Verizon
VZ
Market cap $184B

43.01 USD

-0.15

0.35%

At close Jun 13, 4:00 PM EDT

After hours

43.08

+0.07

0.16%

1 day

-0.35%

5 days

-1.47%

1 month

0.84%

3 months

-1.60%

6 months

1.73%

Year to date

6.96%

1 year

8.12%

5 years

-23.40%

10 years

-8.49%

About: Wireless services account for nearly 75% of Verizon Communications' total service revenue and nearly all of its operating income. The firm serves about 93 million postpaid and 20 million prepaid phone customers via its nationwide network, making it the largest US wireless carrier. Fixed-line telecom operations include local networks in the Northeast, which reach about 30 million homes and businesses, including about 20 million with the Fios fiber optic network. These networks serve about 8 million broadband customers. Verizon also provides telecom services nationwide to enterprise customers, often using a mixture of its own and other carriers' networks. Verizon agreed to acquire Frontier Communications in September 2024.

Employees: 99,600

Communication Services Telecom Services

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Funds holding %

of 7,296 funds

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Analysts bullish %

of 4 analysts

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

27% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 223 | Existing positions closed: 175

26% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 47 [Q4 2024] → 59 (+12) [Q1 2025]

13% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $2.25B | Put options by funds: $1.99B

10% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $112B [Q4 2024] → $122B (+$10.6B) [Q1 2025]

4% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 1,294 | Existing positions reduced: 1,250

0.09% more ownership

Funds ownership: 64.0% [Q4 2024] → 64.09% (+0.09%) [Q1 2025]

1% less funds holding

Funds holding: 2,995 [Q4 2024] → 2,974 (-21) [Q1 2025]

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Research analyst outlook

4 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

Low target

$45

5%

upside

Avg. target

$50

16%

upside

High target

$56

30%

upside

4 analyst ratings

2 positive

50%

2 neutral

50%

0 negative

0%

Tigress Financial Ivan Feinseth	30%upside $56	Buy Maintained	28 Apr 2025
Scotiabank Maher Yaghi	14%upside $49	Sector Perform Maintained	23 Apr 2025
Oppenheimer Timothy Horan	16%upside $50	Outperform Maintained	1 Apr 2025
RBC Capital Jonathan Atkin	5%upside $45	Sector Perform Reiterated	25 Mar 2025

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Financial journalist opinion

Based on 69 articles about VZ published over the past 30 days

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