Verizon Communications (VZ)

Communication Services · Telecom Services · S&P 500
$45.98 +0.28% on the day Market cap $194.1B 52-week range $38.39 to $51.68 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Verizon Communications's free cash flow isn't comparable to its market value here, so a cash-flow reverse DCF doesn't give a meaningful answer. The Modeling tab works from revenue and margins instead.

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from VZ's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation8
Profitability6
Growth0
Financial health1

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)11.3x
P/E (forward)9.18x
Price / free cash flow9.64x
EV / EBITDA7.86x
Price / sales1.40x
Price / book1.84x
Revenue growth-0.7%
Operating margin20.5%
Net margin11.6%
Return on equity15.4%
Dividend yield6.1%
Debt / equity2.90x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Verizon Communications's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$133.6B$136.8B$134.0B$134.8B$138.2B
Net income$22.1B$21.3B$11.6B$17.5B$17.2B
Free cash flow—————
EPS (diluted)$5.32$5.06$2.75$4.14$4.06
Operating margin24.3%22.3%17.1%21.3%21.2%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

Consumer$106.8B79%
Business$29.1B21%

Superinvestors who own VZ

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 12 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Trimmed $360M0.13%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Trimmed $13M0.03%Q2 2026
Bill Miller
Miller Value Partners
Held $7M1.7%Q2 2026
Mario Gabelli
GAMCO Investors
Trimmed $4M0.04%Q2 2026
Hersh Cohen
ClearBridge Investments
Added $2M0.00%Q2 2026
Tweedy, Browne
Tweedy, Browne Company
Trimmed $1M0.08%Q2 2026
Donald Yacktman
Yacktman Asset Management
Held $846,8000.01%Q2 2026
Eric Marshall
Hodges Capital Management
Trimmed $654,8780.04%Q2 2026
Mark Boyar
Boyar Asset Management
Added $550,9560.32%Q2 2026
Murray Stahl
Horizon Kinetics LLC
Added $341,5140.00%Q2 2026
Thomas Kahn
Kahn Brothers Group
Held $240,5750.04%Q2 2026
Dodge & Cox
Dodge & Cox
Held $232,8700.0%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Verizon Communications's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Jan 23, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$39.53—
Jan 23, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$39.53—
Jan 13, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$39.01—
Jan 13, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$39.01—
Dec 12, 2025 Gary C. Peters
0$40.91—
Dec 12, 2025 Gary C. Peters
0$40.91—
Dec 10, 2025 Tim Moore
0$39.94—
Dec 10, 2025 Tim Moore
0$39.94—
Nov 10, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$39.84—
Nov 10, 2025 Ro Khanna
0$39.84—

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
Growth implied by revenue and margins
15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

Are Verizon Communications insiders buying the stock?

10 open-market insider purchases of VZ in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Verizon Communications?

12 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold VZ in their latest 13F, including Cliff Asness, Joel Greenblatt, Bill Miller.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.