VZ — Verizon Communications Inc

Stock analysis, trade plans, and proprietary indicators by Trend Edge.

Trend Edge Setup Score

Trend Edge rates VZ Bullish with a Setup Score of 0, net conviction 35, actionability 0. How the Setup Score works →

Total Setup Score0
Directional BiasBullish
Net Conviction35
Actionability0 (extended)

Key signals behind this score

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). The Consumer segment provides wireless services across the wireless networks in the United States under the Verizon and TracF… Read full Trend Edge analysis →

Trend Edge Proprietary Indicators

Key Metrics

Current Price$50.19
Market Cap$204.37B
Float4.15B
Shares Outstanding4.15B
P/E (Forward)9.84
P/E (TTM)12.84
Price/Sales (TTM)1.47
vs. Analyst Target+2.7% to analyst PT
Profit Margin11.64%
Operating Margin (TTM)23.00%
Revenue (TTM)$138.89B
Earnings Growth (YoY)-22.00%
Dividend Rate2.8%
Analyst Target Price$51.56 (26 analysts)

Financial History

Annual Revenue & Earnings History

YearRevenueNet IncomeGross ProfitEBITDA
2020 $128.29B $17.80B $60.37B $44.96B
2021 $133.61B $22.07B $61.11B $49.12B
2022 $136.84B $21.26B $60.60B $48.95B
2023 $133.97B $11.61B $61.46B $40.14B
2024 $134.79B $17.51B $62.80B $47.52B
2025 $138.19B $17.17B $63.08B $47.72B

Recent Quarterly Revenue & Net Income

QuarterRevenueNet Income
Sep 2025 $33.82B $4.95B
Dec 2025 $36.38B $2.34B
Mar 2026 $34.44B $5.04B
Jun 2026 $34.25B $3.83B

Ownership & Float

Insider Ownership0.1%
Institutional Ownership71.4%
Short Float2.0%
% of All Funds Holding35.16%
Number of Funds Holding3,093

Current Moving Averages

Trend Edge tracks near-term, medium-term, cyclical, and secular moving averages across weekly and monthly timeframes to identify trend structure at every horizon.

TimeframeSMAValueTrend Context
Weekly10-Week SMA$46.32Near-term / short-term trend
Weekly40-Week SMA$45.84Medium-term trend
Weekly80-Week SMA$44.36Cyclical trend (business cycle)
Weekly200-Week SMA$41.02Secular trend (multi-year)
Monthly10-Month SMA$46.19Near-term monthly trend
Monthly20-Month SMA$44.59Medium-term monthly trend
Monthly40-Month SMA$41.93Secular monthly trend

Volume Shelves — Support & Resistance

Trend Edge identifies volume shelves: price zones where historically elevated trading volume creates structural support or resistance. A volume shelf forms when a disproportionate share of cumulative volume was transacted at a specific price level, making it a high-conviction anchor for future price reactions.

Price LevelTypeVolume RatioAge
$43.00 support 1.15x 0 months ago
$41.00 support 1.41x 6 months ago

Historical Earnings Reactions (122 events)

TimeframeAvg ReturnMedianWin RateBestWorst
Gap 0.11% 0.11% 56.56% 2.74% -3.61%
1 Day 0.36% 0.06% 50.82% 14.63% -5.00%
1 Week 0.80% 0.52% 62.30% 18.11% -11.92%
2 Weeks 0.53% 0.42% 56.56% 13.93% -14.80%
1 Month 0.79% 0.71% 54.55% 18.25% -20.89%

Next earnings: October 20, 2026 (54 days away)

Seasonality & Day-of-Week Patterns

Monthly Seasonality

MonthAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Jan0.6%55.8%43
Feb-1.2%46.5%43
Mar1.0%55.8%43
Apr0.6%48.8%43
May0.1%41.9%43
Jun1.2%58.1%43
Jul-0.0%51.2%43
Aug-0.4%50.0%42
Sep0.8%57.1%42
Oct1.6%50.0%42
Nov1.4%54.8%42
Dec0.8%53.5%43

Day-of-Week Tendencies

DayAvg ReturnWin RateSamples
Monday 0.02% 48.7% 2034
Tuesday 0.03% 49.3% 2210
Wednesday -0.04% 46.0% 2207
Thursday 0.01% 49.0% 2166
Friday 0.12% 52.1% 2154

Top Institutional Holders

Institutional holder breakdown coming soon.

Total institutional ownership: 71.4%

Insider Transactions — Smart Summary

Total insider ownership: 0.1%

12-Month Insider Activity Summary

Total Filings6
Net Value-$5.1M
Net Shares Change-302,149
% of Float-0.0%
C-Suite Filings5
Clusters Detected0

Key Insiders

NameTitleNet ValueFilingsActivity
Vestberg Hans Erik -$11.2M 1 2 sell
Hammock Samantha EVP & Chief HR Officer -$3.5M 1 1 sell
Stillwell Mary-Lee SVP and Controller -$1.0M 1 N/A
Russo Joseph J. EVP&Pres-Global Networks&Tech -$429,905.52 1 1 sell
Malady Kyle EVP and Group CEO-VZ Business -$108,614 2 N/A

Significant Filings

DateInsiderTitleNet ValuePrice After
2026-06-02 Hammock Samantha EVP & Chief HR Officer -$3.5M Transaction at $47.83, now +4.9%
2026-02-25 Vestberg Hans Erik -$11.2M Transaction at $49.61, now +1.2%
2026-02-03 Russo Joseph J. EVP&Pres-Global Networks&Tech -$429,905.52 Transaction at $44.88, now +11.8%
2026-03-03 Stillwell Mary-Lee SVP and Controller -$1.0M Transaction at $50.07, now +0.2%
2026-08-26 Malady Kyle EVP and Group CEO-VZ Business -$55,066 Transaction at $50.06, now +0.3%
2026-08-19 Malady Kyle EVP and Group CEO-VZ Business -$53,548 Transaction at $48.68, now +3.1%

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AI Consult Analysis

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