VZ
Verizon Communications Inc.
Communication · NYSE · Market cap $208.2bn
$44.79
as of 16 Oct 2026, 13% below its 52-week high
Screens as reasonably placed to keep growing its dividend, with low cut-risk signals.
These scores are a resilience check on the dividend, not a recommendation to buy or sell. They are not financial advice.
- Trailing yield
- 6.28%Last 12 months of regular payments at today's price
- Forward yield
- 6.40%Each payment expected in the next 12 months, not the latest one doubled
- Earnings cover
- 1.4×Pays 72% of earnings
- Cash cover
- 1.7×Free cash flow over dividends paid
- 5y dividend growth
- +1.9% a yearNo cut since FY2008
- Next ex-dividend date
- Estimated12 Jan 2027Quarterly dividend of about $0.70
Quality
65
ModerateCapacity to keep growing the dividend
Risk
10
LowSignals of dividend-cut pressure
Trim
45
LowHow extended the valuation looks
Why Quality is 65
VZ against US companies in Telecommunications Services (8)
Valuation against its own history
As of the last reported period (30 Jun 2026). P80 means the figure is higher than 80% of VZ’s past readings.
- P/E11.5×P27, good for this measure
- Yield6.5%P81, good for this measure
- FCF payout57.7%P2, good for this measure
- Net debt / EBITDA15.32P23, good for this measure
- DGR 5y2.1%P11, poor for this measure
- ROIC1.4%P17, poor for this measure
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