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VZ

Verizon Communications Inc

Jan 15 • 04:00PM ET

39.36

-0.47 -1.18 %

Communication Services • Telecom Services • USA • NYSE

Today, 4:55 PMVerizon secures all regulatory approvals for its Frontier Communications acquisition, expects to close Jan. 20, 2026, expanding its fiber footprint to nearly 30 million passings across 31 states and D.C., and will issue $20 credits to customers affected by Wednesday’s widespread software-related outage.

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Index	DJIA, S&P 500	P/E	8.39	EPS (ttm)	4.69	Insider Own	0.04%	Shs Outstand	4.22B	Perf Week	-2.98%
Market Cap	165.96B	Forward P/E	8.26	EPS next Y	4.77	Insider Trans	0.00%	Shs Float	4.21B	Perf Month	-3.53%
Enterprise Value	329.67B	PEG	2.91	EPS next Q	1.06	Inst Own	68.59%	Short Float	2.82%	Perf Quarter	-2.53%
Income	19.84B	P/S	1.21	EPS this Y	2.05%	Inst Trans	0.88%	Short Ratio	4.28	Perf Half Y	-3.88%
Sales	137.49B	P/B	1.58	EPS next Y	1.78%	ROA	5.16%	Short Interest	118.77M	Perf YTD	-3.36%
Book/sh	24.91	P/C	20.64	EPS next 5Y	2.84%	ROE	19.70%	52W High	47.35 -16.88%	Perf Year	2.82%
Cash/sh	1.91	P/FCF	7.86	EPS past 3/5Y	-7.96% -2.29%	ROIC	7.91%	52W Low	37.94 3.76%	Perf 3Y	-6.17%
Dividend Est.	2.74 (6.95%)	EV/EBITDA	6.59	Sales past 3/5Y	0.29% 0.44%	Gross Margin	46.08%	Volatility	1.79% 1.30%	Perf 5Y	-31.90%
Dividend TTM	2.74 (6.95%)	EV/Sales	2.40	EPS Y/Y TTM	102.17%	Oper. Margin	23.08%	ATR (14)	0.64	Perf 10Y	-13.06%
Dividend Ex-Date	Jan 12, 2026	Quick Ratio	0.64	Sales Y/Y TTM	2.42%	Profit Margin	14.43%	RSI (14)	40.88	Recom	2.37
Dividend Gr. 3/5Y	1.93% 1.97%	Current Ratio	0.69	EPS Q/Q	49.44%	SMA20	-2.09%	Beta	0.32	Target Price	47.48
Payout	64.77%	Debt/Eq	1.62	Sales Q/Q	1.47%	SMA50	-2.76%	Rel Volume	0.95	Prev Close	39.83
Employees	99600	LT Debt/Eq	1.39	Earnings	Jan 30 BMO	SMA200	-6.86%	Avg Volume	27.78M	Price	39.36
IPO	Nov 21, 1983	Option/Short	Yes / Yes	EPS/Sales Surpr.	1.61% -1.33%	Trades		Volume	26,415,921	Change	-1.18%

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change
Oct-21-25	Downgrade	BNP Paribas Exane	Outperform → Neutral	$44
Sep-02-25	Resumed	Goldman	Buy	$49
Jul-10-25	Resumed	Morgan Stanley	Equal-Weight	$47
Jul-07-25	Resumed	BofA Securities	Neutral	$45
Apr-11-25	Upgrade	Evercore ISI	In-line → Outperform	$48
Mar-12-25	Downgrade	Wolfe Research	Outperform → Peer Perform
Jan-29-25	Upgrade	DZ Bank	Hold → Buy	$40
Dec-10-24	Initiated	Bernstein	Mkt Perform	$48
Oct-24-24	Downgrade	KeyBanc Capital Markets	Overweight → Sector Weight
Jul-01-24	Initiated	Goldman	Buy	$50
Mar-22-24	Upgrade	Redburn Atlantic	Sell → Neutral	$33 → $39
Jan-31-24	Downgrade	Barclays	Overweight → Equal Weight	$44
Jan-24-24	Upgrade	Daiwa Securities	Neutral → Outperform	$36 → $47
Jan-16-24	Reiterated	Citigroup	Buy	$42 → $45
Jan-04-24	Upgrade	Wolfe Research	Peer Perform → Outperform	$46
Jan-03-24	Upgrade	KeyBanc Capital Markets	Sector Weight → Overweight	$45
Oct-25-23	Upgrade	Barclays	Equal Weight → Overweight	$37 → $38
Aug-29-23	Upgrade	Citigroup	Neutral → Buy	$39 → $40
Jul-17-23	Downgrade	Edward Jones	Buy → Hold
Dec-19-22	Upgrade	MoffettNathanson	Underperform → Market Perform	$41

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01:38PM	Verizon Offers $20 Credits After Resolving Outage Affecting Millions (Barrons.com)
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03:58PM	California approves Verizon acquisition of Frontier, clearing way for closing (Reuters)
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Verizon Communications, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of communications, information, and entertainment products and services. It operates through the Consumer and Business segments. The Consumer segment provides consumer-focused wireless and wire line communications services and products. The Business segment offers wireless and wireline communications services and products, including FWA broadband, data, video and conferencing services, corporate networking solutions, security and managed network services, local and long-distance voice services, and network access to deliver various IoT services and products. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Insider Trading	Relationship	Date	Transaction	Cost	#Shares	Value ($)	#Shares Total	SEC Form 4
Malady Kyle	EVP and Group CEO-VZ Business	May 08 '25	Sale	43.81	10,000	438,101	8	May 09 03:46 PM
Malady Kyle	EVP and Group CEO-VZ Business	May 07 '25	Sale	44.10	9,000	396,900	10,008	May 08 05:16 PM
Malady Kyle	Officer	May 08 '25	Proposed Sale	43.81	10,000	438,102		May 08 12:09 PM
Malady Kyle	Officer	May 07 '25	Proposed Sale	44.10	9,000	396,901		May 07 03:35 PM
Malady Kyle	EVP and Group CEO-VZ Business	Apr 30 '25	Sale	43.88	7,500	329,062	19,008	May 01 04:11 PM
Malady Kyle	Officer	Apr 30 '25	Proposed Sale	43.88	7,500	329,062		Apr 30 03:43 PM
Malady Kyle	EVP and Group CEO-VZ Business	Apr 24 '25	Sale	43.02	10,000	430,240	26,508	Apr 25 04:22 PM
Malady Kyle	Officer	Apr 24 '25	Proposed Sale	43.02	10,000	430,240		Apr 24 01:33 PM
Malady Kyle	EVP and Group CEO-VZ Business	Apr 23 '25	Sale	42.48	5,000	212,425	36,508	Apr 24 01:31 PM
Malady Kyle	Officer	Apr 23 '25	Proposed Sale	42.48	5,000	212,425		Apr 23 01:28 PM
Venkatesh Vandana	EVP-PubPol&ChiefLegalOfficer	Feb 25 '25	Sale	43.79	10,000	437,939	14,459	Feb 27 11:42 AM
Venkatesh Vandana	Officer	Feb 25 '25	Proposed Sale	43.79	10,000	437,938		Feb 25 03:18 PM
Malady Kyle	EVP and Group CEO-VZ Business	Feb 04 '25	Sale	39.70	6,590	261,623	0	Feb 06 11:16 AM
Malady Kyle	EVP and Group CEO-VZ Business	Feb 03 '25	Sale	39.88	8,000	319,080	6,590	Feb 05 10:25 AM
Malady Kyle	Officer	Feb 04 '25	Proposed Sale	39.70	6,590	261,624		Feb 04 01:21 PM
Malady Kyle	Officer	Feb 03 '25	Proposed Sale	39.88	8,000	319,080		Feb 03 04:40 PM
Malady Kyle	EVP and Group CEO-VZ Business	Jan 29 '25	Sale	40.88	11,085	453,155	14,590	Jan 31 11:18 AM
Malady Kyle	EVP and Group CEO-VZ Business	Jan 28 '25	Sale	40.49	20,000	809,800	25,675	Jan 30 10:17 AM
Malady Kyle	Officer	Jan 29 '25	Proposed Sale	40.88	11,085	453,155		Jan 29 04:09 PM
Malady Kyle	EVP and Group CEO-VZ Business	Jan 27 '25	Sale	40.54	20,000	810,800	45,675	Jan 29 11:44 AM
Malady Kyle	Officer	Jan 28 '25	Proposed Sale	40.49	20,000	809,803		Jan 28 04:17 PM
Malady Kyle	Officer	Jan 27 '25	Proposed Sale	40.72	10,000	407,223		Jan 27 05:29 PM
Malady Kyle	Officer	Jan 27 '25	Proposed Sale	40.35	10,000	403,493		Jan 27 11:49 AM

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