In the last trading session, 10.79 million shares of the Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) were traded, and its beta was 0.41. Most recently the company’s share price was $44.01, and it changed around $0.17 or 0.39% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $185.26B. VZ currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $45.36, offering almost -3.07% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $30.62, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 30.42% since then. We note from Verizon Communications Inc’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 14.7 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 18.53 million.

Verizon Communications Inc stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Hold, based on a mean score of 2.19. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 32 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 2 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 24 recommended VZ as a Hold, whereas 6 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight.

Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) trade information

Instantly VZ has showed a green trend with a performance of 0.39% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the red territory. The rise to weekly highs of 45.28 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 2.8%. The company’s shares are currently up 16.74% year-to-date, but still down -2.65% over the last five days. On the other hand, Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) is 3.00% up in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 56.02 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 3.14 day(s).

The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $47.5, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 7.35% from its current value. Analyst projections state that VZ is forecast to be at a low of $40 and a high of $68.

Verizon Communications Inc (VZ) estimates and forecasts

Verizon Communications Inc share prices are performing particularly well not compared to other companies within the same industry. As is evident from the statistics, the company’s shares have risen 7.76 percent over the past six months and at a -2.76% annual growth rate that is well below the industry average of 4.70%.

Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a negative earnings growth rate of -6.03%. Verizon Communications Inc earnings are expected to increase by -2.66% in 2024, but the outlook is positive 1.90% per year for the next five years.

VZ Dividends

Verizon Communications Inc’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released in November. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 4.53 percent and its annual dividend per share was 2.00. It is important to note, however, that the 4.53% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision. The average dividend yield for the past five years averaged 5.48 per year.

Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ)’s Major holders

Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 0.04% of Verizon Communications Inc shares, and 64.24% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 64.27%. Verizon Communications Inc stock is held by 3505.0 institutions, with VANGUARD GROUP INC being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 8.3995% of the shares, which is about 354.04 million shares worth $14.6 billion.

BLACKROCK INC., with 8.2769% or 348.87 million shares worth $14.39 billion as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.