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Verizon Communications

VZ · NYSE

$44.54+$0.39 (+0.88%)TodayMarket closed ·
Prev close $44.15

About VZ

Verizon Communications, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of communications, information, and entertainment products and services. The company is headquartered in New York City, New York and currently employs 89,900 full-time employees. The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides communications, technology, information and streaming products and services to consumers, businesses and government entities. Its Consumer segment provides wireless and wireline communications services. The company also provides fixed wireless access (FWA) broadband through its 5G or 4G Long-Term Evolution (LTE) networks portfolio. The firm's Business segment provides wireless and wireline communications services and products, including FWA broadband, data, video and advanced communication services, corporate networking solutions, security and managed network services, local and long-distance voice services and network access to deliver various Internet of Things (IoT) services and products. The company provides these products and services to businesses, public sector customers and wireless and wireline carriers across the U.S. and a subset of these products and services to customers around the world.

Employees
89,900
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Listed
Feb 15, 1984
Sector
Communication Services
Industry
Diversified Telecommunication Services
Website
verizon.com

VZ key statistics

Market cap
186.09B
Price-earnings ratio
11.50
Dividend yield
6.25%
Average volume
25.83M
Volume
16.77M
Open price
$44.53
High today
$45.10
Low today
$44.35
52 Week high
$51.68
52 Week low
$38.39

Verizon Communications (VZ) at a glance

As of Oct 20, 2026, Verizon Communications (VZ) shares are priced at $44.54, giving the company a market cap of 186.09B, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.50 and a dividend yield of 6.25%.

Today the stock has traded between $44.35 and $45.10. The current price is 0.4% above the day's low and 1.2% below its high.

Volume so far is 16.77M shares, below the average of 25.83M shares a day.

Over the past year Verizon Communications has ranged from $38.39 to $51.68, and now sits 46% of the way up that range.

Verizon Communications met or beat analyst EPS estimates in 4 of the last 8 quarters. In Q2 FY26 it reported $1.30 per share against an estimate of $1.30.

The average analyst price target is $52.44, 17.7% above the current price, from 14 recent ratings.

Analyst ratings

Latest rating from each analyst over the past 12 months

36%of 14 analyst ratings say Buy
  • Buy35.7%
  • Hold64.3%
  • Sell0.0%
Price target · 28 analystsAvg $52.44
Low
$44.44
Now
$44.54
High
$74.55

VZ earnings

Earnings per share, reported against the analyst estimate

Beat the estimate in 4 of the last 8 quarters, by 1.2% on average.

  1. Q3 FY24: reported $1.19 per share against an estimate of $1.21
  2. Q4 FY24: reported $1.10 per share against an estimate of $1.13
  3. Q1 FY25: reported $1.19 per share against an estimate of $1.18
  4. Q2 FY25: reported $1.22 per share against an estimate of $1.22
  5. Q3 FY25: reported $1.21 per share against an estimate of $1.22
  6. Q4 FY25: reported $1.09 per share against an estimate of $1.09
  7. Q1 FY26: reported $1.28 per share against an estimate of $1.23
  8. Q2 FY26: reported $1.30 per share against an estimate of $1.30

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