Dividend Adjusted Return
Sep 25, 2025 - Sep 25, 2026VZ 47.08 (+16.5%)
Communication Services 194.15 (+4.0%)
S&P 500 7743.41 (+17.9%)






Stock Rover estimates Verizon Communications’s intrinsic (fair) value at $56.47, against a recent price of $47.08, a margin of safety of 20%. Quantitative scores (0–100): Value 86, Quality 74, Growth 67, Sentiment 67. Analyst consensus: Buy.







Fair Value | $56.47 | |
Margin of Safety | 20% |
Value Score 86 Value Score: Our value score looks at EV/EBITDA, P/E, P/S, P/TB (Price/Tangible Book) and EPS Predictability. P/S and P/TB are compared within a sector. Other metrics are compared across all stocks | Quality Score 74 Quality Score: Our quality score compares profitability and balance sheet metrics to find high quality companies using ROIC, Net Margin, Gross Margin, Interest Coverage, and Debt / Equity metrics. |
Growth Score 67 Growth Score: Our growth score looks at the 5 year history and the forward estimates for EBITDA, Sales, and EPS growth, ranking the best companies across all stocks. | Sentiment Score 67 Sentiment Score: Our sentiment score finds stocks in favor by analyzing Short Interest, returns in key periods over the last year, Price vs. 52-wk High, Days Since 52-wk High and MACD signals. |
| VZ | Industry | S&P 500 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Value Score | 86 | 65 | 69 |
| Price / Earnings | 12.3 | 20.3 | 27.0 |
| Price / Sales | 1.4 | 1.4 | 3.7 |
| Price / Free Cash Flow | 9.8 | 12.1 | 36.3 |
| Price / Book | 1.9 | 1.8 | 5.9 |
| Price / Tangible Book | - | - | 374.0 |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.0 | 7.0 | 19.7 |
| EPS Predict. Pctl. | 85 | 59 | 71 |
| Piotroski F Score | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 5‑Year P/E Range | 6.1 20.1 |
| 5‑Year P/B Range | 1.4 3.2 |
| 5‑Year P/S Range | 1.0 1.7 |
| VZ | Industry | S&P 500 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Growth Score | 67 | 61 | 78 |
| Sales Growth | |||
| Sales Growth Next Year | 1.9% | 4.5% | 23.2% |
| Sales 1‑Year Chg (%) | 1.4% | -2.1% | 22.6% |
| Sales 3‑Year Avg (%) | 1.0% | 0.4% | 14.8% |
| Sales 5‑Year Avg (%) | 0.9% | 2.0% | 13.4% |
| EPS Growth | |||
| Next Yr. Growth Est. | 5.1% | 6.8% | 33.7% |
| EPS 1‑Year Chg (%) | -10.7% | -21.9% | 37.3% |
| EPS 3‑Year Avg (%) | -8.5% | -1.7% | 18.3% |
| EPS 5‑Year Avg (%) | -4.5% | -2.2% | 15.3% |






VZ | Verizon Communications | $195,606 | 12.3 | 6.0% | -6.3% | 16.0% | 20% | 86 | 67 | 74 |
TMUS | T-Mobile US | $177,452 | 17.3 | 2.8% | -8.4% | -29.0% | 24% | 79 | 84 | 74 |
T | AT&T | $173,913 | 8.4 | 4.4% | -1.5% | -6.1% | -1% | 85 | 60 | 82 |
CMCSA | Comcast | $77,750 | 7.1 | 6.0% | -19.2% | -22.4% | 35% | 96 | 45 | 77 |
AMX | America Movil SAB | $65,865 | 13.3 | 2.7% | -7.2% | 10.1% | 19% | 71 | 78 | 74 |
VOD | Vodafone Group | $38,463 | - | 3.2% | 3.0% | 53.5% | -16% | 64 | 49 | 49 |
CHT | Chunghwa Telecom Co | $35,800 | 28.2 | 3.5% | 6.9% | 9.9% | -17% | 74 | 72 | 91 |
ECHO | EchoStar | $26,205 | - | - | 4.1% | 23.2% | - | 31 | 25 | 35 |
VIV | Telefonica Brasil | $18,534 | 14.9 | 8.6% | -0.1% | 1.0% | 29% | 91 | 87 | 82 |
SKM | SK Telecom Co | $13,935 | 27.8 | 1.8% | -7.7% | 68.7% | 24% | 83 | 73 | 70 |
CHTR | Charter Communications | $12,923 | 2.9 | - | -27.2% | -58.3% | 72% | 98 | 73 | 69 |
KT | KT | $9,326 | 10.7 | 4.1% | 2.4% | 6.2% | 14% | 96 | 70 | 72 |
| VZ | Industry | S&P 500 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quality Score | 74 | 66 | 75 |
| Gross Margin | 59.3% | 59.9% | 32.8% |
| Operating Margin | 20.5% | 16.1% | 16.9% |
| Net Margin | 11.6% | 9.7% | 13.8% |
| Return on Assets | 4.1% | 4.7% | 15.4% |
| Return on Equity | 15.6% | 18.0% | 40.2% |
| ROIC | 7.6% | 8.3% | 32.2% |
| VZ | Industry | S&P 500 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sentiment Score | 67 | 43 | 62 |
| 5‑Day Return | -2.1% | -2.0% | 1.2% |
| 1‑Month Return | -6.3% | -0.7% | 1.1% |
| YTD Return | 21.4% | 8.6% | 14.0% |
| 1‑Year Return | 16.0% | 7.2% | 18.5% |
| 3‑Year Return | 73.6% | 51.3% | 85.1% |
| 5‑Year Return | 18.8% | 23.8% | 85.9% |
| Beta 1‑Year | -0.30 | 0.42 | 1.00 |






| VZ | Industry | |
|---|---|---|
| Forward Dividend Yield | 6.0% | 3.7% |
| Payout Ratio | 72.8% | 43.3% |
| TTM Yield | 5.9% | - |
| Fwd. Div. Per Share | $2.83 | $1.21 |
| Div. 1Y Chg (%) | 4.4% | - |
| Div. 3Y Avg (%) | 2.7% | - |
| Div. 5Y Avg (%) | 2.4% | - |
| Cons. Growth Years | 10+ | - |
| Div. Coverage Ratio | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| Current Ratio | 0.6 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.5 |
| Price | $47.08 |
| Net Cash Per Share | -$44.38 |
| Equity Per Share | $24.87 |
| Debt / Equity | 1.8 |
| Solvency Ratio | 16% |
| Interest Coverage | 3.9 |
| Short % of Float | 2.0% |
| Altman Z‑Score | 1.2 |
| Current Quarter EPS | |
|---|---|
# Up Last 30 days | 0.00 |
# Down Last 30 days | 0.00 |
Mean Estimate | 1.28 |
% Change (30 Days) | -0.50% |
| Next Quarter EPS | |
|---|---|
# Up Last 30 days | 0.00 |
# Down Last 30 days | 0.00 |
Mean Estimate | 1.16 |
% Change (30 Days) | 0.81% |
| Cur Qtr | Next Qtr | Cur Year | Next Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latest | $1.28 | $1.16 | $5.03 | $5.28 |
| 30 Days Ago | $1.28 | $1.15 | $5.01 | $5.28 |
| 90 Days Ago | $1.29 | $1.12 | $4.95 | $5.27 |
| % Change (90 Days) | -1.2% | 3.5% | 1.5% | 0.3% |
| Surprise Type | Amount | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Positive Quarters (> 2%) | 7 | 58.3% |
| Negative Quarters (< 2%) | 0 | - |
| In-Line Quarters (within 2%) | 5 | 41.7% |
| Surprise Type | Announce Date | Period End Date | Actual EPS | Est. EPS | Surprise (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | 07/24/26 | 06/30/26 | $1.30 | $1.27 | 2.4% |
| Positive | 04/27/26 | 03/31/26 | $1.28 | $1.22 | 4.9% |
| Positive | 01/23/26 | 12/31/25 | $1.09 | $1.06 | 2.8% |
| In-Line | 10/28/25 | 09/30/25 | $1.21 | $1.19 | 1.7% |
| Positive | 07/21/25 | 06/30/25 | $1.22 | $1.18 | 3.4% |
| Positive | 04/22/25 | - | $1.19 | $1.15 | 3.5% |
| VZ | Industry | S&P 500 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Monthly Return (5Y) | 12.4% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Worst Monthly Return (5Y) | -11.3% | -12.6% | -9.6% |
| Beta 1‑Year | -0.30 | 0.42 | 1.00 |
| Volatility 1‑Year | 0.25 | 0.14 | 0.13 |
| Volatility 1Y Pctl. | 24 | - | - |
| Max Drawdown 1‑Year | -17.0% | -27.3% | -8.8% |
| Max Drawdown 3‑Year | -17.0% | -31.6% | -18.7% |
| Max Drawdown 5‑Year | -38.4% | -39.3% | -24.6% |











AMX | America Movil SAB | 87 | 3.1% | 9.3% | 5.0% | 3.2% | 4.5% | 4.4% |
T | AT&T | 78 | 2.3% | 6.5% | 2.1% | 2.6% | 1.6% | -0.6% |
TMUS | T-Mobile US | 63 | 7.9% | 5.3% | 4.5% | 9.7% | 5.5% | 3.0% |
VZ | Verizon Communications | 26 | -0.7% | -22.0% | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1.0% | 0.9% |
CMCSA | Comcast | 5 | -1.2% | -66.8% | -2.0% | 0.6% | 1.2% | 2.8% |
CMCSA | Comcast | 92 | 7.1 | 6.1 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 4.1 36.0 |
T | AT&T | 84 | 8.4 | 9.9 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 5.3 - |
AMX | America Movil SAB | 75 | 13.3 | 10.6 | 4.1 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 10.6 44.7 |
TMUS | T-Mobile US | 52 | 17.3 | 11.9 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 17.0 123.7 |
VZ | Verizon Communications | 44 | 12.3 | 8.9 | - | 1.4 | 1.9 | 6.1 20.1 |
TMUS | T-Mobile US | 92 | 62.2% | 20.1% | 11.5% | 2.2% 20.0% | 0.7% 5.8% |
T | AT&T | 88 | 59.7% | 20.6% | 16.9% | -8.7% 20.0% | -1.8% 5.9% |
AMX | America Movil SAB | 84 | 62.4% | 21.5% | 9.4% | 5.4% 34.1% | -0.1% 1.9% |
CMCSA | Comcast | 78 | 69.4% | 14.7% | 9.0% | 6.6% 23.6% | 1.9% 8.4% |
VZ | Verizon Communications | 63 | 59.3% | 20.5% | 11.6% | 10.2% 28.6% | 2.7% 6.8% |
TMUS | T-Mobile US | 77 | 2.1 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 53.9% | 19% | 3.6% |
CMCSA | Comcast | 50 | 1.0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 55.4% | 23% | 2.6% |
AMX | America Movil SAB | 49 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 16.1% | 12% | 0.5% |
T | AT&T | 47 | 1.5 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 46.5% | 20% | 1.8% |
VZ | Verizon Communications | 44 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 0.5 | 49.0% | 16% | 2.0% |
CMCSA | Comcast | 92 | 6.0% | 6.0% | $21.91 | $1.32 | 10+ | 42.3% |
VZ | Verizon Communications | 88 | 6.0% | 5.9% | $47.08 | $2.83 | 10+ | 72.8% |
TMUS | T-Mobile US | 68 | 2.8% | 2.5% | $165.43 | $4.68 | 2 | 41.2% |
AMX | America Movil SAB | 59 | 2.7% | 2.7% | $22.03 | $0.59 | 9 | 35.2% |
T | AT&T | 47 | 4.4% | 4.4% | $25.38 | $1.11 | 0 | 36.8% |
T | AT&T | 54 | -1.5% | 14.7% | -9.8% | 5.8% | -6.1% | -0.35 | 0.25 | 86.2% |
VZ | Verizon Communications | 52 | -6.3% | 3.9% | -3.5% | 21.4% | 16.0% | -0.30 | 0.25 | 91.1% |
AMX | America Movil SAB | 29 | -7.2% | -15.2% | -12.2% | 7.9% | 10.1% | 0.56 | 0.26 | 77.4% |
TMUS | T-Mobile US | 20 | -8.4% | -8.4% | -20.9% | -17.2% | -29.0% | -0.34 | 0.30 | 68.7% |
CMCSA | Comcast | 17 | -19.2% | -2.1% | -21.8% | -18.8% | -22.4% | 0.15 | 0.32 | 66.7% |





2026 Dividends | $2.81 |
10/09/26 | 11/02/26 | Regular | $0.71 |
07/10/26 | 08/03/26 | Regular | $0.71 |
04/10/26 | 05/01/26 | Regular | $0.71 |
01/12/26 | 02/02/26 | Regular | $0.69 |
2025 Dividends | $2.72 |
10/10/25 | 11/03/25 | Regular | $0.69 |
07/10/25 | 08/01/25 | Regular | $0.68 |
04/10/25 | 05/01/25 | Regular | $0.68 |
01/10/25 | 02/03/25 | Regular | $0.68 |
2024 Dividends | $2.67 |
10/10/24 | 11/01/24 | Regular | $0.68 |
07/10/24 | 08/01/24 | Regular | $0.67 |
04/09/24 | 05/01/24 | Regular | $0.67 |
01/09/24 | 02/01/24 | Regular | $0.67 |
2023 Dividends | $2.62 |
10/06/23 | 11/01/23 | Regular | $0.67 |
07/07/23 | 08/01/23 | Regular | $0.65 |
04/06/23 | 05/01/23 | Regular | $0.65 |
01/09/23 | 02/01/23 | Regular | $0.65 |
2022 Dividends | $2.57 |
10/06/22 | 11/01/22 | Regular | $0.65 |
07/07/22 | 08/01/22 | Regular | $0.64 |
04/07/22 | 05/02/22 | Regular | $0.64 |
Ex-Dividend Date | 10/09/26 |
Payment Date | 11/02/26 |
Amount | $0.71 |
Type | Regular |
Regular Dividend | $0.71 |
Forward Dividend Rate | $2.83 |
Forward Dividend Yield | 6.0% |
Trailing 12 Months Dividends | $2.79 |
Trailing 12 Months Yield | 5.9% |
Payout Ratio | 72.8 |
Dividend Coverage Ratio | 1.4 |
Consecutive Growth Years | 10+ |
3 Year Growth Rate | 2.7% |
5 Year Growth Rate | 2.4% |
10 Year Growth Rate | 2.3% |
Price / Earnings | 12.3 | 10.3 | 16.7 | 6.4 | 7.7 |
Price / Cash Flow | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 4.5 |
Price / Book | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
Price / Tangible Book | - | - | - | - | - |
Price / Sales | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
EV / EBITDA | 8.0 | 7.2 | 8.9 | 6.4 | 7.3 |
Forward Dividend Yield | 6.0% | 6.3% | 6.0% | 7.9% | 6.5% |
Shareholder Yield | 6.0% | 6.3% | 6.0% | 7.9% | 6.5% |
Gross Margin | 59.3% | 59.4% | 59.8% | 58.1% | 57.4% |
Net Margin | 11.6% | 13.3% | 8.4% | 15.6% | 15.5% |
Return on Assets | 4.1% | 4.9% | 3.1% | 5.7% | 5.9% |
Return on Equity | 15.6% | 17.7% | 11.7% | 22.1% | 24.2% |
ROIC | 7.6% | 8.7% | 5.9% | 9.2% | 9.1% |
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VZ has outperformed its sector by 12.4% in the past year.
The Communication Services sector has underperformed the market by -13.9% in the past year.