Verizon (VZ)
Communication Services · Integrated telecommunications and wireless services
A leading integrated communications provider delivering wireless, wireline broadband, video, and enterprise services across a nationwide network to 116 million consumer and 31 million business users.
What Verizon does
Verizon Communications is a holding company that operates as one of the world's largest communications providers through two main segments: Verizon Consumer Group and Verizon Business Group. The Consumer segment provides wireless and wireline services (fiber-optic, fixed wireless access, and traditional copper broadband) to residential customers, with approximately 116 million wireless connections and 11 million broadband connections. The Business segment offers mobility, FWA, wireline broadband, IoT connectivity, advanced communications, corporate networking, voice services, and managed network services to enterprises and public sector customers, with approximately 31 million wireless connections and 3 million broadband connections.
Themes: ["wireless networks (5G/4G LTE)","fiber broadband expansion","fixed wireless access (FWA)","business connectivity and IoT","video and entertainment services","device protection services","managed enterprise services"]
Fundamentals
- Price$42.45 as of 2026-07-08 close
- Market cap$187.7B as of 2026-07-09
- 1-year return-1.4% as of 2026-07-08 close
- P/E10.82 as of 2026-07-09
- Net margin+12.5% as of 2026-07-09
- Gross margin+58.9% as of 2026-07-09
- ROE+16.7% as of 2026-07-09
- Debt / equity1.67 as of 2026-07-09
- Revenue growth (YoY)+2.9% as of 2026-07-09
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+0.3% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.25 as of 2026-07-09
Dividend: yield +5.9%; 5-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Intense competition from other wireless carriers and broadband providers affecting customer acquisition and retention; market saturation in mature wireless markets limiting growth","Significant capital expenditure requirements for network deployment, spectrum licenses, and technology upgrades to maintain competitive 5G and fiber broadband infrastructure","Regulatory and compliance risks including potential changes in spectrum allocation policies, net neutrality regulations, and data privacy requirements that could impact operations and costs"]
Competitors & peers
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-09. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.