TTM
16.9%
YoY change
+8.47pp
Trough year (1995)
-14.1%
Peak year (2003)
21.0%
Latest annual
17.4%
Net Profit Margin history chart for AT&T (T) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: 17.4%
Net Profit Margin change chart for AT&T (T) from 1985 to 2025
Latest: +8.47pp
Net Profit Margin history table for AT&T (T) from 1985 to 2025
| 2025 | 17.4% | +8.47pp | ||
| 2024 | 8.9% | -2.81pp | ||
| 2023 | 11.8% | +18.82pp | ||
| 2022 | -7.1% | -22.04pp | ||
| 2021 | 15.0% | +18.00pp | ||
| 2020 | -3.0% | -10.69pp | ||
| 2019 | 7.7% | -3.67pp | ||
| 2018 | 11.3% | -7.00pp | ||
| 2017 | 18.3% | +10.42pp | ||
| 2016 | 7.9% | -1.17pp | ||
| 2015 | 9.1% | +4.23pp | ||
| 2014 | 4.9% | -9.44pp | ||
| 2013 | 14.3% | +8.60pp | ||
| 2012 | 5.7% | +2.59pp | ||
| 2011 | 3.1% | -12.87pp | ||
| 2010 | 16.0% | +6.08pp | ||
| 2009 | 9.9% | +12.03pp | ||
| 2008 | -2.1% | -12.18pp | ||
| 2007 | 10.0% | -1.62pp | ||
| 2006 | 11.7% | +0.73pp | ||
| 2005 | 10.9% | -3.52pp | ||
| 2004 | 14.5% | -6.55pp | ||
| 2003 | 21.0% | +7.80pp | ||
| 2002 | 13.2% | -2.06pp | ||
| 2001 | 15.3% | +0.08pp | ||
| 2000 | 15.2% | -1.29pp | ||
| 1999 | 16.5% | -0.16pp | ||
| 1998 | 16.6% | +7.15pp | ||
| 1997 | 9.5% | -4.32pp | ||
| 1996 | 13.8% | +27.91pp | ||
| 1995 | -14.1% | -28.12pp | ||
| 1994 | 14.0% | +21.80pp | ||
| 1993 | -7.8% | -20.79pp | ||
| 1992 | 13.0% | +0.60pp | ||
| 1991 | 12.4% | +0.31pp | ||
| 1990 | 12.1% | -0.43pp | ||
| 1989 | 12.5% | -1.43pp | ||
| 1988 | 14.0% | +0.87pp | ||
| 1987 | 13.1% | +0.14pp | ||
| 1986 | 12.9% | +0.37pp | ||
| 1985 | 12.6% | — |
- 202517.4%+8.47pp
- 20248.9%-2.81pp
- 202311.8%+18.82pp
- 2022-7.1%-22.04pp
- 202115.0%+18.00pp
- 2020-3.0%-10.69pp
- 20197.7%-3.67pp
- 201811.3%-7.00pp
- 201718.3%+10.42pp
- 20167.9%-1.17pp
- 20159.1%+4.23pp
- 20144.9%-9.44pp
- 201314.3%+8.60pp
- 20125.7%+2.59pp
- 20113.1%-12.87pp
- 201016.0%+6.08pp
- 20099.9%+12.03pp
- 2008-2.1%-12.18pp
- 200710.0%-1.62pp
- 200611.7%+0.73pp
- 200510.9%-3.52pp
- 200414.5%-6.55pp
- 200321.0%+7.80pp
- 200213.2%-2.06pp
- 200115.3%+0.08pp
- 200015.2%-1.29pp
- 199916.5%-0.16pp
- 199816.6%+7.15pp
- 19979.5%-4.32pp
- 199613.8%+27.91pp
- 1995-14.1%-28.12pp
- 199414.0%+21.80pp
- 1993-7.8%-20.79pp
- 199213.0%+0.60pp
- 199112.4%+0.31pp
- 199012.1%-0.43pp
- 198912.5%-1.43pp
- 198814.0%+0.87pp
- 198713.1%+0.14pp
- 198612.9%+0.37pp
- 198512.6%—
Net Profit Margin values are taken from AT&T's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About Net Profit Margin at AT&T (T)
According to AT&T's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported net margin is 16.9%. Net profit margin is net income divided by revenue — the bottom-line share of each sales dollar that remains after all costs, including operating expenses, interest, and taxes. It is the most comprehensive profitability ratio, though it can swing on one-off items, so read it alongside the multi-year trend below.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
AT&T (T) most recent annual net margin stands at 17.42% (2025) – expanded 8.5 percentage points year-over-year.
2003 marks the peak net margin at 21.00%, with the historical low of -14.11% recorded in 1995.
AT&T Net Profit Margin by Year
AT&T Net Profit Margin 2025: 17.4%
AT&T net margin in 2025 was 17.42%, expanded 8.5 percentage points from 2024.
AT&T Net Profit Margin 2024: 8.9%
2024's net margin for AT&T came in at 8.95%, contracted 2.8 percentage points from 2023.
AT&T Net Profit Margin 2023: 11.8%
AT&T posted net margin of 11.76% in 2023, expanded 18.8 percentage points from 2022.
AT&T Net Profit Margin 2022: -7.1%
In 2022, AT&T reported net margin of -7.06%, contracted 22.0 percentage points from 2021.
AT&T Net Profit Margin 2021: 15.0%
AT&T net margin in 2021 was 14.98%.
See more financial history for AT&T (T).
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