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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. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for ten consecutive years.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to December
| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Price, $ | Low | 43.79 | 42.80 | 46.09 | 52.28 | 48.84 | 49.69 | 34.55 | 30.14 | 37.56 | 37.59 |
Analyst estimates 2026–2028 Powerpack |
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| High | 56.95 | 54.83 | 61.58 | 62.22 | 61.95 | 59.85 | 55.51 | 42.58 | 45.36 | 47.36 | |||||
| People | |||||||||||||||
| People | Employees | 160,900 | 155,400 | 144,500 | 135,000 | 132,200 | 118,400 | 117,100 | 105,400 | 99,600 | 89,900 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.78 | 0.81 | 0.91 | 0.98 | 0.97 | 1.13 | 1.17 | 1.27 | 1.35 | 1.54 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 125,980 | 126,034 | 130,863 | 131,868 | 128,292 | 133,613 | 136,835 | 133,974 | 134,788 | 138,191 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 58.17 | 57.90 | 57.58 | 58.50 | 60.09 | 57.86 | 56.79 | 59.03 | 59.87 | 58.92 | |||||
| EBT | 20,986 | 20,594 | 19,623 | 22,733 | 23,967 | 29,420 | 28,271 | 16,987 | 22,979 | 22,672 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 16.66 | 16.34 | 15.00 | 17.24 | 18.68 | 22.02 | 20.66 | 12.68 | 17.05 | 16.41 | |||||
| Net income | 13,608 | 30,550 | 16,039 | 19,788 | 18,348 | 22,618 | 21,748 | 12,095 | 17,949 | 17,608 | |||||
| Depreciation | 15,928 | 16,954 | 17,403 | 16,682 | 16,720 | 16,206 | 17,099 | 23,465 | 17,892 | 18,349 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 30.88 | 30.86 | 31.70 | 31.87 | 30.99 | 32.21 | 32.56 | 31.82 | 31.96 | 32.70 | ||||
| Earnings | 3.22 | 7.37 | 3.76 | 4.66 | 4.30 | 5.32 | 5.06 | 2.76 | 4.15 | 4.06 | |||||
| Cash flow | 5.32 | 5.95 | 8.32 | 8.64 | 10.09 | 9.53 | 8.84 | 8.90 | 8.75 | 8.79 | |||||
| Capex | (4.31) | (4.37) | (4.38) | (4.55) | (5.34) | (16.36) | (6.36) | (5.83) | (4.27) | (4.13) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 1.00 | 1.59 | 3.94 | 4.09 | 4.75 | (6.83) | 2.48 | 3.07 | 4.49 | 4.66 | |||||
| Book value | 5.89 | 10.94 | 13.25 | 15.18 | 16.73 | 20.06 | 22.00 | 22.27 | 23.84 | 25.02 | |||||
| Shares, m | 4,080 | 4,084 | 4,128 | 4,138 | 4,140 | 4,148 | 4,202 | 4,211 | 4,218 | 4,226 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 16.95 | 7.25 | 14.91 | 13.18 | 13.66 | 9.75 | 7.93 | 14.09 | 9.64 | 10.03 | ||||
| P/S | 1.77 | 1.73 | 1.77 | 1.93 | 1.90 | 1.61 | 1.23 | 1.22 | 1.25 | 1.25 | |||||
| P/B | 9.27 | 4.89 | 4.24 | 4.04 | 3.51 | 2.59 | 1.82 | 1.75 | 1.68 | 1.63 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 2.60 | 2.65 | 2.45 | 2.75 | 2.73 | 2.72 | 2.31 | 2.33 | 2.29 | 2.25 | |||||
| EV/FCF | 80.05 | 51.42 | 19.71 | 21.47 | 17.79 | (12.82) | 30.44 | 24.19 | 16.30 | 15.82 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 21,689 | 24,318 | 34,339 | 35,746 | 41,768 | 39,539 | 37,141 | 37,475 | 36,912 | 37,137 | ||||
| Capex | (17,593) | (17,830) | (18,087) | (18,837) | (22,088) | (67,882) | (26,740) | (24,563) | (17,990) | (17,461) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 4,096 | 6,488 | 16,252 | 16,909 | 19,680 | (28,343) | 10,401 | 12,912 | 18,922 | 19,676 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | (3,945) | (3,124) | (3,294) | (7,395) | 14,934 | (10,432) | (12,314) | (16,409) | (24,248) | (5,448) | ||||
| Total debt | 108,078 | 117,095 | 90,929 | 111,489 | 129,062 | 150,868 | 150,639 | 150,674 | 144,014 | 158,150 | |||||
| Net debt | 105,198 | 115,016 | 88,184 | 108,895 | 106,891 | 147,947 | 148,034 | 148,609 | 139,820 | 139,102 | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 24,032 | 44,687 | 54,710 | 62,835 | 69,272 | 83,200 | 92,463 | 93,799 | 100,575 | 105,741 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 5.38 | 12.01 | 5.95 | 6.92 | 5.85 | 6.46 | 5.70 | 3.06 | 4.58 | 4.35 | ||||
| ROIC | 14.15 | 10.73 | 9.74 | 11.06 | 10.22 | 8.77 | 7.92 | 5.90 | 7.46 | 7.47 | |||||
| ROE | 62.70 | 87.61 | 31.24 | 32.78 | 26.95 | 28.94 | 24.20 | 12.47 | 18.01 | 16.65 | |||||
Negative figures in brackets.
Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
Charts ten years each
Verizon Communications Inc. peers in Telecom Services
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| VOD Vodafone Group PLC | $38.9B | 33.5× | Compare |
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VZ metrics, ten years each
- Revenue
- Net income
- EPS (diluted)
- EBITDA
- Free cash flow
- Operating cash flow
- Gross margin
- Operating margin
- Net margin
- Free cash flow margin
- P/E ratio
- P/S ratio
- P/B ratio
- Price to free cash flow
- EV/EBITDA
- EV/Sales
- EV/FCF
- Return on equity
- Return on assets
- Return on invested capital
- Debt to equity
- Current ratio
- Total debt
- Shares outstanding
- Book value per share
- Revenue growth
- Piotroski F-score
- Altman Z-score
- Beneish M-score
Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) key facts
- Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) is a Telecom Services company in the Communication Services sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
- Verizon Communications Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $138.2 billion, up 2.52% from fiscal 2024.
- Net income was $17.6 billion, or $4.06 per share (basic), a net margin of 12.4%.
- As of October 8, 2026, VZ traded at $46.35, a market capitalization of $190.2 billion.
- At that price the stock trades at 12.1× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 1.4× sales; its P/E is higher than 53% of its own readings over the past ten years.
- Verizon Communications Inc. pays an annual dividend of $3.50 per share, a yield of 7.56%, with a payout ratio of 91.2%.
- Return on equity was 16.7% and debt-to-equity 1.57.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 4 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.24 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.