Verizon Communications Inc VZ

What the company does

Verizon Communications Inc is a large-cap company in the Communication Services sector (Telecom Services), with a market value of $185.6B, based in the USA.

It employs about 97,600 people and has been listed since Jul 23, 2000.

Verizon Communications Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of communications, technology, information, and streaming 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, as well as related equipment and devices, such as smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, and other wireless-enabled connected devices.

Cheap or expensive? priced in line with its group

Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 11.6 versus 12.2 for 3 direct peers — priced in line with its group.

Revenue is shrinking 1% versus the same quarter last year.

On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 9.1 — they expect higher earnings.

The average analyst price target is 51.24, 15% above the current price (their view, not ours).

The stock sits at 57% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).

The risks

• • Net debt is 1.8× shareholders' equity — high leverage.
• • Quarterly report in 1 days (2026-10-26) — a day the stock can move a lot.

Strengths

• ✅ Profitable — 11 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
• ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
• ✅ Buys back its shares (1% fewer shares in a year).
• ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (11 vs 0).
• ✅ Pays a dividend (6.2% a year).

What changed this week

Over the past week the stock fell 0.3% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.4%, sector ETF XLC -4.4%).

This week's news

• Verizon (VZ) Stock Looks Reasonable After A 62% Three Year Gain finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-24
  What the article says

  Verizon Communications has delivered a strong multi year share price gain, leaving investors asking whether the current US$44.66 stock price is fully supported by the earnings the business is generating today. Over the past 3 years the stock has returned 62.4%, which puts more weight on the question of how closely its… source ↗

• 'It's not something that gets done overnight': SpaceX's telecom ambitions will be hard-won, CEOs and analysts say finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-24
  What the article says

  Elon Musk wants SpaceX (SPCX) to take on America's largest cell service providers, but matching the telecom giants' vast wireless networks could take years and billions of dollars, executives and analysts warned this week. SpaceX, which already operates the world's largest commercial satellite network with Starlink,… source ↗

• Will AI Fiber Demand Change Corning (GLW) Narrative finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-23
  What the article says

  Corning recently presented at the OCP Global Summit 2026 in San Jose, highlighting its optical fiber and high density connectivity solutions for AI led data center infrastructure. Long duration supply agreements with Amazon, NVIDIA, Meta and Verizon anchor demand for Corning's Optical Communications products, linking… source ↗

• SpaceX wants to be America's fourth phone carrier — tower owners are cashing in finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-23
  What the article says

  SpaceX wants to be America's fourth phone carrier — tower owners are cashing in Elon Musk's SpaceX doesn't just want to beam the internet from space. It wants to sell you a phone plan, and the companies that own the cell towers are already cashing in. SpaceX (SPCX) is in talks for access to at least 80,000 US cell… source ↗

• Starlink Is Years Away From Competing With AT&T and Verizon, Citi Says—but It Might Move Faster finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-23
  What the article says

  Citi sees SpaceX launching national wireless service no earlier than 2029, but its reported interest in 80,000 cell sites raises questions about that timeline. Continue Reading source ↗

• Verizon Communications (VZ) Seeks FCC Signoff To End Copper Landlines As Review Widens finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-23
  What the article says

  Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) has asked the FCC for permission to phase out copper-based POTS landline service in parts of its footprint. The filing has sparked concern among seniors and rural residents who rely on traditional copper lines for basic voice and emergency calls. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is… source ↗

What changed since last week

• Valuation moved from "relatively expensive" to "priced in line with its group".