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Verizon Communications (VZ) stock analysis

$43.56−2.20%Data as of Oct 21, 2026
  • VZ lost 6.2% over the past month versus 0.0% for the S&P 500, ranking 417th of 497 S&P 500 stocks.
  • Over 12 months it returned +10.3%, 5.5 points behind the S&P 500, and trades 15.3% below its 52-week high.
  • In the last 30 days 4 analysts raised earnings estimates and 6 cut; forward EPS moved −0.2% (+0.1% over 90 days).
  • It sits in the Wireless carriers segment of the Communications & Media, where the 1-month median return is −6.2%.
  • The daily chart reads Intermediate downtrend · Decline (since Oct 7, 2026).
Market cap$181.0B
12-month return+10.3%
Forward P/E8.3×
Mean target vs price+17.6%

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Performance vs the market

Total price return against the S&P 500 (SPY) and the median of US stocks in the same sector.

VZ−6.2%
Sector median−3.4%
S&P 5000.0%
VZ−0.6%
Sector median−4.2%
S&P 500+4.7%
VZ−5.3%
Sector median−7.8%
S&P 500+8.7%
VZ+10.3%
Sector median−4.2%
S&P 500+15.8%
1-month rank in the S&P 500417 / 497
3-month rank in its sector · Communication Services84 / 197

Chart structure

Read by our daily-bar structure engine from swing highs, swing lows and moving averages.

Intermediate downtrend · DeclineConfirmed

Holding since Oct 7, 2026

  • Close below EMA20 below EMA50
  • EMA50 fell over the last ten sessions
  • Confirmed swing highs and lows are falling
This pattern on this stock

92 occurrences in 10 years. The median move over the next 20 sessions was −0.8%, positive 45% of the time, against −0.4% for any day in the same period.

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Analyst earnings revisions

Changes to the consensus forward-EPS estimate. Rising estimates mean analysts see more profit ahead.

Forward EPS$5.27
30-day change−0.2%
90-day change+0.1%
Mean target$51.24 +17.6%
Raised (30d) 4Cut (30d) 6

22 analysts cover the stock

Fundamental shape vs peers

Six dimensions on fixed scales. The filled shape is the company; the outline is the peer average.

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ValuationRevisionsMomentumGrowthCashProfit

Ahead of peersValuation

Behind peersGrowth, Revisions

PeersTMUS · T · CMCSA · CHT

Where it sits in the supply chain

Communications & Media · Operators & studios

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Supplied by
Cell towers+2.5%
AMT+2.5%1 month
Its segment
Wireless carriers−6.2%
TMUS−5.3%1 monthVZ−6.2%1 monthT−12.7%1 month

Three national carriers compete for postpaid subscribers; pricing, device promotions and network quality set share and margins.

Sells into
Audiences & advertisers+5.2%
PG+5.8%1 monthKO+4.6%1 month

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Risk profile

Max drawdown, 12M−19.0%
Volatility, 60D27.8%
From 52-week high−15.3%
From 52-week low+17.1%
Trailing P/E11.3×
Forward P/E8.3×

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