VZ Stock Analysis: Verizon Communications | NYSE
Telecom Services | NYSE, USA | Market Cap: 192.535m USD | 12M Return: 17.1% | US92343V1044 | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 1.20B
EPS Trend: 37.1%
Qual. Beats: 6
Rev. Trend: 94.6%
Qual. Beats: -2
Warnings
No concerns identified
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality 11.6 years of data
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Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) is a U.S.-based integrated telecommunications provider operating in the Communication Services sector. The company is structured around two segments: Verizon Consumer Group, which offers wireless services under the Verizon and TracFone brands, fixed wireless access (FWA) broadband, and wireline services through its Fios fiber-optic network; and Verizon Business Group, which delivers wireless, wireline, broadband, managed networking, and IoT services to enterprise, government, and carrier customers domestically and internationally.
Distribution occurs through direct sales, company-operated retail stores, digital and omnichannel platforms, indirect agents, and national retailers. The company was incorporated in 1983 as Bell Atlantic Corporation, adopted the Verizon name in June 2000, and is headquartered in New York, New York. As a Large Cap stock in the Integrated Telecommunication Services sub-industry, Verizon sits among the largest publicly traded U.S. carriers, with a business model anchored by recurring wireless service revenue supplemented by fiber-based broadband and enterprise connectivity services.
- Frontier acquisition expands fiber footprint but raises leverage concerns
- Fixed wireless access broadband adds accelerate as fiber alternative
- T-Mobile competition pressures consumer wireless postpaid margins
| Net Income: 16.2b TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.05 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA 0.11 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: -17.74% < 20% (prev -16.14%; Δ -1.60% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.09 > 3% & CFO 38.8b > Net Income 16.2b |
| Net Debt (210b) to EBITDA (48.0b): 4.38 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 0.60 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (4.17b) vs 12m ago -1.35% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 59.09% > 18% (prev 46.08%; Δ 13.01% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 35.01% > 50% (prev 35.74%; Δ -0.73% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 3.94 > 6 (EBIT TTM 28.9b / Interest Expense TTM 7.35b) |
| A: -0.06 (Total Current Assets 37.6b - Total Current Liabilities 62.2b) / Total Assets 410b |
| B: 0.24 (Retained Earnings 97.7b / Total Assets 410b) |
| C: 0.07 (EBIT TTM 28.9b / Avg Total Assets 397b) |
| D: 0.34 (Book Value of Equity 104b / Total Liabilities 305b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 1.23 = BB |
| DSRI: 0.99 (Receivables 26.5b/26.3b, Revenue 139b/137b) |
| GMI: 0.78 (GM 46.08% / 59.09%) |
| AQI: 0.99 (AQ_t 0.55 / AQ_t-1 0.55) |
| SGI: 1.01 (Revenue 139b / 137b) |
| TATA: -0.06 (NI 16.2b - CFO 38.8b) / TA 410b) |
| Beneish M = -3.23 (Cap -4..+1) = AA |
As of August 09, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 47.06 with a total of 12,270,903 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +0.53%, over one month by +12.38%, over three months by +1.64% and over the past year by +17.05%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 44.10 (which is 6.3% or 2.1 ATR below the current price).
Verizon Communications has received a consensus analysts rating of 3.73. Therefore, it is recommended to hold VZ.
- StrongBuy: 6
- Buy: 7
- Hold: 13
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 51.6 | 9.6% |
P/E Trailing = 12.296
P/E Forward = 9.4429
P/S = 1.3862
P/B = 1.8973
P/EG = 0.8952
Revenue TTM = 139b USD
EBIT TTM = 28.9b USD
EBITDA TTM = 48.0b USD
Long Term Debt = 140b USD (from longTermDebt, last fiscal year)
Short Term Debt = 26.6b USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 212b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 23.4b
Net Debt = 210b USD (calculated: Debt 212b - CCE 1.75b)
Enterprise Value = 403b USD (193b + Debt 212b - CCE 1.75b)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 3.94 (Ebit TTM 28.9b / Interest Expense TTM 7.35b)
EV/FCF = 18.79x (Enterprise Value 403b / FCF TTM 21.4b)
FCF Yield = 5.32% (FCF TTM 21.4b / Enterprise Value 403b)
FCF Margin = 15.43% (FCF TTM 21.4b / Revenue TTM 139b)
Net Margin = 11.64% (Net Income TTM 16.2b / Revenue TTM 139b)
Gross Margin = 59.09% ((Revenue TTM 139b - Cost of Revenue TTM 56.8b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 47.18% (prev 60.30%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 0.98 (Enterprise Value 403b / Total Assets 410b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 3.47% (Interest Expense 7.35b / Debt 212b)
Taxrate = 23.32% (5.05b / 21.6b)
NOPAT = 22.2b (EBIT 28.9b * (1 - 23.32%))
Current Ratio = 0.60 (Total Current Assets 37.6b / Total Current Liabilities 62.2b)
Debt / Equity = 2.04 (Debt 212b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 104b)
Debt / EBITDA = 4.38 (Net Debt 210b / EBITDA 48.0b)
Debt / FCF = 9.81 (Net Debt 210b / FCF TTM 21.4b)
Total Stockholder Equity = 104b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 4.08% (Net Income 16.2b / Total Assets 410b)
RoE = 15.52% (Net Income TTM 16.2b / Total Stockholder Equity 104b)
RoCE = 11.86% (EBIT 28.9b / Capital Employed (Equity 104b + L.T.Debt 140b))
RoIC = 5.95% (NOPAT 22.2b / Invested Capital 373b)
WACC = 3.84% (E(193b)/V(404b) * Re(5.14%) + D(212b)/V(404b) * Rd(3.47%) * (1-Tc(0.23)))
Discount Rate = 5.14% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -45.94 | Cagr: -0.51%
[DCF] Terminal Value 76.58% ; FCFF base≈20.7b ; Y1≈22.4b ; Y5≈27.5b
[DCF] Fair Price = 50.51 (EV 421b - Net Debt 210b = Equity 211b / Shares 4.18b; r=8.35% [WACC [floored]]; 5y FCF grow 9.27% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 37.06 | EPS CAGR: 0.85% | SUE: 1.29 | # QB: 6
Revenue Correlation: 94.63 | Revenue CAGR: 1.59% | SUE: -1.79 | # QB: -2
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=1.29 | Chg30d=-0.48% | Revisions=+40% | Analysts=18
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=5.03 | Chg30d=+1.59% | Revisions=+50% | GrowthEPS=+6.7% | GrowthRev=+2.0%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=5.27 | Chg30d=+0.14% | Revisions=+0% | GrowthEPS=+4.9% | GrowthRev=+1.9%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +42% (up=7, down=2)