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 declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 5th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.615 per share on Friday, November 1st. This represents a $2.46 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.12%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, October 9th. This is an increase from Verizon Communications's previous quarterly dividend of $0.60. View Verizon Communications' Dividend History.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 1st. The cell phone carrier reported $1.23 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.20 by $0.03. The cell phone carrier earned $32.07 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $32.42 billion. Verizon Communications had a net margin of 12.08% and a return on equity of 34.91%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down .4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business 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.

13 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Verizon Communications' shares. Their forecasts range from $53.00 to $70.00. On average, they anticipate Verizon Communications' stock price to reach $61.80 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Verizon Communications.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Verizon Communications in the last year. There are currently 7 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Verizon Communications.

Media stories about VZ stock have trended negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Verizon Communications earned a news sentiment score of -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the cell phone carrier a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. 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 Hexavest Inc. (0.07%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.06%), Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Meyer Handelman Co. (0.02%) and Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. (0.01%). 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 Crow Point Partners LLC, Hexavest Inc., Perpetual Ltd, Park National Corp OH, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., Denali Advisors LLC, Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC and Bogart Wealth LLC. 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 Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Artemis Investment Management LLP, Pacer Advisors Inc., CX Institutional, Diversified Trust Co, Rockland Trust Co., Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc. and Bright Rock Capital Management 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of VZ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $59.72.

Verizon Communications has a market capitalization of $246.99 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]