Investors face a tough decision between dividend stocks with fast-growing payouts or high yields. Alphabet offers minimal yield but soaring earnings. AT&T has a high yield but hasn’t raised payouts in years. Both represent opposite ends of the dividend dilemma. Alphabet’s earnings per share and dividend payments have been rising steadily. Its advertising and cloud computing segments generated $66.7 billion in free cash flow. Chrome browser maintains a global market share of 68%. AT&T’s profit growth has been sluggish, partly due to the spinoff of media assets and declining wireline phone connections. Its mobility revenue is expected to grow by 3% or more, with consumer broadband products surging. Despite a slower dividend growth rate, AT&T has enough cash flow to meet obligations.

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