Verizon Communications Inc (VZ) stock
VZNYSETelephone Communications (No Radiotelephone)Fiscal year ends December 31
Financials through Q3 FY2026, quarter ended Sep 30, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Oct 29, 2026Score 10/3019% below fair value
$46.36−0.19 (-0.41%)
Close on Nov 13, 2026Market cap $192.14BP/E 11.8Yield 5.90%
Verizon Communications statistics
87 measures from SEC filings and the closing price. Hover a name for the formula; the last column is the median of companies in the same industry group.
Important dates
- Next earnings
- Jan 29, 2027 (estimated, before the open)
- Last ex-dividend date
- Oct 9, 2026
- Fundamentals through
- Sep 30, 2026
- Share price as of
- Nov 13, 2026
Valuation ratiosIndustry
- P/OCF Ratio
- 4.92
- 4.77
Enterprise valuationIndustry
- EV / Sales
- 2.55
- 1.43
- EV / EBIT
- 12.22
- 13.49
Share statisticsIndustry
- Shares Change (YoY)
- -0.81%
- 2.27%
- Float
- 4.14B
- 48M
- Shares Held by Insiders
- 0.03%
- 15.4%
- Shares Held by Institutions
- 69.3%
- 59.3%
Short sellingIndustry
- Short Interest
- 84M
- –
- Short Interest Change
- 1.33%
- 1.33%
- Short % of Float
- 2.04%
- 8.84%
- Short % of Shares Outstanding
- 2.04%
- 4.94%
- Days to Cover
- 2.90
- 5.08
Stock price statisticsIndustry
- 52-Week High
- $51.68
- –
- 52-Week Low
- $10.60
- –
- 20-Day Moving Average
- $45.04
- –
- 50-Day Moving Average
- $46.23
- –
- 200-Day Moving Average
- $47.15
- –
- Average True Range (14)
- $1.11
- –
- Price Change (1 Week)
- 1.47%
- 0.85%
- Price Change (1 Month)
- 4.41%
- -4.40%
- Price Change (3 Months)
- -3.54%
- -16.8%
- Price Change (6 Months)
- -0.02%
- -14.7%
- Price Change (YTD)
- 13.8%
- -11.8%
- Price Change (1 Year)
- 13.6%
- -8.29%
- Price Change (3 Years)
- 29.2%
- -28.5%
- Price Change (5 Years)
- -11.4%
- -63.1%
- Price Change (10 Years)
- 0.39%
- -47.4%
- Average Volume (10 Days)
- 22M
- –
- Average Volume (20 Days)
- 26M
- –
- Average Volume (90 Days)
- 24M
- –
- Relative Volume
- 0.83
- 0.90
- Relative Strength Index (14)
- 55.7
- 45.5
- Volatility (1 Year)
- 27.5%
- 63.5%
- Beta (5 Years)
- 0.24
- 0.94
MarginsIndustry
- Pretax Margin
- 15.7%
- 1.00%
- EBITDA Margin
- 34.9%
- 9.78%
Returns on capitalIndustry
- Return on Assets (ROA)
- 4.09%
- -1.42%
- Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)
- 8.32%
- 3.78%
Financial positionIndustry
- Current Ratio
- 0.63
- 1.26
- Quick Ratio
- 0.07
- 0.91
- Debt / EBITDA
- 3.42
- 4.54
- Net Debt / EBITDA
- 3.33
- 3.84
- Interest Coverage
- 3.81
- 0.16
GrowthIndustry
- Revenue Growth (YoY)
- 1.38%
- 1.98%
- Net Income Growth (YoY)
- -17.2%
- -27.9%
- EPS Growth (YoY)
- -16.2%
- -7.19%
- Revenue Growth (3Y CAGR)
- 0.33%
- 0.62%
- Revenue Growth (5Y CAGR)
- 1.50%
- 3.27%
- EPS Growth (3Y CAGR)
- -7.08%
- 5.61%
- EPS Growth (5Y CAGR)
- -1.14%
- -12.2%
EfficiencyIndustry
- Asset Turnover
- 0.35
- 0.46
- Revenue Per Employee
- $1.55M
- $509.66K
- Profits Per Employee
- $182.65K
- -$13.80K
- Employee Count
- 89,900
- 638
- WACC
- 5.89%
- 7.77%
Income statement (TTM)Industry
- Pretax Income
- $21.94B
- -$108.67K
Balance sheetIndustry
- Net Cash (Debt)
- -$161.74B
- -$10.07M
- Net Cash Per Share
- -$39.02
- -$0.20
- Working Capital
- -$24.76B
- $14.16M
Cash flow (TTM)Industry
Dividends and yieldsIndustry
- Earnings Yield
- 8.55%
- -0.84%
- Dividend Yield
- 5.90%
- 3.77%
- Shareholder Yield
- 5.90%
- 3.77%
- Dividend Per Share
- $2.73
- $0.80
- Dividend Growth (YoY)
- 1.86%
- 0.00%
- Years of Dividend Growth
- 17
- 0
- Payout Ratio
- 71.4%
- 48.3%
Taxes and interestIndustry
- Interest Expense
- $7.63B
- $40.60M
- Income Tax
- $5.08B
- $3.61M
- Effective Tax Rate
- 23.1%
- 23.1%
Scores and fair valueIndustry
- Altman Z-Score
- 1.21
- 0.91
- Piotroski F-Score
- 5
- 5
Total return vs. the S&P 500
Price change plus reinvested dividends, to the close on Nov 13, 2026. The S&P 500 is measured by the SPY fund.
| Period | VZ | S&P 500 | Difference | VZ per year | S&P 500 per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | +6.5% | -3.0% | +9.5 pts | ||
| 3 months | -2.4% | -2.8% | +0.4 pts | ||
| Year to date | +21.4% | +11.5% | +9.9 pts | ||
| 1 year | +20.3% | +13.5% | +6.8 pts | ||
| 3 years | +57.4% | +77.7% | −20.3 pts | +16.3% | +21.1% |
| 5 years | +21.9% | +72.6% | −50.7 pts | +4.0% | +11.5% |
| 10 years | +70.7% | +308.2% | −237.4 pts | +5.5% | +15.1% |
Short interest
Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported by brokers to FINRA twice a month. Latest settlement date Oct 30, 2026.
84M VZ shares were sold short on Oct 30, 2026, up 1.3% from the previous report, or 2.04% of the shares available to trade. At recent volumes it would take 2.9 days to buy them back. Over the last 20 sessions, 45.5% of the volume reported to FINRA was short selling.
| Settlement date | Shares short | Change | Avg. daily volume | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | 84,436,996 | +1.3% | 29,139,822 | 2.9 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 83,327,477 | -6.3% | 30,353,784 | 2.8 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 88,896,054 | +5.7% | 23,877,133 | 3.7 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 84,077,299 | +2.0% | 18,069,447 | 4.7 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 82,444,862 | +8.0% | 17,220,509 | 4.8 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 76,354,402 | -8.4% | 20,507,641 | 3.7 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 83,388,266 | -2.7% | 28,432,771 | 2.9 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | 85,680,317 | -9.8% | 35,055,586 | 2.4 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 94,985,050 | +5.6% | 35,973,316 | 2.6 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 89,914,318 | +3.8% | 23,241,233 | 3.9 |
| May 29, 2026 | 86,615,694 | -1.0% | 21,839,523 | 4.0 |
| May 15, 2026 | 87,476,337 | -0.6% | 19,065,766 | 4.6 |
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