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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Medtronic PLC stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
$76.91
+0.9%
$85.15
$74.40
$106.33
$97.84B0.629.95 million shs7.44 million shs
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
$47.03
-0.4%
$48.56
$38.39
$51.68
$197.13B0.2422.90 million shs16.58 million shs
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Compare Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Medtronic PLC stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
-0.86%-1.87%-13.42%-24.52%-10.64%
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
-1.64%-0.40%+4.03%-4.49%+10.73%
CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Medtronic PLC stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
$76.91
+0.9%
$85.15
$74.40
$106.33
$97.84B0.629.95 million shs7.44 million shs
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
$47.03
-0.4%
$48.56
$38.39
$51.68
$197.13B0.2422.90 million shs16.58 million shs
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Compare Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Medtronic PLC stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
-0.86%-1.87%-13.42%-24.52%-10.64%
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
-1.64%-0.40%+4.03%-4.49%+10.73%
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Medtronic PLC stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
2.58
Moderate Buy$107.8040.16% Upside
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
2.52
Moderate Buy$50.597.57% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest VZ and MDT Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
5/5/2026
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
Reiterated RatingBuyHold
4/30/2026
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
Boost Price TargetNeutral$49.00 ➝ $52.00
4/28/2026
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
Boost Price TargetEqual Weight$49.00 ➝ $50.00
4/28/2026
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
Boost Price TargetEqual Weight$44.00 ➝ $46.00
4/23/2026
Medtronic PLC stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
Reiterated RatingHold$95.00
4/22/2026
Medtronic PLC stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
Lower Price TargetNeutral$104.00 ➝ $90.00
4/21/2026
Medtronic PLC stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
DowngradeBuy (B-)Hold (C+)
4/16/2026
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
Initiated CoverageEqual Weight$49.00
4/15/2026
Medtronic PLC stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
Lower Price TargetHold$103.00 ➝ $95.00
4/15/2026
Medtronic PLC stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
Boost Price TargetNeutral$92.00 ➝ $93.00
4/13/2026
Medtronic PLC stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
Lower Price TargetOutperform$125.00 ➝ $120.00
(Data available from 5/14/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)
CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Medtronic PLC stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
$33.54B2.94$7.82 per share9.83$37.62 per share2.04
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
$138.19B1.42$9.04 per share5.20$25.06 per share1.88
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
Medtronic PLC stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
$4.66B$3.5921.4212.631.8113.00%14.82%7.88%5/20/2026 (Estimated)
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
$17.17B$4.1011.478.960.9912.46%19.25%5.09%7/21/2026 (Estimated)

Latest VZ and MDT Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
6/3/2026Q4 2026
Medtronic PLC stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
$1.58N/AN/AN/A$9.63 billionN/A
4/27/2026Q1 2026
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
$1.21$1.28+$0.07$1.20$34.82 billion$34.44 billion
2/17/2026Q3 2026
Medtronic PLC stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
$1.34$1.36+$0.02$0.89$8.89 billion$9.02 billion
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield5-Year Annualized Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Medtronic PLC stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
$2.843.69%+5.33%79.11%49 Years
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
$2.836.02%+1.95%69.02%20 Years

Latest VZ and MDT Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
3/5/2026
Medtronic PLC stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
quarterly$0.713.26%3/27/20263/27/20264/17/2026
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Medtronic PLC stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
0.57
2.54
1.87
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
1.38
0.64
0.61

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Medtronic PLC stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
82.06%
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
62.06%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Medtronic PLC stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
0.26%
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
0.03%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Medtronic PLC stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
95,0001.28 billion1.28 billionOptionable
Verizon Communications Inc. stock logo
VZ
Verizon Communications
89,9004.18 billion4.17 billionOptionable

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Medtronic stock logo

Medtronic NYSE:MDT

$76.91 +0.70 (+0.92%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$77.12 +0.22 (+0.28%)
As of 07:59 PM Eastern
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Medtronic plc develops, manufactures, and sells device-based medical therapies to healthcare systems, physicians, clinicians, and patients worldwide. Its Cardiovascular Portfolio segment offers implantable cardiac pacemakers, cardioverter defibrillators, and cardiac resynchronization therapy devices; cardiac ablation products; insertable cardiac monitor systems; TYRX products; and remote monitoring and patient-centered software. It also provides aortic valves, surgical valve replacement and repair products, endovascular stent grafts and accessories, and transcatheter pulmonary valves; and percutaneous coronary intervention products, percutaneous angioplasty balloons, and products. The company's Medical Surgical Portfolio segment offers surgical stapling devices, vessel sealing instruments, wound closure, electrosurgery products, surgical artificial intelligence and robotic-assisted surgery products, hernia mechanical devices, mesh implants, gynecology and lung products, and various therapies to treat diseases, as well as products in the fields of minimally invasive gastrointestinal and hepatologic diagnostics and therapies, patient monitoring, airway management and ventilation therapies, and renal disease. Its Neuroscience Portfolio segment offers products for spinal surgeons; neurosurgeons; neurologists; pain management specialists; anesthesiologists; orthopedic surgeons; urologists; urogynecologists; interventional radiologists; ear, nose, and throat specialists; and systems that incorporate energy surgical instruments. It also provides image-guided surgery and intra-operative imaging systems and robotic guidance systems used in robot assisted spine procedures; and therapies for vasculature in and around the brain. The company's Diabetes Operating Unit segment offers insulin pumps and consumables, continuous glucose monitoring systems, smart insulin pen systems, and consumables and supplies. The company was founded in 1949 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Verizon Communications stock logo

Verizon Communications NYSE:VZ

$47.03 -0.18 (-0.37%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$47.13 +0.10 (+0.21%)
As of 07:59 PM Eastern
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Verizon Communications Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of communications, technology, information, and entertainment products and services to consumers, businesses, and governmental entities worldwide. It operates in two segments, Verizon Consumer Group (Consumer) and Verizon Business Group (Business). The Consumer segment provides wireless services across the wireless networks in the United States under the Verizon and TracFone brands and through wholesale and other arrangements; and fixed wireless access (FWA) broadband through its wireless networks, as well as related equipment and devices, such as smartphones, tablets, smart watches, and other wireless-enabled connected devices. The segment also offers wireline services in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, as well as Washington D.C. through its fiber-optic network, Verizon Fios product portfolio, and a copper-based network. The Business segment provides wireless and wireline communications services and products, including FWA broadband, data, video and conferencing, corporate networking, security and managed network, local and long-distance voice, and network access services to deliver various IoT services and products to businesses, government customers, and wireless and wireline carriers in the United States and internationally. 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.