Whether you're a value, growth, or momentum investor, finding strong stocks becomes easier with the Zacks Style Scores, a top feature of the Zacks Premium research service.
Verizon Communications' robust free cash flow and strong dividend yield make it a compelling investment, especially amidst recent market volatility. The acquisition of Frontier Communications enhances Verizon's growth in Fiber Broadband, aiming to increase fixed wireless locations and subscribers significantly by 2028. Verizon's stock offers better value compared to AT&T, with a lower profit multiple and higher dividend yield, despite slightly slower earnings growth.
Looking beyond Wall Street's top -and-bottom-line estimate forecasts for Verizon (VZ), delve into some of its key metrics to gain a deeper insight into the company's potential performance for the quarter ended March 2025.
In the closing of the recent trading day, Verizon Communications (VZ) stood at $44.48, denoting a +0.41% change from the preceding trading day.
Verizon Communications Inc. is a defensive, dividend-focused stock, ideal for stability and income, not growth, with a 6.1% yield and consistent performance. The company outperformed in Q4 2024, meeting or exceeding targets, with strong broadband and wireless growth, and significant debt reduction. Despite cautious analyst forecasts for Q1 2025, Evercore ISI upgraded Verizon, citing underestimated broadband strategy and solid subscriber trends.
Verizon (VZ) possesses the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.
Verizon (VZ 1.77%) has gone on a nice run over the past several quarters. Shares of the telecom giant are up about 33% since late 2023.
Verizon's implied volatility is near a 52-week high (98% percentile) due to panics caused by tariff rates changes. However, such extreme IV underlying VZ's put options are disconnected from VZ's actual sensitivity to tariff rate changes. This disconnection offers an attractive setup for options sellers.
Verizon (VZ) has received quite a bit of attention from Zacks.com users lately. Therefore, it is wise to be aware of the facts that can impact the stock's prospects.
In recent years, the company's payout has not only been stable, but also above that of the broader market.
Verizon has gotten off to a decent start in FY25, with a 6% gain, outperforming other telecommunication stocks and large-caps that have witnessed a contraction. VZ's ability to keep up this phase of alpha will now be tested by its Q1 earnings which are due to be announced on the 22nd of April, pre-market. VZ has quite a patchy revenue track record during earnings season, and Q1 is also its seasonally softest quarter, compounded even more by competitive pricing by its peers.
Verizon Communications Inc.'s share price has risen over 6% in 2025, despite even recent concerns about tough Q1 numbers amid churn headwinds and the latest market fallout. Verizon provides predictable cash flow to help support its ~6.4% yield, making it attractive for dividend-focused investors, especially with potential Fed rate cuts. Besides our core VZ stock long position, we've also used options writing to help generate additional cash flow.