verizon communications inc. - VZ

VZ

Close Chg Chg %
47.01 0.07 0.15%

Open Market

47.08

+0.07 (0.15%)

Volume: 31.50M

Last Updated:

Feb 5, 2026, 3:56 PM EDT

Company Overview: verizon communications inc. - VZ

VZ Key Data

Open

$47.14

Day Range

46.65 - 47.58

52 Week Range

10.60 - 47.55

Market Cap

$198.21B

Shares Outstanding

4.22B

Public Float

4.21B

Beta

0.32

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

11.58

EPS

$4.06

Yield

581.79%

Dividend

$0.71

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Apr 10, 2026

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

37.53M

 

VZ Performance

1 Week
 
5.59%
 
1 Month
 
16.02%
 
3 Months
 
17.44%
 
1 Year
 
17.88%
 
5 Years
 
-15.02%
 

VZ Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 28
Full Ratings ➔

About verizon communications inc. - VZ

Verizon Communications, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of communications, information, and entertainment products and services. It operates through the Consumer and Business segments. The Consumer segment provides consumer-focused wireless and wire line communications services and products. The Business segment offers wireless and wireline communications services and products, including FWA broadband, data, video and conferencing services, corporate networking solutions, security and managed network services, local and long-distance voice services, and network access to deliver various IoT services and products. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

VZ At a Glance

Verizon Communications, Inc.
1095 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036
Phone 1-212-395-1000 Revenue 138.19B
Industry Wireless Telecommunications Net Income 17.17B
Sector Communications 2025 Sales Growth 2.525%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2026 Employees 89,900
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VZ Valuation

P/E Current 11.392
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 10.032
Price to Sales Ratio 1.247
Price to Book Ratio 1.644
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 4.64
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 7.062
Enterprise Value to Sales 2.433
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.54

VZ Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 1,537,163.515
Income Per Employee 191,034.483
Receivables Turnover 5.10
Total Asset Turnover 0.35

VZ Liquidity

Current Ratio 0.913
Quick Ratio 0.874
Cash Ratio 0.305

VZ Profitability

Gross Margin 45.645
Operating Margin 21.173
Pretax Margin 16.406
Net Margin 12.428
Return on Assets 4.354
Return on Equity 16.862
Return on Total Capital 6.003
Return on Invested Capital 6.822

VZ Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 173.888
Total Debt to Total Capital 63.489
Total Debt to Total Assets 44.932
Long-Term Debt to Equity 151.716
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 55.394
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Annual Financials for Verizon Communications Inc. - VZ

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
136.84B 133.97B 134.79B 138.19B
Sales Growth
+2.41% -2.09% +0.61% +2.52%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
76.23B 72.51B 71.99B 75.11B
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
17.10B 17.62B 17.89B 18.35B
Depreciation
- 14.59B 14.94B 15.11B
Amortization of Intangibles
- 2.51B 2.69B 2.78B
COGS Growth
+5.14% -4.88% -0.72% +4.34%
Gross Income
60.60B 61.46B 62.80B 63.08B
Gross Income Growth
-0.82% +1.42% +2.17% +0.44%
Gross Profit Margin
+44.29% +45.88% +46.59% +45.64%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
30.14B 32.63B 32.20B 33.82B
Research & Development
- - - -
-
Other SG&A
30.14B 32.63B 32.20B 33.82B
SGA Growth
+3.41% +8.28% -1.34% +5.04%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
- 1.11B 5.64B 1.53B
EBIT after Unusual Expense
29.36B 23.19B 29.07B 29.26B
Non Operating Income/Expense
2.49B (674.00M) 557.00M 107.00M
Non-Operating Interest Income
- 146.00M 354.00M 336.00M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- 44.00M (53.00M) (53.00M)
Interest Expense
3.58B 5.53B 6.65B 6.69B
Interest Expense Growth
+2.40% +54.24% +20.42% +0.62%
Gross Interest Expense
5.61B 7.34B 7.62B 6.69B
Interest Capitalized
- 2.03B 1.82B 963.00M
Pretax Income
28.27B 16.99B 22.98B 22.67B
Pretax Income Growth
-3.91% -39.91% +35.27% -1.34%
Pretax Margin
+20.66% +12.68% +17.05% +16.41%
Income Tax
6.52B 4.89B 5.03B 5.06B
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
- 3.35B 2.29B 3.98B
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
- 201.00M 219.00M 240.00M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
- 3.00B 2.36B 819.00M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- (22.00M) 28.00M (4.00M)
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- 44.00M (53.00M) (53.00M)
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
21.75B 12.10B 17.95B 17.61B
Minority Interest Expense
492.00M 481.00M 443.00M 434.00M
Net Income
21.26B 11.61B 17.51B 17.17B
Net Income Growth
-3.67% -45.36% +50.73% -1.90%
Net Margin Growth
+15.53% +8.67% +12.99% +12.43%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Discontinued Operations
- - - -
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
21.26B 11.61B 17.51B 17.17B
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
21.26B 11.61B 17.51B 17.17B
EPS (Basic)
5.0585 2.758 4.1503 4.0639
EPS (Basic) Growth
-4.90% -45.48% +50.48% -2.08%
Basic Shares Outstanding
4.20B 4.21B 4.22B 4.23B
EPS (Diluted)
5.0561 2.7554 4.1454 4.06
EPS (Diluted) Growth
-4.91% -45.50% +50.45% -2.06%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
4.20B 4.21B 4.22B 4.23B
EBITDA
47.57B 46.45B 48.50B 47.61B
EBITDA Growth
-1.26% -2.34% +4.39% -1.83%
EBITDA Margin
+34.76% +34.67% +35.98% +34.45%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 49.455
Number of Ratings 28 Current Quarters Estimate 1.212
FY Report Date 03 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 4.909
Last Quarter’s Earnings 1.09 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 4.71 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 5.214
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 20 19 24 23
Mean Estimate 1.21 1.26 4.91 5.21
High Estimates 1.33 1.31 4.96 5.54
Low Estimate 1.03 1.10 4.78 4.65
Coefficient of Variance 5.46 3.77 0.92 3.94

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 7 7 6
OVERWEIGHT 4 4 4
HOLD 16 16 15
UNDERWEIGHT 1 1 1
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Verizon Communications Inc. - VZ

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Feb 2, 2026 Joseph Russo EVP&Pres-Global Networks&Tech 69,509 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 2, 2026 Daniel H. Schulman CEO; Director 1,980 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 2, 2026 Vandana Venkatesh EVP and Chief Legal Officer 48,316 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 2, 2026 Anthony T. Skiadas EVP and CFO 131,737 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 2, 2026 Sowmyanarayan Sampath EVP and Group CEO-VZ Consumer 134,974 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 2, 2026 Samantha Hammock EVP & Chief HR Officer 29,527 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 2, 2026 Mary-Lee Stillwell SVP and Controller 13,187 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 2, 2026 Hans Erik Vestberg Director 204,796 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 2, 2026 Kyle J. Malady EVP and Group CEO-VZ Business 396,960 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 12, 2025 Kyle J. Malady EVP and Group CEO-VZ Business 381,462 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
May 12, 2025 Kyle J. Malady EVP and Group CEO-VZ Business 8 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $43.82 per share 350.56
Mar 21, 2025 Rodney E. Slater Director 94,376 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 21, 2025 Caroline A. Litchfield Director 5,948 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 21, 2025 Clarence Otis Director 138,248 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 21, 2025 Shellye Louise Archambeau Director 64,596 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 21, 2025 Carol B. Tomé Director 21,908 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 21, 2025 Vittorio Amedeo Colao Director 17,523 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 21, 2025 Laxman Narasimhan Director 26,327 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 21, 2025 Mark T. Bertolini Director 57,880 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Mar 21, 2025 Roxanne Schuh Austin Director 29,485 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00

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