Verizon Communications Inc [VZ] stock is trading at $43.75, down -1.06%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The VZ shares have gain 3.31% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 1.30%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Verizon Communications Inc [NYSE: VZ] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 11, 2025, when Evercore ISI upgraded its rating to a Outperform but kept the price target unchanged to $48 for it. Previously, Wolfe Research downgraded its rating to Peer Perform on March 12, 2025. On January 29, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy but maintained its price target of $40 on the stock. Bernstein started tracking the stock assigning a Mkt Perform rating and suggested a price target of $48 on December 10, 2024. KeyBanc Capital Markets downgraded its rating to a Sector Weight. Goldman started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on July 01, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $50. In a note dated March 22, 2024, Redburn Atlantic upgraded an Neutral rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $33 to $39.
Verizon Communications Inc [VZ] stock has fluctuated between $37.58 and $47.35 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $45 within the next 12 months. Verizon Communications Inc [NYSE: VZ] shares were valued at $43.75 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 2.86% based on the average VZ price forecast.
Analyzing the VZ fundamentals
Verizon Communications Inc [NYSE:VZ] reported sales of 135.29B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 1.53%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.6% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.22%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.17%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.13%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.05, Equity is 0.18 and Total Capital is 0.09. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of1.67.
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Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Verizon Communications Inc’s Current Ratio is 0.56. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.53, while the Cash Ratio is 0.04. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.36, the price to book ratio is 1.83 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 10.39.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Malady Kyle, EVP and Group CEO-VZ Business, that happened on May 08 ’25 when 10000.0 shares were sold. EVP and Group CEO-VZ Business, Malady Kyle completed a deal on May 07 ’25 to sell 9000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer Malady Kyle bought 10000.0 shares on May 08 ’25.
