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Comcast features a dividend yield of 4.14%, also very well supported by expected FCF per share.

Verizon's dividend yield of 5.54% is the highest on the list, with a FCF yield estimate implying headroom of 4.31%.

AT&T is more expensive, with a forward P/E of 12.2, but that is still low when compared with the sector and the S&P 500, and its 3.88% dividend yield appears to be well supported. Assuming the EchoStar deal is completed this year, AT&T will take a hit to earnings and cash flow. However, the company said when the deal was announced that it expected the spending to be "within the multiyear capital-investment guidance provided with its second-quarter 2025 earnings release." And that guidance included annual "[f]ree cash flow in the low- to mid-$16 billion range." The company's free cash flow for 2025 totaled $15.25 billion, according to LSEG.

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is at the bottom of the list, with no forward P/E because the consensus earnings estimate for 2026 is a net loss of 16 cents a share. Then again, Paramount Skydance (PSKY) expects to complete its acquisition of WBD in the third quarter of this year.

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