Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ)

NYSE: VZ · USD

$47.4

+0.55 (+1.2%)· Recorded snapshot

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StockMarketAgent Research · Analyzed 2026-05-08

Our latest published analysis: VZ rated Strong Buy

VZ is rated Strong Buy at $47.22 versus the reconciled fair value midpoint of $65.64, implying +39.01% upside/downside. Confidence is separately disclosed at 72/100.

Fair value (mid)

$65.6 / share

$44.8 – $87.8

Upside to FV

+39.0%

from $47.4

Confidence

72/100

Moat

6.5/10

Market cap	$197.2B
Revenue (ttm)	138.9B
Net income (ttm)	16.2B
EPS (ttm)	$3.84
Shares out	4.2B
P/E (trailing)	12.3x
P/E (forward)	9.0x
Dividend	$2.83 (5.98%)
Volume	23,028,832
Beta	0.23
Price target	$51.6	+8.9%

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 138.9B
Net income (ttm): 16.2B
EPS (ttm): $3.84
P/E (trailing): 12.3x
P/E (forward): 9.0x
Market cap: $197.2B

Item	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	Trend
Period	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31	Trend
Revenue	$133.61B	$136.84B	$133.97B	$134.79B	$138.19B	+0.8%
Gross profit	$77.31B	$77.70B	$79.09B	$80.69B	$81.43B	+1.3%
Operating income	$32.45B	$30.47B	$28.72B	$28.69B	$29.26B	-2.6%
Net income	$22.07B	$21.26B	$11.61B	$17.51B	$17.17B	-6.1%
EPS (diluted)	$5.32	$5.06	$2.75	$4.14	$4.06	-6.5%
EBITDA	$49.11B	$48.98B	$40.14B	$47.52B	$47.72B	-0.7%
R&D	—	—	—	—	—	—
SG&A	$28.66B	$30.14B	$32.75B	$34.11B	$33.82B	+4.2%

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0000732712
Company name	Verizon Communications Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	92343V104
Employees	89,900
Employees Change	-9,700%
Employees Change Percent	-9.74
Enterprise value	$388.1B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
In Index	SP500
Industry	Telecom Services
Industry PE	14.9
Industry PE Fwd	11.07
IPO Date	2000-07-03
Isin	US92343V1044
Last refreshed	2026-08-04
Market cap	$196.8B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Price	$47.36
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	1,544,994.44x
Sector	Communication Services
Sector PE	20.24
Sector PE Fwd	20.27
Sic	4813
Symbol	VZ
Website	https://www.verizon.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	8.22%
EV Earnings	24x
EV Sales Forward	2.72x
EV/EBIT	13.6x
EV/EBITDA	8.16x
EV/FCF	18.02x
EV/Sales	2.79x
FCF yield	10.94%
Forward P/E	9.34x
P/B ratio	1.89x
P/E ratio	12.34x
P/S ratio	1.42x
PE Ratio10 Y	11.58x
PE Ratio3 Y	11.95x
PE Ratio5 Y	10.74x
PEG ratio	1.28x
PS Forward	1.38x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	20.54%
EBITDA Margin	34.25%
FCF margin	15.5%
Gross margin	59.45%
Gross Profit	$82.6B
Gross Profit Growth	1.26%
Gross Profit Growth Q	2.67%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	1.73%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	1.15%
Net Income	$16.2B
Net Income Growth	-11.11%
Net Income Growth Q	-23.35%
Net Income Growth Quarters	1%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Net Income Growth3 Y	-8.39%
Net Income Growth5 Y	-4.15%
Pretax Margin	15.59%
Profit Margin	11.64%
Profit Per Employee	$179,889
Profitable Quarters	$9
Profitable Years	17
ROA	5.05
Roa5y	5.38
ROCE	8.2
ROE	15.84
Roe5y	20.59
ROIC	8.05
Roic5y	9.46

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	4.15%
Cagr15y	7.29%
Cagr1y	18%
Cagr20y	7.71%
Cagr3y	20.23%
Cagr5y	3.1%
Div CAGR10	2.15%
Div CAGR3	2.31%
Div CAGR5	2.17%
EPS Growth	-10.74
EPS Growth Q	-22.03
EPS Growth Quarters	1
EPS Growth Years	0
EPS Growth3 Y	-8.43
EPS Growth5 Y	-4.48
FCF Growth	6.97%
FCF Growth Q	24.37%
FCF Growth3 Y	13.23%
FCF Growth5 Y	-0.06%
OCF Growth	4.58%
OCF Growth Q	16.27%
OCF Growth10 Y	1.65%
OCF Growth3 Y	1.15%
OCF Growth5 Y	0.07%
Revenue Growth	1.38x
Revenue Growth Q	-0.73x
Revenue Growth Quarters	6x
Revenue Growth Years	2x
Revenue Growth3 Y	0.95x
Revenue Growth5 Y	0.89x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.35
Assets	$410.2B
Cash	$1.8B
Current Assets	$37.6B
Current Liabilities	$62.2B
Debt	$193.6B
Debt EBITDA	$4.07
Debt Equity	$1.84
Debt FCF	$8.99
Equity	$105.2B
Interest Coverage	3.88
Liabilities	$305B
Long Term Assets	$372.6B
Long Term Liabilities	$242.8B
Net Cash	$-191.3B
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-97.22
Net Debt EBITDA	$4.02
Net Debt Equity	$1.82
Net Debt FCF	$8.88
Tangible Book Value	$-97.2B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$-23.4
WACC	4.23

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	0.6
Inventory Turnover	26.99
Net Working Capital	$2.3B
Quick ratio	0.46
Working Capital	$-24.6B
Working Capital Turnover	$-5.94

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	0.33%
Dividend Growth	3.14%
Dividend Growth Years	21%
Dividend per share	$2.83
Dividend Years	43
Dividend Yield	5.98%
Ex Div Date	2026-07-10
Last Dividend	$0.71
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	73.73%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	50.17%
1Y total return	17.99%
200-day SMA	44.66
3Y total return	73.81%
50-day SMA	45.46
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	16.5%
All Time High	62.22
All Time High Change	-23.88%
All Time High Date	2019-12-20
All Time Low	23.07
All Time Low Change	105.29%
All Time Low Date	2008-10-10
ATR	1.4
Beta	0.23
Beta1y	-0.23
Beta2y	0.18
Ch YTD	16.28
High	47.81
High52	51.68
High52 Date	2026-03-24
High52ch	-8.36%
Low	47.15
Low52	38.39
Low52 Date	2025-10-23
Low52ch	23.37%
Ma50ch	4.18%
Premarket Change Percent	1.58
Premarket Price	$47.55
Premarket Volume	83,468
Price vs 200-day SMA	6.05%
RSI	61.03
RSI Monthly	55.32
RSI Weekly	53.57
Sharpe ratio	0.64x
Sortino ratio	1.29
Total Return	6.31%
Tr YTD	22.12
Tr15y	187.45%
Tr1m	13.17%
Tr1w	0.08%
Tr3m	0.12%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	26
Analyst Count Top	10
Analyst Price Target Top	$50.38
Analyst Ratings	Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$1.27
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	4.1
Earnings Revenue Estimate	35,328,112,616x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	2.39x
Operating Income	$32B
Operating Income Growth	-2.59
Operating Income Growth Q	-10.64
Operating Income Growth3 Y	0.05
Operating Income Growth5 Y	-1.03
Operating margin	23.07
Price target	$51.56
Price Target Change	$8.87
Price Target Change Top	$6.38

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	4,148,809,491%
Float Percent	99.86%
Net Borrowing	4,851,000,000
Shares Insiders	0.04%
Shares Institutions	69.51%
Shares Out	4,154,775,202
Shares Qo Q	-0.93%
Shares Yo Y	-0.33%
Short Float	2.07%
Short Ratio	2.45
Short Shares	2.06

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Average Volume	26,912,969.35x
Bv Per Share	25.01
CAPEX	$-17.3B
Ch10y	-12.3
Ch15y	33.45
Ch1m	11.28
Ch1w	0.08
Ch1y	10.45
Ch20y	41.25
Ch3m	-1.56
Ch3y	42.14
Ch5y	-15.06
Ch6m	6.17
Change	1.17%
Change From Open	0.08
Close	46.81
Days Gap	1.09
Depreciation Amortization	19,037,000,000
Dollar Volume	1,090,645,483.5
Earnings Date	2026-07-24
Earnings Time	bmo
EBIT	$28.5B
EBITDA	$47.6B
EPS	$3.84
F Score	4
FCF	$21.5B
FCF EV Yield	5.55x
FCF Per Share	$5.18
Financing CF	-12,456,000,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,983
Goodwill	30,664,000,000
Graham Number	46.47775
Graham Upside	-1.86
Income Tax	$5B
Investing CF	-27,970,000,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-07-24
Last Report Date	2026-06-30
Last Split Date	1998-06-30
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-17
Lynch Fair Value	$19.19
Lynch Upside	-59.48
Ma150	46.1
Ma150ch	2.74%
Ma20	44.48
Ma20ch	6.47%
Net CF	-1,627,000,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-10-28
Open	47.32
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	9.14
P OCF Ratio	5.07
Payment Date	2026-08-03
Position In Range	31.82
Post Close	47.36
Postmarket Change Percent	-0.17
Postmarket Price	$47.28
Ppne	148,655,000,000
Pre Close	46.81
Price Date	2026-08-03
Price EBITDA	$4.14
Relative Volume	0.86x
Revenue	138,895,000,000x
Tax By Revenue	3.64x
Tax Rate	23.32%
Tr20y	341.47%
Tr6m	9.6%
Us State	New York
Views	959
Volume	23,028,832
Z Score	1.22

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What fair-value range is used for VZ?

The latest published report analyzed 2026-05-08 frames VZ around USD 45 to USD 88. This is a dated valuation range, not a live market price; check the valuation, sensitivity, and bear-case tabs before making a decision.

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