NYSE:VZ - Verizon Communications Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Verizon Communications announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, June 7th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, July 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.59 per share on Wednesday, August 1st. This represents a $2.36 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.59%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, July 9th. View Verizon Communications' Dividend History.

Verizon Communications announced that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Saturday, April 8th 2017, which authorizes the company to buyback 100,000,000 outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 24th. The cell phone carrier reported $1.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.11 by $0.06. The cell phone carrier had revenue of $31.77 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $31.25 billion. Verizon Communications had a return on equity of 42.62% and a net margin of 24.37%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 6.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.95 EPS. View Verizon Communications' Earnings History.

Verizon Communications is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July, 24th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Verizon Communications.

23 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Verizon Communications' stock. Their predictions range from $49.00 to $63.00. On average, they expect Verizon Communications' stock price to reach $54.8421 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Verizon Communications.

23 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Verizon Communications in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 17 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Verizon Communications saw a increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 36,172,920 shares, an increase of 10.8% from the June 15th total of 32,652,914 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 19,490,393 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.9 days. Approximately 0.9% of the company's stock are short sold. View Verizon Communications' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Verizon Communications include AT&T (T), SOFTBANK Corp/ADR (SFTBY), Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTTYY), America Movil SAB de CV ADR Series L (AMX), Telefonica (TEF), Orange (ORAN), SINGAPORE TELEC/S (SGAPY), BCE (BCE), China Telecom (CHA), VIVENDI SA/ADR (VIVHY), Telenor ASA (TELNY), BT Group (BT), Telekomnks Indn Prsr Tbk Prshn Prsrn (TLK), Telstra (TLSYY) and Swisscom (SCMWY).

Press coverage about VZ stock has trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than twenty million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Verizon Communications earned a media sentiment score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also gave media coverage about the cell phone carrier an impact score of 46.06 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

Verizon Communications' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Hexavest Inc. (0.13%), DnB Asset Management AS (0.09%), Swedbank (0.07%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%), Hamlin Capital Management LLC (0.04%) and Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.03%). Company insiders that own Verizon Communications stock include Anthony T Skiadas, Craig L Silliman, Marni M Walden and Roger Gurnani. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Verizon Communications.

VZ stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Hexavest Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, Bremer Trust National Association, Atria Investments LLC, Radnor Capital Management LLC and Union Bankshares Corp. Company insiders that have sold Verizon Communications company stock in the last year include Anthony T Skiadas and Craig L Silliman. View Insider Buying and Selling for Verizon Communications.

VZ stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hamlin Capital Management LLC, DnB Asset Management AS, Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Clinton Group Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Park National Corp OH, IFM Investors Pty Ltd and Denali Advisors LLC. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of VZ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $51.41.

Verizon Communications has a market capitalization of $212.22 billion and generates $126.03 billion in revenue each year. The cell phone carrier earns $30.10 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.74 on an earnings per share basis. Verizon Communications employs 155,400 workers across the globe.

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]