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 given a dividend of $0.615 per share on Friday, November 1st. This represents a $2.46 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.03%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, October 9th. This is a boost 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 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.20 by $0.03. The cell phone carrier had revenue of $32.07 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $32.42 billion. Verizon Communications had a net margin of 12.08% and a return on equity of 34.91%. Verizon Communications's revenue for the quarter was down .4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $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 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Verizon Communications' shares. Their predictions range from $53.00 to $70.00. On average, they anticipate Verizon Communications' share price to reach $61.89 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.4% 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 stories about VZ stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Verizon Communications earned a news impact score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the cell phone carrier a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Verizon Communications.

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

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%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.06%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.06%) and Hamlin Capital Management 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, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Hamlin Capital Management LLC, Hexavest Inc. and Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY. 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 Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Artemis Investment Management LLP, Alpha Cubed Investments LLC, Jolley Asset Management LLC and DNB Asset Management AS. 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 $61.05.

Verizon Communications has a market capitalization of $252.49 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]