Market Trends: Thursday's stock market experienced an early selloff followed by a recovery, with major indexes ending the day above 6,500 for the first time, despite initial losses influenced by Nvidia's results.
Investor Strategies: Investors are advised to focus on "compounders" and outperformers to navigate market volatility, as many are opting to buy stocks with consistent gross margin growth and wait out short-term fluctuations.
Key Companies Identified: Trivariate Research highlighted over three dozen companies with strong gross margin expansion, including Amazon, Eaton, and Coupang, which are expected to continue their growth trajectory.
Analyst Recommendations: Analysts remain optimistic about Eaton, despite a recent disappointing outlook, with a majority rating it as a strong buy, while Coupang has shown significant year-to-date growth in its share price.
Wall Street analysts forecast T stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for T is 28.27 USD with a low forecast of 20.00 USD and a high forecast of 33.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
15 Analyst Rating
Wall Street analysts forecast T stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for T is 28.27 USD with a low forecast of 20.00 USD and a high forecast of 33.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
8 Buy
5 Hold
2 Sell
Moderate Buy
Current: 23.580
Low
20.00
Averages
28.27
High
33.00
Current: 23.580
Low
20.00
Averages
28.27
High
33.00
Stifel
Cole McGill
Buy
upgrade
2026-01-20
New
Reason
Stifel
Cole McGill
Price Target
AI Analysis
2026-01-20
New
upgrade
Buy
Reason
Stifel analyst Cole McGill raised the firm's price target on Montage Gold to C$12.75 from C$9.25 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares.
Bernstein
Outperform
to
NULL
downgrade
$31 -> $30
2026-01-16
Reason
Bernstein
Price Target
$31 -> $30
2026-01-16
downgrade
Outperform
to
NULL
Reason
Bernstein lowered the firm's price target on AT&T to $30 from $31 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares. The firm believes we are entering a new era of competition in the industry. Each quarterly update in 2025 reflected worsening competitive dynamics, erasing much of the Telco gains achieved in the first half of the year, while Cable companies continued to decline through the second half, Bernstein argues. This heightened competitive intensity is set to persist in 2026, with little sign of relief given recent strategic actions, it adds.
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Scotiabank
Maher Yaghi
Sector Perform
downgrade
2026-01-07
Reason
Scotiabank
Maher Yaghi
Price Target
2026-01-07
downgrade
Sector Perform
Reason
Scotiabank analyst Maher Yaghi lowered the firm's price target on AT&T to $29.50 from $30.25 and keeps a Sector Perform rating on the shares. The firm is updating its price targets for Telecommunication Services under its coverage ahead of Q4 results, the analyst tells investors. The firm notes that while promotional intensity in wireless was elevated during the holiday season, revenue and EBITDA industry growth remains positive.
Arete
Neutral -> Sell
downgrade
$20
2026-01-06
Reason
Arete
Price Target
$20
2026-01-06
downgrade
Neutral -> Sell
Reason
Arete downgraded AT&T to Sell from Neutral with a $20 price target.
About T
AT&T Inc. is a holding company. The Company is a provider of telecommunications and technology services globally. The Company’s segments include Communications and Latin America. The Communications segment provides wireless and wireline telecom and broadband services to consumers located in the United States and businesses globally. The business units of the Communication segment include Mobility, Business Wireline, and Consumer Wireline. Mobility provides nationwide wireless service and equipment. Business Wireline provides advanced Ethernet-based fiber services, Internet Protocol (IP) Voice and managed professional services, as well as legacy voice and data services and related equipment, to business customers. Consumer Wireline provides broadband services, including fiber connections. Consumer Wireline provides legacy telephony voice communication services. The Latin America segment provides wireless services and equipment in Mexico.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
