Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE: VZ)
| Last Price | $44.41 |
| Net Change | $0.43 (0.98%) |
| Bid | $44.41 |
| Ask Price | $44.42 |
| Open Price | $44.8 |
| Previous Close Price | $43.98 |
| High Price | $44.83 |
| Low Price | $44.28 |
| Number of Trades | 32,528 |
| Volume | 9,104,501 |
| Fifty Two Week High | $55.82 (2016-08-01) |
| Fifty Two Week Low | $42.8 (2017-07-11) |
| Average Daily Volume | 15,325,769 |
| Share Outstanding | 4,079,370 Shares |
| Total Dividend Payout | 2.31/yr |
| Dividend Yield | 5.28% |
| 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 | $11.63 |
| EPS Growth | $-2.73 |
| Recent Earnings | $0.95 |
| Annual EPS | $3.76 |
| Last Quarter EPS | $ |
| Market Capitalization | $179.41B |
| Insider Shareholders % | 0.0013% |
| Annual Revenue | $0B |
| No. Shares Outstanding | 4,079,370 |
| Inst. Shareholder % | 62.61% |
| Annual Net Income | $0B |
| TTM Net Profit Margin | $1.88 |
| 1-Year Return | -15.92% |
| 3-Year Return | -2.09% |
| 5-Year Return | 22.69% |
| 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 | 5.28% |
| Change in EPS YTD | -2.73% |
| Dividends per Share | $0.577 |
| Stock Split Ratio | 2-1 |
| Beta | 0.54 |
Today's Verizon Stock Update
Sometimes all you have time for in the morning is a quick look at where your favorite stock is trading. That's why here we put together all your key Verizon stock info for today, July 26, 2017. You'll also get an overall picture of how VZ stock has traded over the past year.
First, the most recent closing price of VZ was $43.98. The Verizon stock price climbed 0.62% or $0.27 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...
At its current level, VZ is trading below where it was one-year ago, with the stock price lower by 21.28%.
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The Verizon stock price 52-week high is $56.25. That was hit on 7/26/2016. The VZ stock 52-week low is $42.80, reached on 7/11/2017. Some more numbers to note - VZ trading volume yesterday was 11,895,200. That's higher than Verizon stock's average daily trading volume of 9,819,252. The market cap of Verizon is 179,410,688,000. That means Verizon has a large market cap, because it's between 10 billion and 200 billion. As of April 1, 2016, the company with the biggest market cap of all publicly traded companies is Apple.
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The current P/E (price/earnings) ratio of Verizon stock is 11.76. That's lower 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 0.54. Verizon stock has a dividend yield of 5.28%. Most stocks considered "dividend stocks" have a yield of 2% or more. Money Morning gives you Verizon stock news daily. We publish new info on VZ and dozens of other key companies we're watching now, every day, so investors will never miss an opportunity. As always, our content is free.
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The Verizon stock price 52-week high is $56.25. That was hit on 7/26/2016. The VZ stock 52-week low is $42.80, reached on 7/11/2017. Some more numbers to note - VZ trading volume yesterday was 11,895,200. That's higher than Verizon stock's average daily trading volume of 9,819,252. The market cap of Verizon is 179,410,688,000. That means Verizon has a large market cap, because it's between 10 billion and 200 billion. As of April 1, 2016, the company with the biggest market cap of all publicly traded companies is Apple.
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The current P/E (price/earnings) ratio of Verizon stock is 11.76. That's lower 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 0.54. Verizon stock has a dividend yield of 5.28%. Most stocks considered "dividend stocks" have a yield of 2% or more. Money Morning gives you Verizon stock news daily. We publish new info on VZ and dozens of other key companies we're watching now, every day, so investors will never miss an opportunity. As always, our content is free.
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