In last trading session, Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) saw 15.83 million shares changing hands with its beta currently measuring 0.37. Company’s recent per share price level of $42.1 trading at -$0.02 or -0.05% at ring of the bell on the day assigns it a market valuation of $177.50B. That closing price of VZ’s stock is at a discount of -12.47% from its 52-week high price of $47.35 and is indicating a premium of 10.74% from its 52-week low price of $37.58. Taking a look at company’s average trading volume for last 10-days demonstrates a volume of 19.93 million shares which gives us an average trading volume of 20.00 million if we extend that period to 3-months.
For Verizon Communications Inc (VZ), analysts’ consensus is at an average recommendation of Buy while assigning it a mean rating of 2.35. Splitting up the data highlights that, out of 18 analysts covering the stock, 0 rated the stock as a Sell while 0 recommended an Overweight rating for the stock. 6 suggested the stock as a Hold whereas 12 see the stock as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) advised it as an Underweight.
Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) trade information
Upright in the red during last session for losing -0.05%, in the last five days VZ remained trading in the green while hitting it’s week-highest on Tuesday, 06/24/25 when the stock touched $42.1 price level, adding 1.47% to its value on the day. Verizon Communications Inc’s shares saw a change of 2.26% in year-to-date performance and have moved 1.03% in past 5-day. Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) showed a performance of -3.22% in past 30-days. Number of shares sold short was 86.27 million shares which calculate 5.83 days to cover the short interests.
Wall Street analysts have assigned a consensus price target of 45 to the stock, which implies a rise of 6.44% to its current value. Analysts have been projecting 45 as a low price target for the stock while placing it at a high target of 45. It follows that stock’s current price would drop -6.89% in reaching the projected high whereas dropping to the targeted low would mean a loss of -6.89% for stock’s current value.
Weighing up company’s earnings over the past 5-year and in the next 5-year periods, we find the company posting an annual earnings growth rate of -2.29% during past 5 years. In 2025, company’s earnings growth rate is likely to be around 2.02% while estimates for its earnings growth in next 5 years are of 3.02%.
VZ Dividends
Verizon Communications Inc is more likely to be releasing its next quarterly report on 2025-Apr-22 and investors are confident in the company announcing better current-quarter dividends despite the fact that it has been facing issues arising out of mounting debt. With an annual yield of 6.41%, the share has a forward dividend of 2.70 which implies that company’s dividend yield remained growing in trailing twelve months while having a 5 year average dividend yield of 5.76%.
Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ)’s Major holders
Insiders are in possession of 0.03% of company’s total shares while institution are holding 67.52 percent of that, with stock having share float percentage of 67.54%. Investors also watch the number of corporate investors in a company very closely, which is 67.52% institutions for Verizon Communications Inc that are currently holding shares of the company. VANGUARD GROUP INC is the top institutional holder at VZ for having 354.04 million shares of worth $14.6 billion. And as of 2024-06-30, it was holding 8.3995 of the company’s outstanding shares.
The second largest institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., which was holding about 348.87 million shares on 2024-06-30. The number of shares represents firm’s hold over 8.2769 of outstanding shares, having a total worth of $14.39 billion.
