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AT&T unveils strategic plan: fiber to 50M+ locations, $10B buyback, $40B+ returns
AT&T INC.
- Targets 50M+ fiber locations; long-term guidance for sustained growth in service revenue, EBITDA, FCF, and adjusted EPS.
- Expects $40B+ shareholder returns over three years via dividends and share repurchases; initial $10B buyback authorization expected by end of 2026.
- Beginning Q1 2025, will recast adjusted diluted EPS and FCF to exclude DIRECTV results and cash flows, reflecting planned sale to TPG.
- Supplemental non-GAAP reconciliations show recast quarterly FCF and adjusted EPS figures from 2023 through Q3 2024.