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Verizon Communications Inc (VZ)

$43.56

+1.07% last session

Market value

$185.6bn

P/E ratio

11.3

Dividend yield

7.11%

52-week range

$38–$52

What Verizon Communications Inc does

(Verizon Communications) is a holding company that, acting through its subsidiaries (together with Verizon Communications, collectively, Verizon), is one of the world's leading providers of communications, technology, information and streaming products and services to consumers, businesses and government entities. With a presence around the world, we offer data, video and voice services and solutions on our networks and platforms that are designed to meet customers' demand for mobility, reliable network connectivity and security. We have two reportable segments that we operate and manage as strategic business units - Verizon Consumer Group (Consumer) and Verizon Business Group (Business).

Telecommunication · based in the US · listed since 1984Biggest source of revenue: Service revenues and other (82%) · breakdownCompany website ↗From the annual report ↗

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FGrowthShrinking

Sales growth, last 12 months1.4% · 36/100

Sales growth a year, 5 years1.5% · 36/100

Earnings per share growth a year, 5 years−1.1% · 27/100

BProfitabilitySolidly profitable

Net profit margin11.6% · 69/100

Return on equity16% · 71/100

Return on capital, 10-year average12.0% · 63/100

FFinancial strengthFragile

Net debt ÷ operating profit4.8× · 14/100

Interest cover4× · 49/100

Current ratio (short-term assets ÷ debts)0.60 · 29/100

BValuationReasonably priced

P/E against its own 10-year history55th percentile · 45/100

Free cash flow yield11.1% · 100/100

CMomentumFlat

Share price, last 12 months16.3% · 72/100

Share price, last 3 months−3.7% · 38/100

Price

+11.1% over 1Y

27 Oct 2026$43.60

Daily closing prices. Source: Twelve Data.

If you'd invested £1,000

in pounds, including currency moves

Invested	Worth now	Per year	+ dividends received	Same in the S&P 500
1 year ago Oct 2025	£1,082	+8.2%	+£68	£1,114 index ahead
3 years ago Oct 2023	£1,133	+4.3%	+£210	£1,683 index ahead
5 years ago Oct 2021	£852	−3.1%	+£258	£1,739 index ahead
10 years ago Oct 2016	£831	−1.8%	+£479	£3,325 index ahead

Over 10 years, £1,000 became £1,310 including dividends. Past returns don't predict future ones.

Bull vs bear

The numbers lean bearish (1 vs 11)

The bull case

Reliable dividend grower●○○

Raised its dividend 10 years in a row.

The bear case

Little growth●●○

Revenue up only 0.5% a year over 10 years: barely ahead of inflation.

Cyclical revenue●●○

Revenue fell in 3 of the last 10 years: results can swing with the economy.

Heavy debt●●○

Net debt is 4.8× a year's operating profit.

Questionable capital allocation●●○

Passes only 2 of 7 capital-allocation checks.

Buybacks don't shrink the share count●○○

Spent $5.1bn, yet the share count rose 3.4%: buybacks mostly offset shares handed to staff

Has overpaid for deals before●○○

$18.3bn spent buying businesses since 2015; $10.6bn written off as overpaid. Goodwill is 5.7% of assets

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