Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE: VZ)
| Last Price | $45.55 |
| Net Change | $0.16 (0.35%) |
| Bid | $45.55 |
| Ask Price | $45.56 |
| Open Price | $45.45 |
| Previous Close Price | $45.39 |
| High Price | $45.7 |
| Low Price | $45.45 |
| Number of Trades | 2,411 |
| Volume | 654,131 |
| Fifty Two Week High | $56.95 (2016-07-05) |
| Fifty Two Week Low | $44.46 (2017-05-17) |
| Average Daily Volume | 15,539,166 |
| Share Outstanding | 4,079,370 Shares |
| Total Dividend Payout | 2.31/yr |
| Dividend Yield | 5.09% |
| 1st Quarter Earnings | $0.95 (2017-04-20) |
| 2nd Quarter Earnings | $0.86 (2017-01-24) |
| 3nd Quarter Earnings | $1.01 (2016-10-20) |
| 4th Quarter Earnings | $0.94 (2016-07-26) |
| PE Ratio | $12.08 |
| EPS Growth | $-2.63 |
| Recent Earnings | $0.95 |
| Annual EPS | $3.76 |
| Last Quarter EPS | $ |
| Market Capitalization | $185.16B |
| Insider Shareholders % | 0.0013% |
| Annual Revenue | $0B |
| No. Shares Outstanding | 4,079,370 |
| Inst. Shareholder % | 62.53% |
| Annual Net Income | $12.27B |
| TTM Net Profit Margin | $9.92 |
| 1-Year Return | -12.88% |
| 3-Year Return | 5.24% |
| 5-Year Return | 30.01% |
| 5-Year Revenue Growth | 13.62% |
| 5-Year Earnings Growth | 79.53% |
| 5-Year Dividend Growth | 15.82% |
| Annual Dividend | $2.31 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 5.09% |
| Change in EPS YTD | -2.63% |
| Dividends per Share | $0.577 |
| Stock Split Ratio | 2-1 |
| Beta | 0.56 |
Today's Verizon Stock Update
This Verizon stock price update gives you some of the most important numbers you need to evaluate VZ today, June 24, 2017.
We'll start with where VZ ended trading yesterday -- at a share price of $45.39. Verizon shares dropped 0.07% or $0.03 from the day before.
Just looking at the Verizon stock price in a short time frame is not as helpful as looking at a year's worth of share price data, so let's do that...
The Verizon stock price is at a lower price than it was last year at this time, with the stock price lower by 16.97%.
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The Verizon stock price 52-week high is $56.95. That was hit on 7/05/2016. The VZ stock 52-week low is $44.46, reached on 5/17/2017. Another number to note - VZ trading volume yesterday was 10,511,300. That's greater than Verizon stock's average daily trading volume of 10,069,837. Let's look at Verizon's market cap, which is shares outstanding multiplied by Verizon's share price. Verizon has a market cap of 185,162,608,000. That means Verizon has a large market cap, because it's between 10 billion and 200 billion. As of April 2016, Apple has the biggest market cap of all publicly traded companies.
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The current P/E (price/earnings) ratio of Verizon stock is 12.08. That's smaller than the March 2016 S&P 500 P/E ratio of about 23. To really gauge if this stock's P/E is high or low, you should compare VZ to other companies in the same industry. The current EPS (earnings per share) of VZ is 3.00. Beta - how closely the stock trades with the overall market, with a beta of 1 meaning it trades in step with the broader index -- for Verizon is 0.56. Verizon stock has a dividend yield of 5.09%. Generally a dividend yield of 2% or more is decent for those investors who want income from dividend stocks. For more info on Verizon stock, check out all the free content we give you at Money Morning. You'll find VZ stock news and coverage on dozens of other key stocks, updated daily.
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The Verizon stock price 52-week high is $56.95. That was hit on 7/05/2016. The VZ stock 52-week low is $44.46, reached on 5/17/2017. Another number to note - VZ trading volume yesterday was 10,511,300. That's greater than Verizon stock's average daily trading volume of 10,069,837. Let's look at Verizon's market cap, which is shares outstanding multiplied by Verizon's share price. Verizon has a market cap of 185,162,608,000. That means Verizon has a large market cap, because it's between 10 billion and 200 billion. As of April 2016, Apple has the biggest market cap of all publicly traded companies.
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The current P/E (price/earnings) ratio of Verizon stock is 12.08. That's smaller than the March 2016 S&P 500 P/E ratio of about 23. To really gauge if this stock's P/E is high or low, you should compare VZ to other companies in the same industry. The current EPS (earnings per share) of VZ is 3.00. Beta - how closely the stock trades with the overall market, with a beta of 1 meaning it trades in step with the broader index -- for Verizon is 0.56. Verizon stock has a dividend yield of 5.09%. Generally a dividend yield of 2% or more is decent for those investors who want income from dividend stocks. For more info on Verizon stock, check out all the free content we give you at Money Morning. You'll find VZ stock news and coverage on dozens of other key stocks, updated daily.
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