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AT&T T Return on assets

Return on assets at other companies

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Dycom IndustriesDY
6.7%-1.4pp
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Motorola Solutions, Inc.MSI
12.5%-2.3pp
Verizon Communications logo
Verizon CommunicationsVZ
4.3%-0.3pp
SBA Communications logo
SBA CommunicationsSBAC
9.2%+1.2pp
Crown Castle logo
Crown CastleCCI
3.4%+1.9pp
Charter Communications, Inc. logo
Charter Communications, Inc.CHTR
3.2%-0.2pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$31.5B+2.9%
Operating income$6.7B+15.7%
Net income$3.8B-12.0%
EPS (diluted)$0.54-11.5%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$12.0B+73.8%
Total debt$157.31B+9.6%
Total assets$421.19B+6.0%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$7.6B-16.1%
CapEx$4.9B+14.0%
Free cash flow$2.7B-43.0%

Valuation

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Market cap$155.92B-0.3%
Enterprise value$301.27B+2.4%
P/E7.3×-5.9×
P/S1.2×0.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin93%
Operating margin19.8%+4.4pp
Net margin16.9%+7.3pp

Returns & leverage

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Current ratio0.9×+0.2×

Where this comes from

Calculated from AT&T’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: AT&T’s 10-Q, filed April 27, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is AT&T's return on assets?
AT&T (T) reported return on assets of 5.2% in Q1 2026.
How has AT&T's return on assets changed year-over-year?
AT&T's return on assets increased by 76.0% year-over-year, from 3% to 5.2%.
What is the long-term trend for AT&T's return on assets?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), AT&T's return on assets has grown at a 52.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 3.2% to 17%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.