Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ)

US — Communication Services Sector
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Key Metrics & Ratings

  • symbol VZ
  • Rev/Share 32.0445
  • Book/Share 24.1679
  • PB 1.7861
  • Debt/Equity 1.6651
  • CurrentRatio 0.6117
  • ROIC 0.0655

 

  • MktCap 179654838600.0
  • FreeCF/Share 4.7793
  • PFCF 8.9035
  • PE 10.1164
  • Debt/Assets 0.4409
  • DivYield 0.0633
  • ROE 0.1812

 

  • Rating B+
  • Score 3
  • Recommendation Neutral
  • P/E Score 3
  • DCF Score 4
  • P/B Score 3
  • D/E Score 1

Recent Analyst Ratings

Type Ticker Analyst Firm Previous Rating Current Rating Previous Price Target Current Price Target Date
Resumed VZ Morgan Stanley -- Equal Weight -- $47 July 10, 2025
Resumed VZ BofA Securities -- Neutral -- $45 July 7, 2025
Upgrade VZ Evercore ISI In-line Outperform -- $48 April 11, 2025
Downgrade VZ Wolfe Research Outperform Peer Perform -- -- March 12, 2025
Upgrade VZ DZ Bank Hold Buy -- $40 Jan. 29, 2025
Initiation VZ Bernstein -- Market Perform -- $48 Dec. 10, 2024

News

Verizon: The Risk-Reward Just Got Interesting
VZ
Published: July 09, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

I rate Verizon Communications Inc. a Strong Buy due to its stable fundamentals, consistent revenue growth, and attractive undervaluation relative to sector peers. Verizon offers a 6.2% dividend yield, with 20 consecutive years of dividend increases, making it an appealing option for long-term income investors. Risks include high debt and market share pressures, but I believe Verizon's utility-like stability and dividend profile justify a strong buy rating.

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Verizon donates $100,000 to support Texas Search and Rescue and waives call/text/data usage for hardest hit customers
VZ
Published: July 08, 2025 by: GlobeNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

What you need to know: In response to the flash floods on July 4, Verizon is donating $100,000 to Texas Search and Rescue (TEXSAR) to aid their vital search, rescue, and recovery operations. Verizon is waiving domestic call/text/data usage incurred July 7 - Aug 3 for consumer prepaid, postpaid, and small business customers* in 95 zip codes across 28 affected Central Texas counties.

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Dogs of the Dow: These Are The Best Dividend Stocks in July 2025
CVX, JNJ, VZ
Published: July 08, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Positive

If you're keen on following the Dogs of the Dow investing strategy, here are three stocks with a high-yield.

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VZ Rides on Healthy Traction in the Consumer Segment: Will it Persist?
VZ
Published: July 07, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

VZ gains momentum with strong 5G adoption, low churn and a customer-focused strategy driving growth in the Consumer segment.

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Why Verizon Communications (VZ) is a Top Momentum Stock for the Long-Term
VZ
Published: July 03, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

The Zacks Style Scores offers investors a way to easily find top-rated stocks based on their investing style. Here's why you should take advantage.

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July Dog Of The Dow's 'Safer' Buy: Verizon
VZ
Published: July 02, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Verizon is the only Dow stock currently meeting the "dogcatcher" ideal: annual dividends from $1K invested exceed its single share price and are supported by free cash flow. Most Dow stocks are overpriced relative to their dividends, but market volatility could create more fair-priced buying opportunities as yields rise or prices fall. Analyst forecasts suggest top Dow Dogs could deliver average net gains of 23.33% by July 2026, but caution is warranted due to the historical inaccuracy of such projections.

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Verizon Gains 9.2% YTD: Should You Invest in VZ Stock Now?
VZ
Published: July 02, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

VZ stock is up 9.2% YTD, fueled by 5G expansion and a strong focus on improving customer services.

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Investors Heavily Search Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ): Here is What You Need to Know
VZ
Published: July 02, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Recently, Zacks.com users have been paying close attention to Verizon (VZ). This makes it worthwhile to examine what the stock has in store.

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Will Verizon (VZ) Beat Estimates Again in Its Next Earnings Report?
VZ
Published: July 01, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Verizon (VZ) has an impressive earnings surprise history and currently possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely beat in its next quarterly report.

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Will Verizon's Customer-Focused Approach Drive Sustainable Growth?
VZ
Published: June 26, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

VZ utilizes Google Cloud AI, including Gemini models, to introduce personalized 24/7 customer service.

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3 High-Yield Dividend Kings Beating the S&P 500 This Year
CVS, O, VZ
Published: June 25, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Positive

The S&P 500 is one of the most widely known benchmarks. It contains the 500 most valuable publicly traded U.S.

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3 Dividend Stocks to Buy for Triple-Digit Total Gains by 2030
DG, UNH, VZ
Published: June 25, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Positive

These dividend stocks have the potential to double your investment in the next five years.

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Verizon Private 5G Network Gains Traction: Can it Boost Revenues?
VZ
Published: June 25, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

VZ lands a multibillion-dollar deal to deploy Private 5G across the Thames Estuary, transforming key U.K. logistics and manufacturing hubs.

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If You Have $5,000, Buy These 3 High-Yield Dividend Stocks Now
CSCO, PEP, VZ
Published: June 25, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Positive

Investing in high-yield dividend stocks can produce plenty of cash flow, but that's not the only thing that makes these stocks special.

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Got $5000, 3 High Yield Dividend Stocks To Buy and Hold Forever
CVX, PEP, VZ
Published: June 24, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Positive

Investing in high-yield dividend stocks can set you up for life. Each of these companies have a strong dividend record and a yield higher than 4%.

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10 'Safer' Dividend Buys Of Barron's Better Bets Than T-Bills For June
BBY, BMY, CAG, EQR, ETR, FRT, KEY, KIM, KMI, LYB, MO, O, OKE, PFE, RF, SPG, TFC, UDR, USB, VZ, WMB
Published: June 24, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Long-term bond yields continue to rise. But investors looking for income can still find plenty of attractive opportunities with dividend-paying stocks that have healthy yields. “23 stocks pay huge dividends. They should be a better bet than treasuries.” — Barron's Weekly. In Barron's, Steven Wieting, strategist at Citi Wealth, noted that a growing dividend is a tangible benefit for shareholders and a hallmark of companies with strong balance sheets. "Nobody can fake a dividend," he said.

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Stock Market Recovery: 3 Best High-Yield Dividend Stocks to Buy Now
IVZ, UPS, VZ
Published: June 24, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Positive

With the stock market recovery in full swing, investors may be wondering if it's time to get back in the higher-yielding dividend plays that are still well off their all-time highs as a “catch-up” trade of sorts.

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New June Fortune 500 Industry Leaders Show 3 Ideal "Safer" Dividend Buys
COP, CVS, DOW, ET, HD, IP, MET, NKE, NVDA, OMC, PEP, SYY, UNH, UPS, VZ, WBA, WHR, WKC
Published: June 20, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Three Fortune 500 Industry Leaders—Energy Transfer, Verizon, and World Kinect—currently meet the 'dogcatcher' ideal of fair price and safer dividends. Analyst targets project 21% to 50% net gains for the top ten F500IL dividend dogs by June 2026, with average gains of 28.8%. Most top-yielding F500IL stocks remain overpriced, but a 60% market correction or dividend increases could make all ten fairly priced for income investors. Twelve F500IL stocks have negative free cash flow margins, making them unsafe for dividends; focus on the three 'safer' fair-priced options for now.

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Verizon announces expiration and preliminary expiration date results of its private exchange offers for 10 series of notes and expiration of related tender offers open to certain investors
VZ
Published: June 20, 2025 by: GlobeNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

NEW YORK, June 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon Communications Inc. (“Verizon”) (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) today announced the expiration and preliminary expiration date results of its Exchange Offers (as defined below) and the expiration of its Cash Offers (as defined below).

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Here is What to Know Beyond Why Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) is a Trending Stock
VZ
Published: June 19, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Zacks.com users have recently been watching Verizon (VZ) quite a bit. Thus, it is worth knowing the facts that could determine the stock's prospects.

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Verizon announces pricing terms of its private exchange offers for 10 series of notes and related tender offers open to certain investors
VZ
Published: June 18, 2025 by: GlobeNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

NEW YORK, June 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon Communications Inc. (“Verizon”) (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) today announced the pricing terms of its two previously announced related transactions to repurchase 10 series of its outstanding notes listed in the tables below.

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Comcast vs. Verizon: Which Telecom Stock is a Better Buy Right Now?
CMCSA, VZ
Published: June 18, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral

CMCSA and VZ ramp up broadband and pricing strategies as competition heats up in the telecom sector.

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3 High-Yield Dividend Stocks Increasing Payouts For Decades
PEP, PFE, VZ
Published: June 18, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Positive

These dividend stocks have high yields and solid upside potential. They also have quality underlying businesses.

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June's 5 Dividend Growth Stocks With Yields Up To 6.76%
APAM, ARE, CAG, EIX, ENB, LNC, MO, NLCP, PCG, RLJ, UPS, VICI, VZ, WU
Published: June 18, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Dividend growth stocks can provide stable, growing income, making them ideal for long-term investors despite lacking the excitement of headline-grabbing returns. My screening focuses on higher-yielding stocks, trying to find those with dividend safety and consistent growth. We also touch on the option wheel strategy today, as two of the names we'll be giving a look at are ones we employ the strategy on.

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Verizon's Total Wireless Supports Working Students with First-Ever Social Impact Program, “Total Spark”
VZ
Published: June 16, 2025 by: Business Wire
Sentiment: Neutral

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Total Wireless, a leading provider of premium, affordable and flexible wireless plans covered by the Verizon 5G network, today announces the launch of Total Spark, the latest social impact program from the Verizon Value portfolio. Designed to support working students, Total Spark is tailor-made to meet the Total Wireless community where they are - whether they're working full-time and going to school at night, balancing family obligations with school, part-time studen.

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Verizon Gains Momentum in the Wireless Vertical: Will it Persist?
VZ
Published: June 13, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

VZ gains wireless traction with 5G Ultra-Wideband expansion and faster speeds, but earnings estimates slip slightly.

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Verizon announces private exchange offers for 10 series of notes and related tender offers open to certain investors
VZ
Published: June 12, 2025 by: GlobeNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

NEW YORK, June 12, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon Communications Inc. (“Verizon”) (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) today announced the commencement of two related transactions to repurchase 10 series of its outstanding notes listed in the tables below.

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Verizon Frontline Network Slice now available nationwide
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Published: June 12, 2025 by: GlobeNewsWire
Sentiment: Neutral

First responders in all major markets now have access to dedicated 5G UW network capacity First responders in all major markets now have access to dedicated 5G UW network capacity

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5 Ideal 'Safe' Buys From June Fortune Return On Leadership Screen
ACI, BMY, CMCSA, COP, CVS, CVX, EPD, ET, F, HPQ, MRK, PFE, PRU, T, UNH, UPS, VZ, WBA, XOM
Published: June 10, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Coincident to the June 5, 2025 annual launch of their Fortune 500, Fortune also partnered with Indiggo to measure Return On Leadership, called the ROL100. Arnold research focused on those 100 using YCharts 6/6/25 data on Dividends from 78, which hereafter are referred to as the Fortune Return on Leadership Dividend Dogs (FROLD). ReturnOnLeadership is based on four fundamental factors: Connection to Purpose, Strategic Clarity, Leadership Alignment, and Focused Action.

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Wall Street Analysts Love These Ultra-High Yield Dividend Stocks
EPD, PFE, VZ
Published: June 10, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Positive

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About Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ)

  • IPO Date 1983-11-21
  • Website https://www.verizon.com
  • Industry Telecommunications Services
  • CEO Hans E. Vestberg
  • Employees 99400

Verizon Communications Inc., through its subsidiaries, offers communications, technology, information, and entertainment products and services to consumers, businesses, and governmental entities worldwide. Its Consumer segment provides postpaid and prepaid service plans; internet access on notebook computers and tablets; wireless equipment, including smartphones and other handsets; and wireless-enabled internet devices, such as tablets, and other wireless-enabled connected devices comprising smart watches. It also provides residential fixed connectivity solutions, such as internet, video, and voice services; and sells network access to mobile virtual network operators. As of December 31, 2021, it had approximately 115 million wireless retail connections, 7 million wireline broadband connections, and 4 million Fios video connections. The company's Business segment provides network connectivity products, including private networking, private cloud connectivity, virtual and software defined networking, and internet access services; and internet protocol-based voice and video services, unified communications and collaboration tools, and customer contact center solutions. This segment also offers a suite of management and data security services; domestic and global voice and data solutions, such as voice calling, messaging services, conferencing, contact center solutions, and private line and data access networks; customer premises equipment; installation, maintenance, and site services; and Internet of Things products and services. As of December 31, 2021, it had approximately 27 million wireless retail postpaid connections and 477 thousand wireline broadband connections. The company was formerly known as Bell Atlantic Corporation and changed its name to Verizon Communications Inc. in June 2000. Verizon Communications Inc. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in New York, New York.