The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Friday, August 14, 2026

Subject of the day

VZ

Concerning the House

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). The Consumer segment provides wireless services across the wireless networks in the United States under the Verizon and TracFone brands and through wholesale and other arrangements; and fixed wireless access (FWA) broadband through its wireless networks, as well as related equipment and devices, such as smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, and other wireless-enabled connected devices. The segment also offers wireline services in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, as well as Washington D.C. through its fiber-optic network, Verizon Fios product portfolio, and a copper-based network. The Business segment provides wireless and wireline communications services and products, including FWA and wireline broadband, advanced communication services, corporate networking, security and managed network, local and long-distance voice, and network access services to deliver various IoT services and products to businesses, government customers, and wireless and wireline carriers in the United States and internationally. The company distributes its products and services through direct channels, company-operated stores, digital and omnichannel platforms, indirect agents, business solution resellers, and national retailers. The company was formerly known as Bell Atlantic Corporation and changed its name to Verizon Communications Inc. in June 2000. Verizon Communications Inc. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

United States · www.verizon.com

The Long Run

FY 2009–2025 · 17 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$138.19B+2.2%
Operating income$28.69B+4.6%
Net income$17.51B+10.3%
Cash from ops$37.48B+1.1%
Quotation

$48.22

+1.24 (+2.6%)

52w hi$49.77
52w lo$36.56
Vol17.90M
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.32

Short-0.02
Medium-0.50
Long-0.55

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Verizon Communications Inc.

Communication Services · Telecom Services

Market cap$200.34B
Enterprise value$388.32B
Trailing P/E12.56x
Forward P/E9.13x
EV / EBITDA7.60x
P / S (ttm)1.44x
Profit margin11.6%
Return on equity15.8%
Revenue growth-0.7%
Earnings growth-22.0%
Debt / equity184.08
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX-0.01
Corr SPX-0.00
Annual vol23.6%
Annual ret+11.5%
Sharpe0.49
Max DD-18.3%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.12
Sector-0.02
Technical-0.01
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$47.03$48.24$47.00$48.2217.90M
Aug 12$46.89$47.08$46.61$46.9812.12M
Aug 11$46.90$47.45$46.80$47.2713.31M
Aug 10$46.74$47.12$46.10$47.0315.46M
Aug 7$46.34$47.06$46.09$47.0620.55M