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Quote this valuation with its source: Fair value, Potential value and the price at analysis.
FAQ
VZ — frequently asked questions
Is Verizon Communications Inc. overvalued?
In our latest published analysis dated 2026-09-09, VZ looks meaningfully undervalued. The price recorded at analysis is USD ۵۰٫۴ versus our fair value of USD ۷۸٫۲; the high endpoint is presented separately as potential value of USD ۱۶۱. That implies roughly 55.1% upside to fair value at that date.
Our latest published report, analyzed 2026-09-09, gives VZ a fair value of USD ۷۸٫۲ and a potential value of USD ۱۶۱. The conclusion is triangulated across multiple valuation models and weighted by reliability for Verizon Communications Inc.'s archetype; it is a dated research output, not a live price.
Should I buy VZ now?
Our latest published rating for VZ, analyzed 2026-09-09, is Strong Buy. Verizon Communications Inc. looks meaningfully undervalued at the analysis-date price of USD ۵۰٫۴ versus fair value of USD ۷۸٫۲; potential value is USD ۱۶۱. This is research for educational purposes, not personalized investment advice.
What are the biggest risks for VZ?
The dedicated bear-case section in our report analyzed 2026-09-09 documents Verizon Communications Inc.'s material risks, evidence, thresholds, and thesis-invalidation conditions. Scenario-specific explanations remain in that section so the report does not repeat or decontextualize them elsewhere.
What is VZ's rating?
Our latest published rating for VZ, analyzed 2026-09-09, is Strong Buy, with a published moat assessment of 1/10 (None). It reflects our fair value of USD ۷۸٫۲, the potential value of USD ۱۶۱, and the price recorded at analysis (USD ۵۰٫۴).
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§1 خلاصه اجراییEN
پاسخ ۳۰ ثانیهایStrong Buy
قیمت در برابر ارزش
Price
$50.41
Fair value
$78.19
Potential value
$161.26
As of
2026-09-08
چرا این سناریو میتواند موفق باشد
Upside requires the FY2027 revenue and earnings estimates to be met and operating cash after capital spending to recur.
چه چیزی دیدگاه ما را تغییر میدهد
Free cash flow remains below cash dividends, or coverage stays below 1.0x, for two consecutive fiscal years.
Strong Buy: at the report-date price of $50.41, Verizon trades below Fair value of $78.19 and Potential value of $161.26.3
The main risk is dividend coverage. If free cash flow stays below cash dividends for two consecutive fiscal years, capital spending and financing could force dividend growth to stop or the payout to fall.3
The clearest upside is sustained cash after network investment. Combined with the FY2027 earnings recovery, that cash could support dividends and debt reduction, raising value per share.
A better demand period would appear as sustained revenue growth with stable operating margin. That combination would raise operating profit and cash available after network investment.1
Evidence-backed thesis
Strong Buy because the report-date price is below Fair value while operating cash supports the distribution after capital spending.3,4
Cycle upside
A better demand period would require FY2027 revenue delivery and operating margin holding near the FY2025 level. That combination would raise operating profit and leave more cash after network investment.1,4
توصیه داخلی
Strong Buy. The report-date price is below Fair value, and that gap is the basis for the rating. The view holds while cash after capital spending supports dividends and debt reduction; repeated dividend-coverage failure would weaken it.3,4
نمای کلی شرکت
VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC provides these products and services to businesses, public sector customers and wireless and wireline carriers across the U.S. and a subset of these products and services to customers around the world.
§2 سناریوی نزولیEN
If consolidated revenue growth stays below 0.5% and operating margin stays below 18% for two fiscal years, sales and profit would weaken together. If pre-tax debt cost also exceeds 7.78% while dividend coverage remains below 1.0x for two fiscal years, creditors and capital spending would absorb more cash before shareholders benefit.
This path would be confirmed by weaker dividend coverage, persistent margin pressure, or higher refinancing costs by FY2027. It would be disconfirmed by stable cash coverage and visible debt reduction.
چگونگی شکست این تز
Dividend coverage failure
Coverage below 1.0x for two consecutive fiscal years would halt dividend growth or force a cut as capital spending and financing consume residual cash.
FV impact
-5.2%
The analyst's bear scenario path and multiple as the base case
Consolidated revenue growth below 0.5% for two consecutive fiscal years would weaken the earnings recovery and reduce cash available for shareholders.
سیگنالهای هشدار اولیه برای پایش
پنج تحولی که میتواند تز سرمایهگذاری ما را تضعیف کند.
01
Dividend cash coverage
The breach would leave the distribution dependent on borrowing or reduced investment, weakening dividend durability and limiting balance-sheet repair.
وضعیت فعلی:FY2025 operating cash flow was $37.14 billion and capital spending was $17.01 billion.
هشدار در صورتFree cash flow below cash dividends, or coverage below 1.0x, for two consecutive fiscal years.
02
§3 خندق رقابتیEN
None
The available evidence is insufficient to determine whether Verizon has durable switching costs, customer-retention advantages, network-scale economics, a lasting cost edge, or strong barriers to entry. The supplied peer data cover outcomes, not those structural mechanisms.
The peer set shows wide differences in growth, margins, and valuation. That dispersion supports competitive stress testing, but not a claim that every peer has the same business model.
سود اقتصادی
The 5.6628% WACC is a hurdle rate, not evidence that returns exceed it over time. Economic-profit durability is therefore unproven.2
1/ 10
None
تهدیدات شناختهشده برای خندق
تهدید
شدت
بازه زمانی
کاهش
TMUS and T are the closest wireless comparisons, but their growth profiles differ. Their presence can increase promotion and retention spending.
high
Through FY2027 and beyond
The FY2027 revenue estimate is $143.59 billion. That forecast level does not establish durable market-share gains.1
CMCSA is an adjacent connectivity comparison, while DIS tests consumer-wallet competition. Neither is interchangeable with a wireless carrier.
medium
Medium term
Judge the threat through Verizon's revenue and operating margin rather than peer identity alone.
Apply a terminal P/E to the dated forward path, then discount that future share value back to the analysis date.
§5 حساسیت
نرخ تنزیل
رشد نهایی
0.5%
1.0%
1.5%
2.0%
2.5%
3.7%
$101.62
$114.09
$131.90
$159.58
$209.12
4.7%
$81.63
$88.40
$97.18
$109.02
$125.92
5.7%
$68.90
$73.09
$78.19
$84.66
$93.00
6.7%
$60.02
$62.82
$66.14
$70.12
$75.00
7.7%
$53.43
$55.42
$57.70
$60.37
$63.53
ردیفها: نرخ تنزیل (Ke برای سود؛ WACC برای جریان نقدی). ستونها: رشد نهایی.
تغییر مدت (سال)
None of the valuation methods used to calculate Fair value relies on a separate assumption about how long the competitive advantage lasts.
مرجع حساسیت
The highlighted cell is Fair value when every assumption sits at its base level ($78.19). Each row and column shows what Fair value becomes when one assumption moves.
Free cash flow to the firm stays positive in the first projected year at $25.9B after modeled capex of $14.7B, with terminal value at 66.7% of enterprise value. A sudden drop in free cash flow is not projected unless capital spending relative to revenue, reinvestment, or gross margin resets materially.
FY2027 revenue and earnings must be delivered, and operating cash after capital spending must recur before dividends and debt reduction can improve together.
§7 درخت تصمیم سودEN
بیش از انتظار
Maintain Strong Buy if the operating beat also improves cash after network investment.
Judge a sales beat by whether cash after network investment also rises. Capital spending is a separate claim on operating cash.
مطابق
Maintain Strong Buy if revenue and diluted earnings per share align with FY2027 estimates, while operating margin and cash after capital spending remain near the FY2025 baseline. Reconsider if those measures materially improve or weaken, or if dividend coverage or pre-tax debt cost deteriorates.
Such a miss would reduce earnings and distributable cash. Pricing, promotions, or retention spending would be hypotheses to test, not causes established in advance.
کیفیت سود
Operating cash exceeded reported profit in FY2025, but the large debt balance means strong cash reporting does not remove balance-sheet risk.3,4
FY2025 operating cash of $37.14 billion exceeded capital spending of $17.01 billion. This supports distributions, but the $200.59 billion debt balance keeps refinancing risk material.3,4
تخصیص سرمایه
The priority is balancing network investment, dividends, and debt reduction. The $200.59 billion FY2025 debt balance means stronger operations may benefit creditors before equity holders.
A multi-year return-on-invested-capital trajectory is not used to support the thesis. The report instead relies on dated operating profit, cash flow, and investment evidence.
The established WACC was 5.6628% on 2026-09-09; no comparable cited multi-year ROIC series is used to claim a durable spread.
FY2025 operating cash exceeded reported profit.
FY2025 operating cash was $37.14 billion, versus net income of $17.17 billion.
This supports cash generation, but operating cash alone does not establish dividend coverage. Capital spending and debt remain competing claims on cash.
FY2027 revenue expectations are above FY2025 reported revenue.
The FY2027 revenue estimate was $143.59 billion and diluted EPS was $5.28 as of 2026-09-09.
آخرین درآمد$ ۱۳۸٫۲ میلیاردنرخ رشد مرکب سالانه درآمد +۱٫۰٪
حاشیه سود عملیاتی۲۱٫۲٪10 دوره مالی
آخرین جریان نقد آزاد$ ۲۰٫۱ میلیاردFY2025
بدهی خالص$ ۱۸۱٫۵ میلیاردFY2025
تفکیک صورت سود و زیانچگونگی تبدیل مقیاس کسبوکار به سود گزارششده.
Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) trades at 9.4x forward earnings against a peer median of 11.3x. Its EV/EBITDA of 7.9x compares with a peer median of 8.3x. The comparison uses 4 peers: T-Mobile US Inc., AT&T Inc., The Walt Disney Company and Comcast Corporation, as of 2026-09-09.
§10 صنعت و چرخهEN
فاز چرخه
Contraction
The industry benchmark was 0.9% capital spending to revenue and 1.05x capital spending to depreciation as of 2026-09-01.
چرخه صعودی
A better demand period would require FY2027 revenue delivery and operating margin holding near the FY2025 level. If operating cash also exceeds capital spending, more cash could remain after network investment.
چرخه نزولی
A weaker period would show up as slower revenue growth and lower operating margin. Those results would reduce earnings and cash. Promotions, pricing, and retention spending would be possible explanations to test, not established causes.
روندهای بلندمدت
روند
تأثیر
یادداشت
Low-growth connectivity demand
neutral
FY2027 revenue is estimated at $143.59 billion. That single forecast level does not establish continued demand or a high-growth path.
Persistent capital needs
negative
FY2025 capital spending of $17.01 billion absorbed a substantial share of operating cash before distributions and debt reduction.
موقعیتیابی
FY2025 operating cash was $37.14 billion, while debt was $200.59 billion. The debt balance means cash must also serve financing claims if demand weakens.3,4
§11 مدیریت موقعیتEN
اندازه موقعیت
Build toward a core position while keeping size below the portfolio maximum, consistent with the Strong Buy rating. Adding beyond that requires revenue, margin, dividend coverage, and debt to improve together. Reassess or trim if revenue growth is below 0.5% for two fiscal years, margin is below 18% for two years, or dividend coverage is below 1.0x for two years. Also reassess if pre-tax debt cost exceeds 7.78% while debt remains substantial.
ریسک
Keep position size below the portfolio maximum until dividend coverage, revenue delivery, and debt reduction are visible together.
بخشهای ورود
سطح
اقدام
چرا
At the report-date price of $50.41
Initiate or add at or below the report-date price, which sits below Fair value. Stage purchases and keep room to add as revenue, margin, dividend coverage, and debt improve together. Reassess or trim if revenue growth, operating margin, or dividend coverage breaches its two-year threshold, or if pre-tax debt cost exceeds 7.78% while debt remains substantial. Also reassess after a material improvement or weakening in revenue, diluted earnings per share, operating margin, or cash after capital spending.
A lower price does not remove operating and refinancing risks, so stage entry and watch the revenue, margin, dividend-coverage, and debt evidence that would weaken the rating.
At Potential value, reassess whether the upside case still holds, including revenue, diluted earnings per share, operating margin, cash after capital spending, dividend coverage, and debt cost. Trim if revenue growth is below 0.5% for two fiscal years, margin is below 18% for two years, or dividend coverage is below 1.0x for two years. Also trim if pre-tax debt cost exceeds 7.78% while debt remains substantial.
Exit because the distribution thesis would be broken.
§12 دیدگاههای سرمایهگذارانEN
Income investor
Buy
FY2025 operating cash and capital spending support the distribution, although leverage requires ongoing coverage checks.3,4
Total-return investor
Buy
The report-date price is below Fair value, and FY2027 estimates provide a dated recovery anchor.1,3
Risk-aware investor
Buy
Use staged purchases because debt, capital needs, and valuation dispersion make the path uneven.3
§14 توصیه نهاییEN
اقدام
خرید قوی
Strong Buy; the report-date price sits below Fair value while operating cash after capital spending supports the distribution. Recurring capital spending and debt remain competing claims on that cash, so track revenue, margin, dividend coverage, and debt evidence.3
The valuation gap is attractive, but dividend coverage and refinancing costs must remain within the stated limits.
§15یادداشتهای شما
تز سرمایهگذاری، اندازه موقعیت و پرسشهای پیگیری خود را ثبت کنید. روی همین دستگاه میماند و فقط شما آن را میبینید.
یادداشتهای خصوصی
فقط برای شما قابل مشاهده است. روی همین دستگاه ذخیره میشود.
۰ نویسه
Sources
The records this analysis drew on, as they stood when it was run.
Not every cited input appears here: internal calculations and intermediate model outputs have no external record, and some citations could not be matched to one.
An operating margin below 18% for two consecutive fiscal years would indicate that pricing pressure and retention costs are eroding profit and cash generation.
FV impact
0%
Operating margin 3 points lower throughout
Trigger
Within 24 months
Refinancing costs rise
A pre-tax debt cost above 7.78% while debt remains substantial would divert more cash to creditors and reduce dividend and deleveraging capacity.
FV impact
-25.5%
Cost of capital 2 points higher
Trigger
Within 36 months
Earnings multiple compresses
A forward or terminal earnings multiple below 8x would show that investors are paying less for each dollar of future earnings.
A sustained margin loss would reduce operating profit and cash after investment. Pricing, promotions, or retention spending would be possible explanations to test, not causes established by the breach alone.
هشدار در صورتConsolidated operating margin below 18% for two consecutive fiscal years.
04
Pre-tax debt cost
Higher refinancing expense would transfer more operating cash to creditors, slowing debt reduction and reducing room for dividends or network investment.
وضعیت فعلی:The pre-tax cost of debt was 5.78% on 2026-09-09.
هشدار در صورتPre-tax cost of debt above 7.78% while the debt balance remains substantial.
Such compression would reduce value per share because investors would pay less for each dollar of future earnings. It would not, by itself, establish whether growth or leverage caused the change.
وضعیت فعلی:The forward price-to-earnings multiple was 9.41x on 2026-09-09.
هشدار در صورتForward or terminal price-to-earnings multiple below 8x within 24 months.
Limitation: Terminal value is 66.7% of this model's value, above the 60% level at which the methodology flags concentration; the value leans on the years beyond the explicit forecast.
Limitation: Terminal value is 78.2% of this model's value, above the 60% level at which the methodology flags concentration; the value leans on the years beyond the explicit forecast.
Use FY2027 results to test whether the cited revenue and earnings estimates are met, operating cash continues to exceed capital spending, and debt declines. A weaker margin or debt remaining substantial by FY2027 would reject this path.1,3,4
فعلیThe FY2027 estimate supports improvement.
چرا مهم است
Earnings must rise faster than sales without relying on unsupported margin expansion.1
The checkpoints are FY2027 revenue and EPS versus those estimates, plus operating profit, operating cash, and capital spending versus their FY2025 levels.
The Walt Disney CompanyDIS
قیمت / ارزش منصفانه
ارزش منصفانه$۷۲٫۱۹Report-date price$۱۰۵٫۳۱
تاریخ ارزیابی
مزیت رقابتیNone
کارت امتیاز سرمایهگذاری۴۶ / 100
Comcast CorporationCMCSA
قیمت / ارزش منصفانه
ارزش منصفانه$۱۲۰٫۷۵Report-date price$۲۴٫۸
تاریخ ارزیابی
مزیت رقابتیNarrow
کارت امتیاز سرمایهگذاری۶۳ / 100
حاشیه سود
VZ
Verizon Communications Inc.
$209.4B
9.4x
1.5x
7.9x
15.8%
—
TMUS
T-Mobile US Inc.
12.6x
2.1x
9.1x
18.0%
25.2%
T
AT&T Inc.
10.0x
1.4x
7.6x
18.3%
24.8%
DIS
The Walt Disney Company
14.1x
1.8x
10.9x
8.0%
19.3%
CMCSA
Comcast Corporation
7.3x
0.7x
5.2x
11.5%
17.2%
Pre-tax debt cost
Above 7.78% while debt remains substantial
Pause additions and reassess refinancing pressure.