This Unstoppable Telecom Giant Returned More Capital to Shareholders Than Both AT&T and Verizon Over the Past Year, and It Just Raised Its Dividend 35%

One thing that attracts many investors to telecom stocks are the great dividend yields offered by many companies in the industry. Subscription revenue and long-term contracts are a great recipe for predictable free cash flow. And many of the biggest companies in the industry are happy to return that cash to shareholders.Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), for example, paid out $11.2 billion to shareholders over the last 12 months. The stock currently boasts an attractive dividend yield of 6.6%. AT&T (NYSE: T) has slimmed down over the past few years, now focusing exclusively on its telecom business. It sports a 5% dividend yield, paying out $8.2 billion to shareholders over the past year.But one of its biggest competitors has returned even more cash to shareholders. T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) returned a total of $11.8 billion over the past year. The only caveat is this telecom giant is primarily using share repurchases in its capital-return program, something that's practically non-existent recently at Verizon and AT&T.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool