In the last trading session, 18.69 million Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 0.41. With the company’s per share price at $43.70 changed hands at -$0.29 or -0.66% during last session, the market valuation stood at $183.96B. VZ’s last price was a discount, traded about -3.8% off its 52-week high of $45.36. The share price had its 52-week low at $31.26, which suggests the last value was 28.47% up since then. When we look at Verizon Communications Inc’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 12.36 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 17.97 million.
Analysts gave the Verizon Communications Inc (VZ) stock a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 2.19. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 18 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 6 recommended VZ as a Hold, 12 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. Verizon Communications Inc’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be 1.18.
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Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) trade information
Instantly VZ was in red as seen at the end of in last trading. With action 1.18%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date upside of 15.92%, with the 5-day performance at 1.18% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) is -1.42% down. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 51.3 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 2.23 days.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is 47.5, meaning bulls need an upside of 8.0% from its current market value. According to analyst projections, VZ’s forecast low is 40 with 68 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -55.61% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to tank 8.47% for it to hit the projected low.
Verizon Communications Inc (VZ) estimates and forecasts
Data shows that the Verizon Communications Inc share is performing relatively much not better than most of its peers within the same industry. As can be gleaned from the statistics, the company’s share value shot 13.21% over the past 6 months, a -2.55% in annual growth rate that is considerably lower than the industry average of 4.80%. Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach 0.60% up from the last financial year.
Consensus estimates given by 16 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of 33.43B. 16 analysts are of the opinion that Verizon Communications Inc’s revenue for the current quarter will be 35.5B. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was 30.48B and 35.13B respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at 9.70%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at 1.00%.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of -6.03%. The 2024 estimates are for Verizon Communications Inc earnings to decrease by -2.57%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 0.89% per year.
VZ Dividends
Verizon Communications Inc is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report in November. The 6.12% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 2.67. It is important to note, however, that the 6.12% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision. During the past 5 years, the average dividend yield was 5.48 per year.
Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ)’s Major holders
If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 0.04% of Verizon Communications Inc shares while 64.36% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 64.39%. There are 64.36% institutions holding the Verizon Communications Inc stock share, with VANGUARD GROUP INC the top institutional holder. As of 2024-06-30, the company held 8.3995% of the shares, roughly 354.04 million VZ shares worth $14.6 billion.
BLACKROCK INC. holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 8.2769% or 348.87 million shares worth $14.39 billion as of 2024-06-30.
