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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue was flat, EPS fell 22.0%, free cash flow grew 5.91% and total debt rose 13.2%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years.

44.66 0.26 +0.59%
Market cap
$184.5B
P/E
11.6×
Fwd P/E
9.4×
Dividend yield
6.30%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
1.24
Beneish M
−2.69
Dividend safety
52/100

Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) Operating margin

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Verizon Communications Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 20.5%, down 0.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (21.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 17.0% (fiscal 2018) to 25.1% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Telecom Services industry median of 7.62% and above the Communication Services sector median of 0.35%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 21.2% (0.11)
FY2024 21.3% 4.20
FY2023 17.1% (5.19)
FY2022 22.3% (2.02)
FY2021 24.3% 1.84
FY2020 22.5% (0.59)
FY2019 23.0% 6.02
FY2018 17.0% (4.74)
FY2017 21.8% (1.46)
FY2016 23.2% (1.90)

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 21.0% (2.97)
Mar 2026 23.9% 10.18
Dec 2025 13.8% (10.21)
Sep 2025 24.0% 0.28
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Against its own ten years

Low 17.0% High 25.1%
Ten-year median 22.3%
Current reading's percentile 24

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
AMX America Movil, S.A.B. de C.V. Unsponsored ADR compare 21.0%
VZ Verizon Communications Inc. 20.5%
CHT Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. compare 20.4%
T AT&T Inc. compare 20.1%
TMUS T-Mobile US, Inc. compare 19.8%
CMCSA Comcast Corporation compare 14.7%
ORANY Orange compare 0.00%
VOD Vodafone Group PLC compare 0.00%
ECHO EchoStar Corporation compare −112.7%
Telecom Services industry median 7.62%
Communication Services sector median 0.35%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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