Verizon Communications Inc.

VZ Communication Services Telecom Services

Verizon Communications Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $138.2 billion, up 2.52% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+1.45%
EPS
+6.84%
Free cash flow
−33.3%
Total debt
+13.3%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

45.94 0.18 −0.39%
Market cap
$191.2B
P/E
11.8×
Fwd P/E
9.9×
Dividend yield
6.10%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
1.24
Beneish M
−2.69
Dividend safety
52/100

Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) Free cash flow margin

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Verizon Communications Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 12.8%, down 1.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (14.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −21.2% (fiscal 2021) to 15.3% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Telecom Services industry median of 2.87% and above the Communication Services sector median of 1.75%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 14.2% 0.20
FY2024 14.0% 4.40
FY2023 9.64% 2.04
FY2022 7.60% 28.81
FY2021 −21.2% (36.55)
FY2020 15.3% 2.52
FY2019 12.8% 0.40
FY2018 12.4% 7.27
FY2017 5.15% 1.90
FY2016 3.25% (5.34)

Against its own ten years

Low −21.2% High 15.3%
Ten-year median 9.64%
Current reading's percentile 91

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
TMUS T-Mobile US, Inc. compare 22.3%
CHT Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. compare 21.7%
CMCSA Comcast Corporation compare 13.9%
T AT&T Inc. compare 13.8%
VZ Verizon Communications Inc. 12.8%
ORANY Orange compare 0.00%
AMX America Movil, S.A.B. de C.V. Unsponsored ADR compare 0.00%
VOD Vodafone Group PLC compare 0.00%
ECHO EchoStar Corporation compare −4.38%
Telecom Services industry median 2.87%
Communication Services sector median 1.75%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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