Ticker
VZ

Price
35.43
Stock movement up
+0.17 (0.48%)
Company name
Verizon Communications Inc
Exchange
(NYSE
,
Currency
USD
)
Sector
Communication Services >
Telecom Services
Market cap
148.80B
Ent value
433.41B
Price/Sales
1.09
Price/Book
1.61
Div yield
7.37%
Div growth
2.07%
Growth years
16
FCF payout
166.18%
Trailing P/E
7.00
Forward P/E
7.51
PEG
5.69
EPS growth
14.00%
1 year return
-31.40%
3 year return
-15.19%
5 year return
-6.05%
10 year return
-3.05%
Last updated: 2023-06-08
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BUSINESS INSIGHT

Total wireless connections

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Revenue Segments ($M)

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Wireless Revenue Distribution ($M)

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Verizon Media Group revenues ($B)

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Media Group details

Verizon acquired AOL in 2015 and Yahoo! in 2017 and merged the two companies into a single entity called Oath.

In 2019 Oath was renamed to Verizon Media

In 2021 Verizon sold 90% of Verizon Media to Apollo Global Management for $5B, where the entity will continue under the Yahoo name

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DIVIDENDS

Dividend yield - 5y

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Dividend yield data
Dividend per share2.61
Dividend yield7.37%
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Maximum yield7.57%
Average yield4.85%
Minimum yield3.96%
Discount to avg yield34.21%
Upside potential52.00%
Yield as % of max yield97.26%

Yield distribution (inverse percentile) - 5y

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Yield distribution data
Dividend yield7.37%
Current yield distribution0.63%
Yield at 100% (Min)3.96%
Yield at 90%4.13%
Yield at 80%4.22%
Yield at 50% (Median)4.47%
Yield at 20%5.09%
Yield at 10%6.66%
Yield at 0% (Max)7.57%

Dividend per share

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Dividend per share data
Years of growth16 years
CCC statusDividend Contender
Dividend per share2.61
Payout frequencyQuarterly
Ex-div date7 Jul 2023
EPS (TTM)5.05
EPS (1y forward)4.72
EPS growth (5y)14.00%
EPS growth (5y forward)1.23%

Dividend growth

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Dividend growth data
VZS&P500
DGR MR1.95%-15.45%
DGR TTM1.95%11.27%
DGR 3 years2.02%4.00%
DGR 5 years2.07%5.65%
DGR 10 years2.47%7.37%
DGR 15 years3.36%5.83%
Time since last change announced277 days
EPS growth (5y)14.00%
EPS growth (5y forward)1.23%

Payout ratio

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Payout ratio data
EPS coverageFCF coverage
TTM50.83%166.18%
Average--
Forward55.30%-
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VALUATION

Valuation Ratios

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Valuation Ratios data
Trailing P/E7.00
Price to OCF4.01
Price to FCF22.89
Price to EBITDA4.06
EV to EBITDA11.83

Valuation (Sales/Book Value)

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Valuation (Sales/Book Value) data
Price to Sales1.09
Price to Book1.61
EV to Sales3.17
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FINANCIALS

Per share

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Per share data
Current share count4.20B
EPS (TTM)5.05
FCF per share (TTM)1.55

Income statement

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Income statement data
Revenue (TTM)136.84B
Gross profit (TTM)77.70B
Operating income (TTM)30.47B
Net income (TTM)21.26B
EPS (TTM)5.05
EPS (1y forward)4.72

Margins

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Margins data
Gross margin (TTM)56.79%
Operating margin (TTM)22.27%
Profit margin (TTM)15.53%

Balance Sheet

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Balance Sheet data
Cash2.60B
Net receivables24.51B
Total current assets37.86B
Goodwill28.67B
Intangible assets161.26B
Property, plant and equipment307.69B
Total assets379.68B
Accounts payable23.98B
Short/Current long term debt176.33B
Total current liabilities50.17B
Total liabilities287.22B
Shareholder's equity92.46B
Net tangible assets-98.78B

Cash flow

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Cash flow data
Operating cash flow (TTM)37.14B
Capital expenditures (TTM)26.74B
Free cash flow (TTM)6.50B
Dividends paid (TTM)10.80B

Financial returns

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Financial returns data
Return on Equity22.99%
Return on Assets5.60%
Return on Invested Capital8.60%
Cash Return on Invested Capital2.63%
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STOCK INFORMATION

Stock chart

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Stock price data
Open35.24
Daily high35.44
Daily low34.98
Daily Volume15.5M
All-time high62.29
1y analyst estimate44.43
Beta0.34
EPS (TTM)5.05
Dividend per share2.61
Ex-div date7 Jul 2023
Next earnings date25 Jul 2023

Downside potential

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Downside potential data
VZS&P500
Current price drop from All-time high-43.13%-10.17%
Highest price drop-62.38%-56.47%
Date of highest drop24 Oct 20089 Mar 2009
Avg drop from high-26.08%-11.53%
Avg time to new high87 days13 days
Max time to new high5959 days1805 days
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COMPANY DETAILS
VZ (Verizon Communications Inc) company logo
Marketcap
148.80B
Marketcap category
Large-cap
Description
Verizon Communications Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides communications, technology, information, and entertainment 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. It 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 data, video, conferencing, corporate networking, security and managed network, local and long-distance voice, network access, and various IoT services and products, as well as FWA broadband through its wireless networks. 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.
Employees
117100
SEC filings
CEO
Hans Vestberg
Country
USA
City
New York
Stock type
Common stock
CCC status
Dividend Contender
Dividend Frequency
Quarterly
EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS
EventsPresentations
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