Would free up $8 billion a year for survival and enable proper investment in its current race to last place. Stock sla-ghtered already anyway. Tmob pays no dividend, and it's share price has totally kicked t's for years. No widows and orphans believe t stock is safe anymore regardless. It's dead money unless t can actually dig out of its huge debt hole and grow. Stopping dividend is only path there it appears. You don't cut headcount to grow. T ONLY HAS 1 MORE PILE OF CHIPS LEFT TO BET. Then the casino wants paid in full, and they don't care how they get it. They'll take it in many pieces if needed.
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Plenty of money for dividends and for workers.
I applied for a job at T-Mobile but get rejected.
Keep bailing and wailing. Stankey has a plan, and it doesn't involve any subordinates. Plan accordingly.
Maybe they could sell the copper to homeless crackheads at a discount. It would be the inclusive thing to do.
Why would anyone ever consider buying T stock right now without a dividend?
Sure, removing the dividend saves money, but investors will bail and the stock price might very well dip below $7. I mean, it's not like the company is performing well, is growing, or is competently managed. So why buy stock in a failing company?
The only reason anyone still has T in their portfolio is for the dividend.
TMUS has topped out. No growth story there, they will continue to drop the axe every few months for years. They will come under a lot of pressure to start paying dividends.
Ending dividend would trigger a mass sell off. Most people only own the stock for the dividend.
Regarding dead copper anchor around our neck, you're saying t has no real growth potential? Whoa, does stinky know that? He says we're growing our way to success. Fiber and mobility are the drivers. I guess you didn't get that memo. If t is dead money and good only for a dividend, few will buy it when it's quite risky and they can get an insured cd at similar yield. Oh yeah, that fact is why t at 30 year low now. See the conundrum in play? It goes way beyond dead copper.
A company has growth or a dividend. If there is neither, no one is going to want to own it.
AT&T (and Verizon) are saddled with no-growth copper. So, they need a dividend.
Sad but probably true. Pathetic corner to be backed into.