Stock · VZ · Communication Services
United States · Large Cap · listed since 2000 · Revenue 12 mo. $138.9B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Verizon Communications Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of communications, technology, information, and streaming products and services to consumers, businesses, and governmental entities worldwide.
Verizon Communications Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of communications, technology, information, and streaming products and services to consumers, businesses, and governmental entities worldwide. It operates in two segments, Verizon Consumer Group (Consumer) and Verizon Business Group (Business). The Consumer segment provides wireless services across the wireless networks in the United States under the Verizon and TracFone brands and through wholesale and other arrangements; and fixed wireless access (FWA) broadband through its wireless networks, as well as related equipment and devices, such as smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, and other wireless-enabled connected devices. The segment also offers wireline services in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, as well as Washington D.C. through its fiber-optic network, Verizon Fios product portfolio, and a copper-based network. The Business segment provides wireless and wireline communications services and products, including FWA and wireline broadband, advanced communication services, corporate networking, security and managed network, local and long-distance voice, and network access services to deliver various IoT services and products to businesses, government customers, and wireless and wireline carriers in the United States and internationally. The company distributes its products and services through direct channels, company-operated stores, digital and omnichannel platforms, indirect agents, business solution resellers, and national retailers. The company was formerly known as Bell Atlantic Corporation and changed its name to Verizon Communications Inc. in June 2000. Verizon Communications Inc. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
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Summary
50.0 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
Required FCF growth per year
no growth
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 4.9×, within its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 4.4× to 5.4×, median 4.8×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
No anomaly in the stored figures.
Since the last quarter
Q1 → Q2 2026
8 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., FCF, 12 mo., Gross margin, EBIT margin, FCF margin, Net debt, Shares outstanding, Return on equity
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 16.44% | 11.44% | Rank 63 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 22.01% | 22.01% | Rank 50 |
| EBIT margin | 21.17% | 17.12% | Rank 66 |
| FCF margin | 14.24% | 15.81% | Rank 43 |
| Gross margin | 45.64% | 44.45% | Rank 51 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 2.52% | 4.46% | Rank 39 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | −7.06% | 5.70% | Rank 26 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | −1.14% | 6.76% | Rank 29 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 12.64% | 9.07% | Rank 71 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 8.88% | 3.92% | Rank 89 |
| FCF yield | 10.46% | 6.59% | Rank 74 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 2.67 | 2.84 | Rank 52 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 12.63 | 16.58 | Rank 75 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | 5.13% | −11.03% | Rank 74 |
| Share price, 6 months | −2.76% | −0.69% | Rank 44 |
| Share price, 3 months | 2.22% | 4.43% | Rank 45 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −11.20% | −16.85% | Rank 61 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | −0.84% | −0.38% | Rank 54 |
| Change in share countlower is better | 0.31% | −0.06% | Rank 24 |
| Dividend streak in years | 24 | 5 | Rank 96 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | −4.01% | 0.56% | Rank 15 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 25.84% | 37.05% | Rank 21 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 3.80 | 1.47 | Rank 11 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 1.92 | 0.75 | Rank 18 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 27.61% | 31.95% | Rank 65 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF, $B | Shares | Net debt, $B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 126.0 | 20.6% | 4.1 | 4.09B | 105.2 |
| 2017 | 126.0 | 21.0% | 6.5 | 4.09B | 115.0 |
| 2018 | 130.9 | 22.9% | 16.3 | 4.13B | 110.3 |
| 2019 | 131.9 | 23.5% | 16.9 | 4.14B | 130.5 |
| 2020 | 128.3 | 23.3% | 21.5 | 4.14B | 128.4 |
| 2021 | 133.6 | 23.9% | 19.3 | 4.15B | 175.0 |
| 2022 | 136.8 | 22.3% | 10.4 | 4.20B | 173.7 |
| 2023 | 134.0 | 21.5% | 18.7 | 4.22B | 172.9 |
| 2024 | 134.8 | 22.7% | 18.9 | 4.22B | 164.2 |
| 2025 | 138.2 | 21.2% | 19.7 | 4.23B | 181.5 |
2 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Verizon Communications Inc mainly meets criteria in the Valuation category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Verizon Communications Inc is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
2 of 7 rules met
3 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Verizon Communications Inc.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 11.3 | 21.7 |
| P/B ratio | 1.9 | 2.5 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 16.4% | 11.4% |
| Equity ratio | 25.8% | 37.1% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 1.92 | 0.75 |
| Dividend yield | 6.2% | 2.8% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| VZ | Verizon Communications Incthis page | |
| TMUS | T-Mobile US Inc | High7.3 |
| T | AT&T Inc. | Low2.7 |
| CMCSA | Comcast Corp | Medium5.5 |
| 0941.HK | China Mobile Ltd | locked |
| DTE.DE | Deutsche Telekom AG | locked |
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