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AT&T stock is edging higher on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, as investors digest a major data‑breach settlement deadline, fresh institutional buying from Vanguard, and mixed Wall Street views — all against a backdrop of a global market sell‑off. Published: November 18, 2025

AT&T’s stock has moved in a tight range recently, reflecting a “wait-and-see” mood ahead of Q3 results. In mid-October, shares traded around $26 ts2.tech before dipping slightly on some softening news. For example, AT&T closed Oct. 24 at $25.14 investing.com and was essentially flat into Oct. 27 reuters.com. Over the past month the stock has shown modest volatility: it started near $26, fell to ~$24.6 after earnings, and recovered to ~$25.1 by late Oct. Overall, AT&T is up roughly 15–20% from a year ago ts2.tech, outperforming rival Verizon but trailing tech-centric benchmarks. Analysts note that telecom stocks have generally been held back by high debt and rising interest rates ts2.tech, so AT&T’s relatively strong performance highlights recent operational gains. On Oct. 22, AT&T reported third-quarter 2025 earnings that largely met expectations. Service revenue was $30.7 billion with adjusted EPS of $0.54 ts2.tech. The standout was wireless subscriber growth: AT&T added 405,000 postpaid phone customers, far above the ~334,000 Wall Street estimate ts2.tech. In broadband, AT&T had its strongest net adds in years – 558,000 total new broadband customers – including 288,000 new fiber subscribers rcrwireless.com. These gains were driven by bundled plans and Apple iPhone promotions. As RCR Wireless noted,

AT&T’s stock is hovering in the mid-$24s as of October 24, 2025, after a choppy week. Shares closed at $24.62 on Thursdaynasdaq.com, down from around $26.10 on Mondayinvesting.com. That slide of roughly 5.7% erased gains from earlier in the month. The volatility came amid earnings results and broader market swings – AT&T had been mostly range-bound in the mid-$20s throughout Octoberts2.tech before this week’s drop. Even so, the stock remains about 20% higher than a year agots2.tech, reflecting a recovery from 2024 levels. Over the past 12 months AT&T has traded between roughly $21 and $29.8ts2.tech. By comparison, rival Verizon’s stock has lagged, with AT&T outperforming Verizon in one-year returnts2.techts2.tech. AT&T is known as a relatively stable, income-oriented stock. Its beta ~0.4 means it’s only about 40% as volatile as the overall marketts2.techts2.tech. This defensive profile is bolstered by the company’s dividend, which currently yields around 4.2% annuallyts2.tech. That yield is attractive, though not the highest in the sector – Verizon’s slide to multi-year lows has pushed its yield above 7%ts2.tech. In contrast, T-Mobile only began paying dividends in 2024, preferring to return capital via share buybacks.