Communication Services
Live Price
Offline$45.37
-1.03% today
1Y Change
+13.57%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 12, 2026
Coverage: 245 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 12, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) is a Communication Services stock with a market cap of $200.64B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $45.37 and up 13.6% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 12, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +2.5%, EPS growth of -2.2%, a dividend yield of 5.8%. What stands out right now is revenue +2.5%, EPS -2.2%, free cash flow +6.4% with operating margin 21.2% and ROIC 6.0%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 5.8%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 11.5 and price/sales 1.4. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a income-oriented value setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines VZ price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Communication Services peers on this page.
Benchmark Comparison
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VZ
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
VZ Max Drawdown
-14.78%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for VZ and SPY.
Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$133.6B
-2.4% YoY
FY Net Income
$22.1B
+3.8% YoY
Free Cash Flow
$19.3B
+85.1% YoY
Revenue Growth
+2.5%
EPS Growth
-2.2%
Gross Margin
58.9%
Net Margin
12.5%
Income statement
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 138.2B | 134.8B | 134.0B | 136.8B | 133.6B |
| Gross Profit | 63.1B | 62.8B | 61.5B | 60.6B | 61.1B |
| Operating Income | 29.3B | 30.6B | 28.8B | 30.5B | 32.0B |
| EBITDA | 47.7B | 47.5B | 40.1B | 49.0B | 49.1B |
| Net Income | 17.2B | 17.5B | 11.6B | 21.3B | 22.1B |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 19.0B | 4.2B | 2.1B | 2.6B | 2.9B |
| Total Assets | 404.3B | 384.7B | 380.3B | 379.7B | 366.6B |
| Total Liabilities | 298.5B | 284.1B | 286.5B | 287.2B | 283.4B |
| Shareholder Equity | 104.5B | 99.2B | 92.4B | 91.1B | 81.8B |
| Total Debt | 200.6B | 168.4B | 174.9B | 176.3B | 177.9B |
| Net Debt | 181.5B | 164.2B | 172.9B | 173.7B | 175.0B |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
39.5B
+6.5% YoY
Capital Expenditures
20.3B
+24.1% YoY
Free Cash Flow
19.3B
+85.1% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
58.9%
Operating Margin
21.2%
Net Margin
12.5%
ROE
16.7%
Debt / Equity
1.90x
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