For the quarter ended June 2025, Verizon Communications (VZ) reported revenue of $34.5 billion, up 5.2% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.22, compared to $1.15 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $33.58 billion, representing a surprise of +2.76%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +3.39%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $1.18.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Verizon performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Consumer - Wireless Retail postpaid accounts: 32.55 million versus 32.5 million estimated by four analysts on average.
- Consumer - Fios Internet connections: 7.2 million compared to the 7.23 million average estimate based on four analysts.
- Business - Wireless retail postpaid connections: 30.95 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of 31.18 million.
- Business - Churn rate - Wireless - Retail postpaid: 1.6% versus 1.4% estimated by four analysts on average.
- Operating revenues- Consumer: $26.65 billion versus $25.69 billion estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +6.9% change.
- Operating revenues- Business: $7.28 billion versus $7.26 billion estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -0.3% change.
- Operating revenues- Consumer- Service: $20.26 billion compared to the $20.23 billion average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +5.5% year over year.
- Operating revenues- Consumer- Wireless equipment: $5.37 billion versus the five-analyst average estimate of $4.49 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +29.6%.
- Operating revenues- Consumer- Other: $1.02 billion versus the five-analyst average estimate of $975.87 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -35.3%.
- Operating revenues- Business- Business Markets and Other: $3.35 billion compared to the $3.22 billion average estimate based on five analysts. The reported number represents a change of +4.5% year over year.
- Operating revenues- Business- Enterprise and Public Sector: $3.44 billion versus $3.48 billion estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -3.1% change.
- Operating revenues- Business- Wholesale: $494 million versus $552 million estimated by five analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -10.5% change.
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Shares of Verizon have returned -2.1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +5.4% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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