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VZ

Verizon Communications · XNYS · 131 sessions on record
$45.87▼ −0.11 · −0.2%from $45.98 the session before · Sep 30, 2026 close · end of day
Open
$46.09
High
$46.34
Low
$45.73
Day's range
$0.621.3% of the previous close
VWAP
$45.98close −0.24% from it
Volume, shares
20M0.94× the 20-session average
Traded, $
$917.9M
Trades
129K160 shares per trade
Previous close
$45.98−0.11 to the close
Market cap
$190.58Bat the close of Sep 30
Day range24% of the way up
$45.73$46.34
52-week range47% of the way up
$40.76 Jul 2$51.67 Sep 15

−11% from the high · +13% from the low

The desk read · Sep 30expiry Oct 16 · 16 days
balanced
options read
calls 57% · puts 43% of OI
0.74
puts per call, by OI
Oct 16 expiry 0.86
$46.00
max pain
+0.28% from the close
$52.50
most call OI
12.1K contracts · +14% from the close
▲ +0.9%
option OI on the day
+8.28K contracts · 906K open

Balanced into a 16-day expiry: 0.74 puts per call by open interest, option OI +0.9% on the day, the most call OI sits at $52.50, the most put OI at $46.00, max pain $46.00.

Options

Sep 30 open interest · 17 expiries listed

VZ options carry 906K contracts of open interest across 17 expiries, 14% of it in the Oct 16 contract, with 0.74 puts per call.

Open interest by expirythe next 8 of 17 expiries · share of all open interest
Option open interest by expiry, the next 8 expiries
ExpiryCall OI · on the dayPut OI · on the dayPuts per callShare of OI %Strikes
Oct 22 days26K+47010.7K−1.08K0.414.138
Oct 99 days17.1K+1.78K8.33K+1950.492.838
Oct 1616 days66.5K−10057.2K+2640.861436
Oct 2323 days5.11K+4044.8K+240.941.129
Oct 3030 days4.59K+9603.37K+970.730.8828
Nov 637 days992+127359+370.360.1526
Nov 2051 days26.1K+51718.9K+1.29K0.735.033
Dec 1879 days78.7K−2160.7K+3530.771525

79% of open interest sits beyond the Oct 16 contract · 36 strikes listed for it · 906K contracts open in all

Monthly contractOct 16 expiry · 16 days

The Oct 16 contract holds 66.5K calls and 57.2K puts, the most call OI at $52.50 and the most put OI at $46.00; max pain $46.00, +0.28% from the close.

Call OI, contracts
66.5K−100 on the day
Put OI, contracts
57.2K+264 on the day
Puts per call, by OI
0.86all expiries 0.74
Max pain
$46.00+0.28% from the close
Strikes listed
36for this expiry
Open interest by strike, contractstop three strikes each side
Calls
Strike
Puts
12.1K
$52.50
10.8K
$50.00
6.25K
$49.00
$46.00
11.9K
$43.00
5.78K
$40.00
7.14K
Open interest added on the day, contractsthree largest additions each side
Calls
Strike
Puts
+36
$50.00
+106
$47.50
+21
$46.50
+19
$46.00
+230
$45.50
+54
Close $ · S&P 500 rebased to the first close126 sessions to Sep 30 · axis fixed at 4 × ATR-14 around the last close
131 sessions on file · from Mar 25
VZ close over the last 126 sessions, with S&P 500 rebased to the first close41.7150.1758.63axis spans 41%S&P 500VZApr 1Jul 2Sep 30126 sessions from Apr 1 to Sep 30; the price axis spans 41 percent.

Quarterly results

consolidated · latest filed Jul 31, 2026 · SEC filings

Revenue $34.25B, −0.73% on a year earlier; profit $3.83B, −23% in the Jun 2026 quarter, consolidated.

Last 8 quarters, consolidatedUS dollars as filed · year on year against the same quarter a year earlier · market: close on the first session after the filing against the last close before it, S&P 500 over the same session
Quarterly results of VZ on the consolidated basis with the market's move on the first session after each filing
QuarterRevenue $Revenue YoYProfit $Profit YoYEPS $Market on the day
Jun 2026filed Jul 31$34.25B▼ −0.73%$3.83B▼ −23%0.92▲ +1.2%S&P 500 +1.4% · −0.2 pp
Mar 2026filed May 1$34.44B▲ +2.9%$5.04B▲ +3.4%1.20▼ −1.1%S&P 500 −0.4% · −0.8 pp
Dec 2025filed Feb 17$36.38B▲ +2.0%$2.34B▼ −53%0.56—not reached
Sep 2025filed Oct 29$33.82B▲ +1.5%$4.95B▲ +50%1.17—not reached
Jun 2025filed Jul 31$34.50B▲ +5.2%$5.00B▲ +8.9%1.18▲ +1.2%S&P 500 +1.4% · −0.2 pp
Mar 2025filed May 1$33.48B▲ +1.5%$4.88B▲ +6.0%1.15▼ −1.1%S&P 500 −0.4% · −0.8 pp
Dec 2024filed Feb 12$35.68B▲ +1.6%$5.00B—1.18—not reached
Sep 2024filed Oct 29$33.33B−0.02%$3.31B▼ −31%0.78—not reached
By fiscal yearfiscal years as filed in the 10-K · named by the year the fiscal year ends
Financial-year results of VZ on the consolidated basis, summed from the quarters filed
YearRevenue $Revenue YoYProfit $Profit YoYEPS $
FY25to Dec 2025$138.19B▲ +2.5%$17.17B▼ −1.9%4.06
FY24to Dec 2024$134.79B▲ +0.61%$17.51B▲ +51%4.14
FY23to Dec 2023$133.97B▼ −2.1%$11.61B▼ −45%2.75
FY22to Dec 2022$136.84B▲ +2.4%$21.26B▼ −3.7%5.06
FY21to Dec 2021$133.61B▲ +4.2%$22.07B▲ +24%5.32

Fundamentals

consolidated · filings to Jun 2026 · close $45.87 on Sep 30

VZ trades at 12 times trailing earnings, revenue +1.4% over twelve months, a 3.1% dividend yield, market cap $190.58B.

Valuation
Market cap
$190.58Bon Sep 30
Price to earnings
12consolidated · four quarters to Jun 2026
Trailing EPS
$3.85diluted · consolidated · four quarters to Jun 2026
Price to book
—
Book value a share
—
Debt to equity
—
Return on equity
—
Dividend yield
3.1%$1.42 a share in 365 days
Price to sales
1.4market cap over revenue, four quarters to Jun 2026
Shares outstanding
4.15Bon Sep 30
Growthsums of the four quarters filed to Jun 2026 · growth against the four quarters before them · consolidated
Revenue, trailing 12 months
$138.90Bfour quarters to Jun 2026
Revenue growth, 12 months
▲ +1.4%against the twelve months before
Revenue 3-year CAGR
▲ +0.95%trailing twelve months against the twelve months 3 years earlier · consolidated
Profit, trailing 12 months
$16.17Bfour quarters to Jun 2026
Profit growth, 12 months
▼ −11%against the twelve months before
Profit 3-year CAGR
▼ −8.4%trailing twelve months against the twelve months 3 years earlier · consolidated

Shareholding

quarter to Jun 2026 · SEC Form 13F

13F managers hold 140% of shares, BlackRock, Inc. the largest at 19%, VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 12% and STATE STREET CORP 10%, as filed for the quarter to Jun 2026.

Held by 13F managers
140%of shares outstanding
Shares held
5.8B+0.89% on Mar 2026 among managers filing both
Managers holding
2,9783,106 a quarter earlier
Largest holder
19%BlackRock, Inc.
Largest 10 holderspercent of shares outstanding · change in shares against the previous quarter
Largest 13F holders of VZ
ManagerSharesOf outstandingValueChange on quarter
BlackRock, Inc.796M19%$33.72B+60.4M
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC518M12%$21.93B−2.38M
STATE STREET CORP419M10%$17.76B−10.4M
Sixth Street Partners Management Company, L.P.256M6.2%$10.82B—
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC256M6.2%$10.82B+29.7M
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC214M5.1%$9.02B+1.22M
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC155M3.7%$6.56B+1.19M
MORGAN STANLEY141M3.4%$5.95B−7.53M
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/122M2.9%$5.15B−2.48M
NORGES BANK109M2.6%$4.60B—
Insider tradesSEC Forms 3, 4 and 5 · the latest 10

No open-market insider buying or selling in the last 90 days.

VZ insider trades
InsiderTradeSharesPriceHeld after
Hammock SamanthaOfficersold · May 29, 202673,069$47.8316,221
Skiadas Anthony TOfficerexercised · Feb 27, 202636,234—197,457
Skiadas Anthony TOfficerwithheld for tax · Feb 27, 202617,683$50.14179,774
Skiadas Anthony TOfficerwithheld for tax · Feb 27, 202615,745$50.14209,387
Skiadas Anthony TOfficerwithheld for tax · Feb 27, 202615,667$50.14196,211
Skiadas Anthony TOfficerexercised · Feb 27, 202628,921—225,132
Skiadas Anthony TOfficerexercised · Feb 27, 202632,104—211,878
Vestberg Hans ErikDirectorwithheld for tax · Feb 27, 202634,114$50.14172,616
Vestberg Hans ErikDirectorexercised · Feb 27, 202666,276—263,358
Vestberg Hans ErikDirectorexercised · Feb 27, 202654,764—227,380

Corporate actions

exchange records

Nothing upcoming on record; the last was a dividend of $0.71 a share, ex-date Jul 10, 2026.

Actionsex-dates · upcoming first, then the last eight · dividends in dollars a share, splits as ratios
Corporate actions of VZ, upcoming first, then the most recent
Ex-dateActionAmount or ratioRecord date
recent
Jul 10, 2026dividend$0.71—
Apr 10, 2026dividend$0.71—
Calendardividends by ex-date
Dividends in 365 days
$1.42a share · ex-dates inside the year
Last dividend
$0.71ex-date Jul 10, 2026

Price history

131 sessions on record · to Sep 30 · end of day

VZ is −8.8% over 20 sessions against the S&P 500's +0.1%, 11% below its 52-week high, realised volatility 22% annualised.

Returns against S&P 500longest window first · S&P 500 over the same sessions
Returns of the stock and S&P 500 over six windows, longest first
WindowFrom $VZ %S&P 500 %Difference pp
120 sessionssince Apr 9$47.78▼ −4.0%▲ +12%−16
60 sessionssince Jul 7$42.59▲ +7.7%▲ +2.0%+5.7
20 sessionssince Sep 1$50.30▼ −8.8%▲ +0.11%−8.9
5 sessionssince Sep 23$46.52▼ −1.4%▼ −0.67%−0.73
1 sessionsince Sep 29$45.98▼ −0.24%▼ −0.21%−0.03
Averages of the closeclose against each average
5-session average
$46.59close −1.5% from it
20-session average
$48.71close −5.8% from it
50-session average
$48.24close −4.9% from it
Range and volumetrue range over 14 sessions · high to low over 20 · volume against the 20-session average
Average true range, 14
$1.02.3% of the close
Average day's range, 20
$0.871.9% of the close
Volume against 20 sessions
0.94×20M vs 21.2M average
Volatility and co-movement with S&P 500annualised from daily returns
Realised volatility, 20
22%≈ ±1.4% a session · moved more than that on 5 of 20
Realised volatility, 60
23%≈ ±1.5% a session · moved more than that on 15 of 60
Beta to S&P 500, 60
-0.01moved with S&P 500 on 32 of 60 sessions
Up and down sessionscloses above and below the previous close
Last 20 sessions
8 up · 12 downof 20
Last 60 sessions
30 up · 30 downof 60
Best session, 250
▲ +5.8%Jul 24
Worst session, 250
▼ −5.2%Jun 29

Verizon Communications is held by

4 headlines on VZ

latest Sep 29, 2026 · links go to the publisher

Short-sale volume

25 sessions · to Sep 30, 2026

Short sales were 50% of reported volume on Sep 30, 2026, against 45% over the last 25 sessions.

Last 10 sessionsshare of the day's reported volume
VZ daily short-sale volume
SessionShort volumeReported volumeShort share
Sep 30, 20263.06M6.12M50.0%
Sep 29, 20263.7M6.47M57.3%
Sep 28, 20263.91M6.99M55.9%
Sep 25, 20263.17M5.11M62.0%
Sep 24, 20264.06M7.8M52.0%
Sep 23, 20263.78M7.54M50.1%
Sep 22, 20268.21M12.1M68.0%
Sep 21, 20263.8M6.13M62.0%
Sep 18, 20263.46M6.37M54.3%
Sep 17, 20264.78M8.92M53.6%

Filings

SEC EDGAR · newest first
VZ SEC filings
FiledFormReport date
Sep 30, 20264Sep 29, 2026
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Sep 29, 20264Sep 25, 2026
Sep 29, 20263Sep 25, 2026
Sep 29, 20268-KSep 25, 2026
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Sep 16, 20264Sep 15, 2026
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About Verizon Communications

SEC and exchange records
Company
Verizon Communications
Exchange
XNYS
Industry
Telephone Communications (No Radiotelephone) · SEC standard industrial classification
SEC CIK
732712
Sessions on record
131
Price source
End of day · delayed
Computed
1 Oct, 10:39 pm IST

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