AT&T vs Verizon Communications
T and VZ side by side, both in telephone communications. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How T and VZ compare
Verizon Communications is the larger company, worth 1.3 times as much as AT&T ($192B against $149B).
On earnings, Verizon Communications is cheaper: it trades at 11.8× trailing earnings, against 12.0× for AT&T.
AT&T grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (3.5% versus 1.4% for Verizon Communications).
Verizon Communications keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 11.8% compared with 10.2% at AT&T.
Both pay dividends: AT&T yields 5.0% and Verizon Communications 6.1%.
AT&T scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 10 for Verizon Communications), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | T | VZ |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $149B | $192B |
| Share price | $22.18 | $46.36 |
| Change, 1 year | −13.5% | 13.6% |
| Change, 5 years | −8.1% | −8.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.32 | 0.24 |
| Employees | 133K | 90K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 (better) | 10 |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Growth score | 1 | 1 |
| Performance score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Health score | 1 | 1 |
| Dividend score | 5 | 5 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 12.0× | 11.8× (better) |
| P/S | 1.2× (better) | 1.4× |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.2× (better) | 7.3× |
| P/FCF | 8.4× | – |
| FCF yield | 11.9% | – |
| Fair value | $25.77 | $57.22 |
| Margin of safety | 13.9% | 19.0% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 3.5% (better) | 1.4% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −2.6% | 1.5% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −41.0% | −17.2% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −39.9% | −16.2% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | −1.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 18.3% | 20.9% (better) |
| Net margin | 10.2% | 11.8% (better) |
| FCF margin | 13.8% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.41 | 3.33 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 3.2× | 3.8× (better) |
| Current ratio | 0.87 (better) | 0.63 |
| Altman Z-score | 0.78 | 1.21 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 5.0% | 6.1% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 60.4% | 71.4% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 16 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | −11.8% | 1.9% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 6.2% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 11.2% (better) | 6.1% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 68.1% | 69.3% |
| Held by insiders | 0.11% | 0.03% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | −$16.2M |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 3 |
| Short interest, % of float | – | 2.0% |
Go deeper
- T stock overview
- T income statement
- T valuation and score
- VZ stock overview
- VZ income statement
- VZ valuation and score
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