VZ

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Verizon Communications Inc. Common Stock
Communication Services · Telecom Services · NYSE · United States
$47.68-0.85%
Market cap $199.8BNext earnings 2026-11-04Updated Sep 20, 2026
FAIR VALUE · CONSENSUS
$47.68+0.0%
confidence-weighted across 5 of 6 models
Now $47.68
$47.68
$29.01$86.07
HoldSilver60
Price vs fair value
10.7% below
+12.0% to fair value
ACCE score
53
out of 100
Analysts
50% buy
26 covering
P/E
12.5x
forward 9.0x
1-year return
+9.7%
Dividend yield
5.78%
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Overview

⚠ Investor warnings · 3 flags
  • high
    Extreme leverage burden
    Debt/Equity of 1.51 is very high for a capital-intensive telecom; servicing this constrains flexibility and dividend sustainability.
  • moderate
    Insider selling only
    Last 10 disclosed transactions show $0 buys vs $4.35M in sales, signaling no insider conviction at current levels.
  • moderate
    Sequential revenue decline
    QoQ revenue growth of -5.3% contrasts with the positive YoY figure, suggesting recent momentum is weakening.
Reports in 43 days, last quarter beat by 0.0%.

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Price

+10.5% · 1Y

Valuation

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Wall Street consensus

Mixed50% buy · 26 covering analysts
● Strong buy 6● Buy 7● Hold 13● Sell 0● Strong sell 0
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Where it sits vs peers

This stock Peer Peer median weaker → stronger
P/Ebetter than 50% of peers
low 7.2x12.5xhigh 38.1x
ROEbetter than 33% of peers
low 9%16%high 32%
Div yieldbetter than 83% of peers
low 0.2%5.8%high 6.0%

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BHARTIARTL.NSBharti Airtel$118.9B38.120.2%100.421.3%-Compare

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News and Record

Reports in 43 days, last quarter beat by 0.0%.

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Recent performance

1 week
-7.0%
1 month
-3.6%
3 months
+2.0%
6 months
-5.3%
YTD
+17.1%
1 year
+9.7%

SEC filings

40 filings
September 2026
Sep 16
Form 4Insider transactionPeriod 2026-09-15
Sep 11
Form 4Insider transactionPeriod 2026-09-10
Sep 11
Form 4Insider transactionPeriod 2026-09-10
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