Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ)
Verizon Communications Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of communications, technology, information, and streaming products and services to consumers, businesses, and governmental entities worldwide.
Scored against other Communication Services stocks, not a fixed scale.
The quick read
Verizon Communications is right in the middle: the good and the not-so-good roughly cancel out.
- What's working
- It's priced lower than most other media and telecom companies, relative to its sales and profits.
- Worth watching
- Its balance sheet is more stretched than most other media and telecom companies.
Analyst price target
~12-month · 22 analystsPublished targets from Wall Street analysts (public data) — what analysts expect over roughly a year. This is not a StockGlow forecast and not a recommendation. Analyst targets are frequently wrong.
About Verizon Communications Inc.
Verizon Communications Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of communications, technology, information, and streaming products and services to consumers, businesses, and governmental entities worldwide. It operates in two segments, Verizon Consumer Group (Consumer) and Verizon Business Group (Business)…
- Sector
- Communication Services
- Industry
- Telecom Services
- Employees
- 97,600
- Headquarters
- New York, NY
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What’s behind the score
Valuation
P/E 11.7 — lower than 73% of Communication Services peers
P/B 1.8 — lower than 74% of Communication Services peers
P/S 1.3 — lower than 79% of Communication Services peers
EV/EBITDA 7.4 — lower than 63% of Communication Services peers
EV/Revenue 2.7 — lower than 58% of Communication Services peers
PEG 0.8 — lower than 69% of Communication Services peers
FCF yield 9.4% — higher than 74% of Communication Services peers
Profitability & quality
Gross margin 59.5% — higher than 47% of Communication Services peers
Operating margin 23.0% — higher than 53% of Communication Services peers
Net margin 11.6% — higher than 53% of Communication Services peers
ROE 15.8% — higher than 47% of Communication Services peers
ROA 5.0% — higher than 47% of Communication Services peers
Free cash flow is 108% of reported net income
Financial health
Debt/equity 1.8 — lower than 21% of Communication Services peers
Current ratio 0.60 — higher than 11% of Communication Services peers
Quick ratio 0.46 — higher than 16% of Communication Services peers
Cash/debt 0.01 — higher than 11% of Communication Services peers
Debt/EBITDA 3.79 — lower than 18% of Communication Services peers
Growth
Revenue growth -0.7% YoY — higher than 21% of Communication Services peers
Earnings growth -22.0% YoY — higher than 36% of Communication Services peers
Ownership & investor activity
Payout ratio 72.8% — atypical vs Communication Services peers
Institutions net sold, -12.0% of shares held
Insiders hold 0.1% of shares outstanding
2.1% of float sold short
Momentum
Below its 50- & 200-day averages
48% of the way from its 52-week low to high