AT&T Inc. provides telecommunications and technology services worldwide. It operates through two segments, Communications and Latin America. The Communications segment offers wireless voice and data communications services; and sells handsets, wireless data cards, wireless computing devices, carrying cases/protective covers, and wireless chargers through its own company-owned stores, agents, and third-party retail stores. It also provides AT&T Dedicated Internet, fiber ethernet …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
ROIC Sustainably Above PeersROIC at 68.4th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.
Consistent Cash GenerationCash generation is strong and consistent (score 0.70).
The dashed ring is the peer median. Defense scores are percentile ranks
against peers, so 50 is roughly the typical company in this group.
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AT&T Inc. ranks #17 of 56
scored companies in Telecom Services by moat score — the top 30%.
The widest moat in the group is Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM)
at 76/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near T in Telecom Services
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 68
· 15% of the moat score
A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.
Customer Stickiness
Score 61
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 68
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 61
· 17% of the moat score
Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.
Scale & Market Position
Score 66
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
AT&T Inc. (T) scores 63 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as moderate. It ranks #17 of 56 scored companies in Telecom Services, the top 30%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 59 companies in Telecom Services. Its strongest defense is Cost Advantage (68/100) and its weakest is Pricing Power (56/100).
How does AT&T Inc. compare with other Telecom Services companies?
AT&T Inc. ranks #17 of 56 scored companies in Telecom Services by moat score. The widest moat in Telecom Services is Iridium Communications Inc (IRDM) at 76/100. The companies ranked closest are Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) at 63 just above it and SK Telecom Co., Ltd. (SKM) at 63 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 59 companies in Telecom Services. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is AT&T Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?
Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.
Which competitive defenses are measured for AT&T Inc.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and T scores: Pricing Power (56), Cost Advantage (68), Customer Stickiness (61), Capital Efficiency (68), Resilience (61), Scale & Market Position (66). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.
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