NYSE:VZ - Verizon Communications Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Verizon Communications declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 6th. Stockholders of record on Friday, January 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.615 per share on Monday, February 3rd. This represents a $2.46 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.05%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, January 9th. View Verizon Communications' Dividend History.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, October, 25th. The cell phone carrier reported $1.25 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.24 by $0.01. The cell phone carrier had revenue of $32.89 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $32.74 billion. Verizon Communications had a net margin of 12.26% and a return on equity of 34.50%. The company's quarterly revenue was up .9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.22 EPS. View Verizon Communications' Earnings History.

Verizon Communications is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 30th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Verizon Communications.

Verizon Communications will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 30th 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 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Verizon Communications' shares. Their forecasts range from $57.00 to $70.00. On average, they anticipate Verizon Communications' share price to reach $63.52 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 4.6% 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 been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Verizon Communications earned a news sentiment score of -2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the cell phone carrier a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Verizon Communications.

Verizon Communications saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 38,660,000 shares, an increase of 6.2% from the December 15th total of 36,400,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 11,410,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.4 days. Approximately 0.9% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Verizon Communications' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Verizon Communications include AT&T (T), Centurylink (CTL), ATN International (ATNI), Cincinnati Bell (CBB), Consolidated Communications (CNSL), IDT (IDT) and Frontier Communications (FTR).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Verizon Communications investors own include AT&T (T), NVIDIA (NVDA), General Electric (GE), Alibaba Group (BABA), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), AbbVie (ABBV), Wells Fargo & Co (WFC), Ford Motor (F) and Altria Group (MO).

Verizon Communications' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Hexavest Inc. (0.07%), PGGM Investments (0.06%), Hamlin Capital Management LLC (0.04%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.04%), Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.04%) and Calamos Advisors 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 Assenagon Asset Management S.A., PGGM Investments, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, DNB Asset Management AS, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH and Hexavest Inc.. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Ironvine Capital Partners LLC, Corbenic Partners LLC, Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., Boston Trust Walden Corp, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Advisors Capital Management LLC and M. Kraus & Co. 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 $60.70.

Verizon Communications has a market capitalization of $251.04 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]