Verizon Communications Stock Forecast, Price & News

16 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Verizon Communications in the last twelve months. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" Verizon Communications stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in VZ, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Verizon Communications is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July 23rd 2021.
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Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 20th. The cell phone carrier reported $1.31 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.29 by $0.02. The cell phone carrier earned $32.87 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $32.47 billion. Verizon Communications had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 32.15% and a net margin of 14.76%. Verizon Communications's revenue for the quarter was up 4.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.26 EPS.
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Verizon Communications' stock was trading at $54.83 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, VZ stock has increased by 4.5% and is now trading at $57.28.
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Verizon Communications declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, March 4th. Stockholders of record on Friday, April 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.6275 per share on Monday, May 3rd. This represents a $2.51 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.38%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, April 8th.
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Verizon Communications pays an annual dividend of $2.51 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.32%. VZ has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. Verizon Communications has been increasing its dividend for 14 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Verizon Communications is 52.18%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Verizon Communications will have a dividend payout ratio of 50.81% next year. This indicates that Verizon Communications will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Verizon Communications announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Thursday, February 6th 2020, which allows the company to buyback 100,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Verizon Communications issued an update on its FY21 earnings guidance on Wednesday, April, 21st. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.00-5.15 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $5.07.

16 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Verizon Communications' stock. Their forecasts range from $57.00 to $70.00. On average, they expect Verizon Communications' share price to reach $62.69 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.4% from the stock's current price.
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1,639 employees have rated Verizon Communications CEO Hans Vestberg on Glassdoor.com. Hans Vestberg has an approval rating of 83% among Verizon Communications' employees.

Some companies that are related to Verizon Communications include AT&T (T), Lumen Technologies (LUMN), Cincinnati Bell (CBB), ATN International (ATNI), IDT (IDT) and Consolidated Communications (CNSL).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Verizon Communications investors own include AT&T (T), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intel (INTC), Pfizer (PFE), The Walt Disney (DIS), NVIDIA (NVDA), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), AbbVie (ABBV) and The Home Depot (HD).

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

Verizon Communications' stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.13%), Chevy Chase Trust Holdings Inc. (0.11%), Royal London Asset Management Ltd. (0.08%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.06%), Capital Wealth Planning LLC (0.03%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.03%). Company insiders that own Verizon Communications stock include Anthony T Skiadas, Craig L Silliman and Tami A Erwin.
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VZ stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, Boston Trust Walden Corp, Country Trust Bank, Sentry Investment Management LLC, New York State Teachers Retirement System, Chevy Chase Trust Holdings Inc., James Investment Research Inc., and Asset Advisors Investment Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Verizon Communications company stock in the last year include Anthony T Skiadas, and Craig L Silliman.
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VZ stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Capital Wealth Planning LLC, John G Ullman & Associates Inc., Royal London Asset Management Ltd., Campbell Capital Management Inc., Welch & Forbes LLC, Everence Capital Management Inc., MEAG MUNICH ERGO Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH, and Timber Creek Capital Management LLC.
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Shares of VZ can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of VZ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $57.28.

Verizon Communications has a market capitalization of $237.14 billion and generates $131.87 billion in revenue each year. The cell phone carrier earns $19.27 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.81 on an earnings per share basis.

Verizon Communications employs 132,200 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Verizon Communications: AOL, Alltel, Bell Atlantic Mobile Systems LLC, Blue Jeans Network, BlueJeans Network, Bluegrass Cellular, Cellco Partnership, CloudSwitch, Complex, EdgeCast Networks, FleetMatics, GTE LLC, GTE Wireless LLC, Hughes Telematics, Inceptor, Jaunt, LQD WiFi, MCI Communications, Moment, Niddel, ProtectWise, Qwest Wireless Spectrum (Network Assets), Sensity Systems, Skyward, Straight Path Communications, Telogis, Terremark Worldwide, TracFone Wireless, UpLynk, Verizon Americas Inc., Verizon Avenue, Verizon Business Global LLC, Verizon Delaware LLC, Verizon Maryland LLC, Verizon New England Inc., Verizon New Jersey Inc., Verizon New York Inc., Verizon Pennsylvania LLC, Verizon Virginia LLC, Vessel, Vidder, Volicon, WideOpenWest - Fiber-Optic Network, XO Communications, Yahoo!, and go90.

Verizon Communications was founded in 1983.

The official website for Verizon Communications is www.verizon.com.

Verizon Communications is headquartered at 1095 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY, 10036.

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]