicates ongoing capital investment and expansion of physical capacity; a decrease suggests asset disposals or a shift toward asset-light models.
This represents the total historical cost of all tangible long-lived assets, such as buildings, machinery, and equipment...
Standard across capital-intensive industries; peers report this as 'Gross Property, Plant, and Equipment'.
ppe_total_gross| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $322.26B | $325.87B | $324.61B | $323.43B | $323.35B | $327.90B | $329.63B | $330.49B | $334.21B | $337.31B | $339.89B | $339.12B | $342.61B | $346.03B | $350.91B | $351.20B | $356.19B | $359.09B | $347.57B | $349.45B |
| QoQ Change | — | +1.1% | -0.4% | -0.4% | -0.0% | +1.4% | +0.5% | +0.3% | +1.1% | +0.9% | +0.8% | -0.2% | +1.0% | +1.0% | +1.4% | +0.1% | +1.4% | +0.8% | -3.2% | +0.5% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +0.3% | +0.6% | +1.5% | +2.2% | +3.4% | +2.9% | +3.1% | +2.6% | +2.5% | +2.6% | +3.2% | +3.6% | +4.0% | +3.8% | -1.0% | -0.5% |
| % of PP&E (Net) | 260.7% | 261.9% | 266.8% | 254.4% | 258.4% | 258.1% | 258.6% | 257.3% | 259.5% | 262.5% | 264.5% | 265.2% | 268.1% | 270.4% | 272.3% | 273.4% | 275.9% | 276.4% | 264.2% | 262.5% |
| Share Change | — | +1.2pp | +4.9pp | -12.5pp | +4.0pp | -0.3pp | +0.5pp | -1.4pp | +2.2pp | +3.0pp | +2.0pp | +0.7pp | +2.9pp | +2.3pp | +1.9pp | +1.1pp | +2.5pp | +0.5pp | -12.2pp | -1.7pp |