Verizon Communications Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:VZ)

Verizon Communications trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "VZ."

Verizon Communications announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 5th. Investors of record on Thursday, October 10th will be given a dividend of $0.615 per share on Friday, November 1st. This represents a $2.46 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.07%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, October 9th. This is a positive change from Verizon Communications's previous quarterly dividend of $0.60. View Verizon Communications' Dividend History.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 1st. The cell phone carrier reported $1.23 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.20 by $0.03. The cell phone carrier earned $32.07 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $32.42 billion. Verizon Communications had a net margin of 12.08% and a return on equity of 34.91%. The business's quarterly revenue was down .4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.20 EPS. View Verizon Communications' Earnings History.

Verizon Communications is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Verizon Communications.

Verizon Communications will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, October 25th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

14 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Verizon Communications' shares. Their forecasts range from $53.00 to $70.00. On average, they anticipate Verizon Communications' share price to reach $61.89 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Verizon Communications.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Verizon Communications in the last year. There are currently 8 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Verizon Communications.

News headlines about VZ stock have trended negative on Thursday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Verizon Communications earned a media sentiment score of -2.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the cell phone carrier a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Verizon Communications.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Verizon Communications investors own include AT&T (T), General Electric (GE), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Intel (INTC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), NVIDIA (NVDA), Pfizer (PFE), Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Alibaba Group (BABA).

Verizon Communications' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.13%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.10%), Hexavest Inc. (0.07%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.06%), Hamlin Capital Management LLC (0.04%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.04%). Company insiders that own Verizon Communications stock include Anthony T Skiadas, Craig L Silliman, Lowell C Mcadam and Tami A Erwin. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Verizon Communications.

VZ stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Crow Point Partners LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Hamlin Capital Management LLC, Hexavest Inc., Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY and Perpetual Ltd. Company insiders that have sold Verizon Communications company stock in the last year include Anthony T Skiadas, Craig L Silliman, Lowell C Mcadam and Tami A Erwin. View Insider Buying and Selling for Verizon Communications.

VZ stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Artemis Investment Management LLP, Jolley Asset Management LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Pacer Advisors Inc. and Patten & Patten Inc. TN. View Insider Buying and Selling for Verizon Communications.

Shares of VZ can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of VZ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $60.41.

Verizon Communications has a market capitalization of $249.84 billion and generates $130.86 billion in revenue each year. The cell phone carrier earns $15.53 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.71 on an earnings per share basis. Verizon Communications employs 144,500 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Verizon Communications.

The official website for Verizon Communications is http://www.verizon.com/.

Verizon Communications' mailing address is 1095 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY, 10036. The cell phone carrier can be reached via phone at 212-395-1000 or via email at [email protected]