profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Verizon
$46.36-0.41% today
+12.8% in 1 year
1-year low $38.911-year high $51.45
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $11.19 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Verizon sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $137 billion in 2022 to $138 billion in 2025, with $17.2 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Verizon handed back 58% of the cash it generated last year.
$11.5B
Free cash flow 2025$19.7B
Bought back its own shares–
Paid as dividends$11.5B
Cash vs. debt$19.0B vs. $181.6B
Verizon vs. similar companies
Verizon grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verizon | 11.2× · Cheap | ||
 China Mobile | 16.0× · Fair price | ||
 T-Mobile US | 16.4× · Fair price | ||
 AT&T | 6.8× · Cheap | ||
 Deutsche Telekom | 13.2× · Cheap |
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AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Verizon's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 128,292 | 133,613 | 136,835 | 133,974 | 134,788 | 138,191 | |
| – | – | 77,702 | 79,087 | 80,691 | 81,426 | |
| 28,798 | 32,448 | 30,467 | 28,718 | 28,686 | 29,259 | |
| 44,934 | 49,111 | 48,983 | 40,135 | 47,520 | 47,715 | |
| 17,801 | 22,065 | 21,256 | 11,614 | 17,506 | 17,174 | |
| 4.30 | 5.32 | 5.06 | 2.75 | 4.14 | 4.06 | |
| – | – | 56.8% | 59.0% | 59.9% | 58.9% | |
| 22.4% | 24.3% | 22.3% | 21.4% | 21.3% | 21.2% | |
| 13.9% | 16.5% | 15.5% | 8.7% | 13.0% | 12.4% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 316,481 | 366,596 | 379,680 | 380,255 | 384,711 | 404,258 |
| Cash | 22,171 | 2,921 | 2,605 | 2,065 | 4,194 | 19,048 |
| Total debt | 150,547 | 177,930 | 176,331 | 174,942 | 168,357 | 181,643 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 287,217 | 286,456 | 284,136 | 298,517 |
| 69,272 | 83,200 | 91,144 | 92,430 | 99,237 | 104,460 | |
| 4,142 | 4,150 | 4,204 | 4,215 | 4,223 | 4,231 | |
| 10.1% | 10.0% | 9.4% | 6.7% | 8.7% | 8.1% | |
| 25.7% | 26.5% | 23.3% | 12.6% | 17.6% | 16.4% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41,768 | 39,539 | 37,141 | 37,475 | 36,912 | 37,137 | |
| – | – | 26,740 | 24,563 | 17,990 | 17,461 | |
| – | – | 10,401 | 12,912 | 18,922 | 19,676 | |
| Dividends paid | 10,232 | 10,445 | 10,805 | 11,025 | 11,249 | 11,481 |
| – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| – | – | – | – | – | – |
Valuation
- 11.2×
- 9.4×
- –
- 1.7×
- 1.4×
- 9.8×
- 7.4×
- 10.2%
- 8.9%
- 5.8%
Profitability
- 58.9%
- 21.2%
- 12.4%
- 35.0%
- 8.3%
- 8.4%
- 16.7%
- 4.1%
- 8.5%
- –
Growth
- +1.5%
- −1.1%
- +6.4%
- +1.9%
- +0.2%
Financial health
- 3.4×
- 1.74
- 46.9%
- 4.4×
- 0.91
- 0.61
- 0.33
How it ranks in Communication Services
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 43%of 436
Top 25%of 438
Top 21%of 347
Bottom 30%of 440
Top 27%of 440
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $51.56
- Range
- $44.00 – $58.00
- 4 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2026 | 1.28 | 1.21 | +5.8% |
| Jan 30, 2026 | 1.09 | 1.05 | +3.8% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | 1.21 | 1.19 | +1.7% |
| Jul 21, 2025 | 1.22 | 1.19 | +2.5% |
| Apr 22, 2025 | 1.19 | 1.15 | +3.5% |
| Jan 24, 2025 | 1.10 | 1.11 | −0.9% |
| Oct 22, 2024 | 1.19 | 1.18 | +0.8% |
| Jul 22, 2024 | 1.15 | 1.15 | +0.0% |
5.8%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$58a year at today's yield, before tax
+1.9%2020 to 2025
Raised10 yearsin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$2.22 in 2015 → $2.72 in 2025
How safe it looks
66.9% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 58.4%
News
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
52No pass
Benjamin Graham
63Pass
Philip Fisher
51No pass
Peter Lynch
19No pass
Joel Greenblatt
44No pass
Charlie Munger
44No pass
Terry Smith
43No pass
Questions about Verizon
Is Verizon a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers, and the price looks low. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Verizon AI analysis
What does Verizon do?
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 is in Telecom Services, based in New York, NY, United States, with 99,600 employees.
Does Verizon pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 5.8% a year, about 67% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $11.5 billion in dividends.
Is Verizon stock halal?
No. Verizon does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 95% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Verizon stock done over the past year?
Up 12.8% over the past twelve months, to $46.36. It traded between $38.91 and $51.45 and is 9.9% below its high.
Who are Verizon's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are China Mobile, T-Mobile US, AT&T and Deutsche Telekom. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Verizon's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.