NEW YORK, Feb 24, 2026, 06:46 EST — Premarket
- AT&T slipped about 0.1% before the bell, trading close to $28.48.
- Shares picked up 1.9% Monday, sidestepping the broader market’s slump.
- AT&T’s CFO takes the stage at a Barclays telecom conference later Tuesday, drawing investors’ attention.
AT&T Inc slipped 0.14% to $28.48 ahead of the bell, with premarket figures as of 5:30 a.m. EST showing a modest dip after the telecom finished the previous session in positive territory.
Markets barely budged as traders eyed the latest round of tariff chatter and worried about what the next wave of artificial intelligence tools might do to corporate earnings. “The lack of clarity regarding their duration and scope keeps volatility elevated,” said Antonio Di Giacomo, senior market analyst at brokerage XS.com. Reuters
AT&T shareholders have their attention on CFO Pascal Desroches, who’s due to take the stage at the Barclays Communications and Content Symposium at 8:30 a.m. ET. What’s on their radar: updates—or any shift—in messaging about subscriber trends and cash flow.
AT&T finished Monday up 1.93% at $28.52, bucking a rough session that saw the S&P 500 shed 1.04% and the Dow Jones slip 1.66%, according to MarketWatch data.
T-Mobile US added 2.08%, while Verizon posted a 0.87% gain, as investors looked for relative stability among competitors in the same session.
AT&T plans to drop its first-quarter numbers ahead of the New York Stock Exchange’s opening bell on April 22. The company’s conference call is set for 8:30 a.m. ET.
AT&T has been betting on fiber expansion and spectrum acquisitions as it pushes for growth in the packed U.S. wireless space. Back in late January, the company laid out a 2026 adjusted earnings target between $2.25 and $2.35 per share and posted 421,000 net new postpaid phone customers for the fourth quarter—those “net adds” reflect bill-paying users after churn. Reuters
The stock could react to any detail on 5G or fiber spending, or signals that tariff questions might spill over into equipment pricing—especially with broader market swings today. Premarket moves may look outsized, but thinner trading before the bell can exaggerate those numbers.
But that risk remains. Wireless is a battleground on price, and if churn ticks up — more customers walking away — or if companies start leaning harder on promotions, margins could take a hit, even if subscriber totals appear steady at first glance.
