Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ)

NYSE: VZ · USD

$43.2

-0.77 (-1.8%)· Recorded snapshot

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StockMarketAgent Research · Analyzed 2026-09-09

Our latest published analysis: VZ rated Strong Buy

Verizon Communications Inc.'s published Strong Buy conclusion compares the analysis-date price with fair value and potential value. Read the full report for assumptions, evidence, and material risks.

Fair value

$78.2 / share

Potential value

$161 / share

Upside to FV

+55.1%

from $43.2

Moat

1/10

None

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9-phase methodology · same model in each published edition

Market cap	$209.4B
Revenue (ttm)	139.4B
Net income (ttm)	16.4B
EPS (ttm)	$3.92
Shares out	4.1B
P/E (trailing)	11.0x
P/E (forward)	9.4x
Dividend	$2.83 (6.55%)
Volume	19,752,673
Beta	0.25

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 139.4B
Net income (ttm): 16.4B
EPS (ttm): $3.92
P/E (trailing): 11.0x
P/E (forward): 9.4x
Market cap: $209.4B

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	$61.11B	$60.60B	$61.46B	$62.80B	$63.08B	+0.8%
Operating income	$32.45B	$30.47B	$22.88B	$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	$49.12B	$48.95B	$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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Base and Bull scenarios

Base55%

Price target

$78.19

+55.1% from spot

The base path requires FY2027 revenue and diluted earnings per share to align with the cited analyst estimates. Operating margin and cash after capital spending should remain near FY2025 levels. FY2027 results would test the path.

The FY2027 estimates are broadly realized, while operating margin and cash after capital spending remain near FY2025 levels.

Bull20%

Price target

$161.26

+219.9% from spot

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.

FY2027 revenue and earnings must be delivered, and operating cash after capital spending must recur before dividends and debt reduction can improve together.

Sensitivity: Ke × terminal growth

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.

Ke ↓ / g →	0.5%	1.0%	1.5%	2.0%	2.5%
3.7%	$102	$114	$132	$160	$209
4.7%	$81.6	$88.4	$97.2	$109	$126
5.7%	$68.9	$73.1	$78.2	$84.7	$93.0
6.7%	$60.0	$62.8	$66.1	$70.1	$75.0
7.7%	$53.4	$55.4	$57.7	$60.4	$63.5

Scorecard

Published factor rows and weighted composite

Calendar

Next earnings

Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

Upcoming

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EPS estimate—

Revenue estimate—

Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E9.4

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

Trailing P/E13.1

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

ROE15.8

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

ROIC8.2

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

Benchmarks · 1M

All VZ indicators

Market & fundamental data

Available fields

284

Groups with data

Currency

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Showing 284 of 284 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

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

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0000732712
Company name	Verizon Communications Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	92343V104
Earnings date	2026-10-26
Earnings time	bmo
Employees	89,900
Employees change	-9,700
Employees growth	-9.74%
Enterprise value	$363.4B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-09-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1983
In index	SP500
Industry	Telecom Services
IPO date	2000-07-03
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US92343V1044
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-17
Last earnings date	2026-10-26
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	1998-06-30
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	$178.9B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Next earnings date	2027-01-29
Options	Yes
Price	$43.16
Price currency	USD
Sector	Communication Services
SIC code	4813
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	VZ
U.S. state	New York
Website	https://www.verizon.com

Valuation

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

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	8.67x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	11.49x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	12.37x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	10.81x
Earnings yield	9.07%
EV/Earnings	22.32x
EV/EBIT	11.65x
EV/EBITDA	7.19x
EV/FCF	16.38x
EV/Sales	2.63x
FCF / EV yield	6.1%
FCF yield	12.29%
Forward EV/Sales	2.57x
Forward P/E	8.33x
Forward P/S	1.28x
Graham number	47.45932
Graham upside	8.06%
Industry forward P/E	9.27x
Industry P/E	17.06x
Lynch fair value	$19.58
Lynch upside	-55.43%
P/B ratio	1.72x
P/E ratio	11.02x
P/FCF ratio	8.14x
P/OCF ratio	4.66x
P/S ratio	1.31x
PEG ratio	1.11x
Price/EBITDA ratio	3.57x
Sector forward P/E	18.4x
Sector P/E	19.11x

Profitability

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

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	22.57%
EBITDA margin	36.57%
Effective tax rate	23.13%
FCF margin	16.05%
Gross margin	59.74%
Operating margin	22.57%
Pretax margin	15.74%
Profit margin	11.78%
Profit per employee	$182,647
Profitable quarters	10
Profitable years	17
Revenue per employee	$1.6M
ROA	4.89%
ROA (5Y)	5.38%
ROCE	9.01%
ROE	15.79%
ROE (5Y)	20.59%
ROIC	8.22%
ROIC (5Y)	9.46%
Tax / revenue	3.64%

Growth

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

Metric	Value
EPS growth	-16.52%
EPS growth (Q)	6.84%
EPS growth (QoQ)	35.87%
EPS growth 10Y	1.33%
EPS growth 3Y	-7.62%
EPS growth 5Y	-5.95%
EPS growth years	0
FCF growth	5.94%
FCF growth (Q)	12.15%
FCF growth (QoQ)	21.4%
FCF growth 3Y	11.14%
FCF growth 5Y	-0.18%
Gross profit growth	1.93%
Gross profit growth (Q)	3.66%
Gross profit growth 3Y	1.9%
Gross profit growth 5Y	1.29%
Net income growth	-17.23%
Net income growth (Q)	5.01%
Net income growth (QoQ)	35.54%
Net income growth 3Y	-7.72%
Net income growth 5Y	-5.72%
Net income growth years	0
OCF growth	1.55%
OCF growth (Q)	2.23%
OCF growth (QoQ)	10.37%
OCF growth 10Y	3.3%
OCF growth 3Y	1.14%
OCF growth 5Y	-0.71%
Operating income growth	-1.24%
Operating income growth (Q)	6.87%
Operating income growth 3Y	0.83%
Operating income growth 5Y	-1.51%
Revenue growth	1.38%
Revenue growth (Q)	1.46%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	0.18%
Revenue growth 10Y	0.86%
Revenue growth 3Y	1.3%
Revenue growth 5Y	0.76%
Revenue growth years	2

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-16.7B
Depreciation and amortization	$19.5B
EBIT	$31.5B
EBITDA	$51B
EPS	$3.92
FCF per share	$5.40
Financing cash flow	$-11.7B
Free cash flow	$22.4B
Gross profit	$83.3B
Income taxes	$5.1B
Investing cash flow	$-30.5B
Net borrowing	$6.3B
Net cash flow	$-3.1B
Net income	$16.4B
Operating income	$31.5B
Revenue	$139.4B

Financial strength

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

Metric	Value
Altman Z-Score	1.22
Book value per share	$25.57
Debt / EBITDA	3.32
Debt / equity	1.76
Debt / FCF	8.45
Goodwill	$30.7B
Interest coverage	4.12
Long-term assets	$374B
Long-term liabilities	$242B
Net cash (debt)	$-184.5B
Net cash / market cap	-101.33%
Net debt / EBITDA	3.62
Net debt / equity	1.72
Net debt / FCF	8.24
Piotroski F-Score	5
Property, plant and equipment	$147.8B
Shareholders' equity	$107.3B
Tangible book value	$-98.2B
Tangible book value per share	$-23.68
Total assets	$415.5B
Total cash	$4.5B
Total debt	$189B
Total liabilities	$308.2B
WACC	4.34%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.35
Current assets	$41.5B
Current liabilities	$66.3B
Current ratio	0.63
Inventory turnover	20.5
Net working capital	$-594M
Quick ratio	0.47
Working capital	$-24.8B
Working capital turnover	-6.92

Dividends and buybacks

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

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	0.82%
Dividend growth	3.31%
Dividend growth (10Y)	2.15%
Dividend growth (3Y)	2.36%
Dividend growth (5Y)	2.2%
Dividend growth years	21
Dividend payment date	2026-11-02
Dividend payment years	43
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$2.83
Dividend yield	6.55%
Ex-dividend date	2026-10-09
FCF payout ratio	52.42%
Last dividend	$0.71
Payout ratio	72.29%
Shareholder yield	7.27%

Performance and technicals

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

Metric	Value
10Y price change	-10.8%
10Y return CAGR	4.37%
10Y total return	53.36%
150-day SMA	$46.74
15Y price change	14.98%
15Y return CAGR	6.24%
15Y total return	148.05%
1D price change	-1.75%
1M price change	-8.03%
1M total return	-6.6%
1W price change	-2.78%
1W total return	-2.78%
1Y price change	10.38%
1Y return CAGR	17.73%
1Y total return	17.72%
20-day SMA	$44.49
200-day SMA	$46.77
20Y price change	11.48%
20Y return CAGR	6.47%
20Y total return	250.05%
3M price change	-8.5%
3M total return	-7.08%
3Y price change	29.49%
3Y return CAGR	16.33%
3Y total return	57.43%
50-day SMA	$47.25
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$51.68
52-week high date	2026-03-24
52-week low	$38.68
52-week low date	2026-01-20
5Y price change	-17.73%
5Y return CAGR	2.52%
5Y total return	13.25%
6M price change	-8.07%
6M total return	-5.05%
All-time high	$62.22
All-time high date	2019-12-20
All-time low	$23.07
All-time low date	2008-10-10
Average true range (ATR)	$1.28
Average volume	29.2M
Beta (1Y)	-0.54
Beta (2Y)	0.04
Beta (5Y)	0.25
Change from 52-week high	-16.49%
Change from 52-week low	11.58%
Change from all-time high	-30.41%
Change from all-time low	87.69%
Change from open	-1.53%
Day's gap	-0.23%
Dollar volume	$852.5M
High price	$44.13
Low price	$43.07
Monthly RSI	48.08
Open price	$43.83
Position in 52-week range	8.49%
Premarket change	-0.32%
Premarket close	$43.93
Premarket price	$43.79
Premarket volume	67.4K
Previous close	$43.93
Price vs 150-day SMA	-7.36%
Price vs 20-day SMA	-2.68%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-7.42%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-8.36%
Relative volume	0.68
RSI	41.05
Sharpe ratio	0.59
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.67
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.03
Sortino ratio	1.12
Sortino ratio (3Y)	1.25
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.29
Volume	19.8M
Weekly RSI	42.5
YTD price change	6.31%
YTD total return	13.38%

Ownership and float

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

Metric	Value
Float	4.1B
Float percentage	100.09%
Shares change (QoQ)	-0.24%
Shares change (YoY)	-0.82%
Shares held by insiders	0.04%
Shares held by institutions	70.22%
Shares outstanding	4.1B
Short % of float	2.14%
Short % of shares	2.14%
Short ratio	4.2 days

Other indicators

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

Metric	Value
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Deeper analysis on VZ

14 sections in the full report · jump straight to what you need

Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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Scorecard

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Frequently asked questions

About this VZ report

What is the latest published VZ stock rating?

Verizon Communications Inc. is shown with Strong Buy in the latest published report, analyzed 2026-09-09. The hub links directly to the full analysis surface where the dated rating, fair-value bridge, risks, and scorecard are documented together.

Where can I read the full VZ analysis?

The full latest published report, analyzed 2026-09-09, lives at /stocks/VZ/analysis. The bare ticker page summarizes that read and links to each analysis tab; earlier editions remain under /analysis/archive.

What fair value is used for VZ?

The latest published report analyzed 2026-09-09 gives VZ a fair value of USD 78 and a potential value of USD 161. These are dated research outputs, not live market prices; review the valuation assumptions, sensitivity analysis, and material risks before making a decision.

How often is the VZ page updated?

The hub selects the latest published stock report regardless of age and displays its analysis date (2026-09-09). Separately sourced market data is labeled with its own recorded timestamp and is never inferred from the report.

Strong BuyVZ · Fair value $78.2+55.1%

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Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ)

Our latest published analysis: VZ rated Strong Buy

Price

Financial snapshot

Fair-value bridge

Latest news · VZ

Valuation

Profitability

Balance sheet

Trading

Base and Bull scenarios

Sensitivity: Ke × terminal growth

Scorecard

Next earnings

Sector percentile context

All VZ indicators

Profile and market data

Valuation

Profitability

Growth

Financial statements

Financial strength

Liquidity

Dividends and buybacks

Performance and technicals

Ownership and float

Other indicators

Deeper analysis on VZ

Frequently asked questions

Historique des notations

Category	Score	Reading
Valuation	8.5
Management	6.5
Balance Sheet	1.5
Profitability	6.5
Revenue Growth	2.5
Risk Assessment	5.5
Competitive Moat	1.0
Earnings Quality	6.0
Capital Efficiency	6.5