AT&T Earnings Preview: Next Program, Margins In Focus

When the company announces its third quarter earnings, we expect revenues to grow in the low-to-mid single digits, owing to robust wireless postpaid subscriber adds, low churn, an expanding U-verse user base and its continued focus on margins. AT&T also expects about 58% of its total postpaid user base to be on its Mobile Share Value plans in the third quarter. Growing acceptance of the carrier's Next program as well as its Mobile Share Value shared data plans is likely to aid robust growth in t...