If You Had Invested $100 in AT&T in 1995, This Is How Much You Would Have Today
Telecommunications giant AT (NYSE: T) is a household name and a well-known dividend stock. Had you invested $100 in AT in 1995, your investment would have grown to $476 today. Is that good? Well, it definitely needs context. Many investors buy AT for its huge dividend, which yields an impressive 6.5% AT its current share price.
But a lot more goes into investment results than just a dividend. So let's take a closer look at at and use its past to help determine whether it's worth holding for the future.
Are you a glass-half-full or glass-half-empty type of character? AT has multiplied an initial $100 investment to nearly $500 over the years. However, that incorporates total returns, share price gains and losses, and dividends paid. Take the dividends away, and you would have lost money!
Source Fool.com
