Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) Stock

About Verizon Communications Inc.

Verizon Communications Inc. is led by CEO Daniel H. Schulman, employs 99,400 people, headquartered in New York City, US, publicly traded since 1983.

Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) stock trades at $46.35 with a market capitalization of $193.54B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 12.26, price-to-book of 1.89, price-to-sales of 1.42. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $38.39 and $51.68, and currently trades 10.3% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 6.01%.

On profitability, Verizon Communications Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 15.52%, above the typical market average, return on capital employed of 8.20%, an operating margin of 21.22%, a net profit margin of 11.64%.

In its most recent fiscal year, Verizon Communications Inc. reported annual revenue of $138.2B, net profit of $17.2B, revenue has compounded at 1.5% a year over the last five years, profit at -0.7% a year.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.81, a current ratio of 0.91, total assets of $404.3B, $19.0B in cash and equivalents.

VZ has a beta of 0.24 (less volatile than the overall market).