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Verizon Communications Inc (VZ) fair value: what the stock is really worth

We calculate from audited financials what Verizon Communications Inc is really worth. The fair value tells you whether the price is too high or too low, the quality score (0 to 100) how solid the business behind it is. 26 models, 37 quality factors, updated daily, free.

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Communication Services · US · Market cap $177B · ISIN US92343V1044

At a glance

VC Verizon Communications Inc logo Verizon Communications Inc VZ · US
Price$50.14
Fair Value$64.43
Upside+28.5%
Quality55/100

A solid business, trading 22% below our fair value of $64.43.

As of Sep 7, 2026, the fair value of Verizon Communications Inc is $64.43 per share against a price of $50.14, so the fair value sits 29% above the price. A model estimate from reported figures, not an analyst target.

!Weak Growth (revenue 5y +1.5 %/yr)
✓Solidly profitable · 12.5% net margin
✓Moderate debt · generates free cash flow
·5.51% dividend yield
✓Ranks above peers (10/15)
✓Wide moat 66/100
!Weak on future: 15 out of 100
Evidence: High Range $30.31 to $96.67

Fair value as of: Sep 7, 2026

From 25 valuation models · updated today

Share price +7.9% over the past month.

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What runs behind every stock

26 valuation models 8 families, DCF to NCAV 37 quality factors margins, balance sheet, cashflow, debt 6 AI factors moat, what no ratio measures 2,000+ data points verified, per stock, median

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What matters now

  • The model range is unusually wide ($30.31 to $96.67). The outcome hinges heavily on assumptions, so read the point estimate with caution.
  • Solid quality (55/100) at a price below fair value, the discount is the argument here, not the business quality.

Price vs Fair Value (5 years)

$50.59 $25.60 Fair Value $64.43 Jun 2021 Sep 2026

White line = price, green steps = our fair value per fiscal year, dashed = 300-day average. As of Sep 7, 2026.

How to read this chart

60‑month range $25.60 – $50.59 · fair‑value band $30.31 – $96.67 · the $50.14 price screens below the $64.43 fair value. Green steps = our fair value per fiscal year (point-in-time, no hindsight). Dashed = 300-day average. As of Sep 7, 2026.

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Analysis

Verizon Communications Inc (VZ) currently trades at $50.14, while our model-based Fair Value estimate is $64.43, implying the stock looks roughly 22.2% undervalued today. The Quality Score stands at 55/100 (solid quality), in the Communication Services sector. Bull case: the Growth Earnings group reads highest at a median of $75.14 per share, and 15 of the 25 models we run sit above the $50.14 price. Bear case: the Asset-Based group reads lowest at $16.76, and 10 of the 25 models stay below the price. Evidence for this calculation is high.

Over the trailing twelve months, Verizon Communications Inc generated revenue of $139B at a net margin of 12.5%. Revenue grew 2.9% year over year. It earns a return on equity of 17.2%. Net debt stands at $182B. Fundamentals as of Sep 7, 2026

Scenario range: $30.31 (bear) to $96.67 (bull), the price of $50.14 sits inside it. Bear and bull are the same models on cautious and optimistic assumptions, a range, not a price target. The share trades about 2% below its 52-week high and 35% above its 52-week low, currently above its 200-day average. For context, the median of 10 Communication Services peers we cover trades at 14% fair-value upside, at 29%, VZ screens cheaper than that median.

Fair Value models

Based on fiscal year 2025 figures (about 8 months old). Earnings retained since then ($0.9144 per share) are deliberately not added.

Each model values the company its own way; the fair value above is the evidence-weighted blend. Evidence (0 to 100) shows how complete a model's inputs are. How we calculate →

Model Bear ⓘBear = the cautious scenario: the same model computed with conservative anchors (lower growth, margins and valuation multiples). Together with Bull it frames a plausible valuation range, not a price target.BaseBull ⓘBull = the optimistic scenario: the same model computed with favourable anchors (higher growth, margins and valuation multiples). Together with Bear it frames a plausible valuation range, not a price target. Evidence
Highest evidence
FCF DCF $23.51 $48.52 $84.93 77
Growth DCF $24.85 $47.74 $79.45 76
EPV $26.33 $35.53 $43.58 74
All 25 models by family
DCF Models
FCF DCF $23.51 $48.52 $84.93 77
Owner Earnings $19.31 $42.31 $75.80 73
5Y Revenue Exit $28.47 $61.37 $102.44 70
5Y EBITDA Exit $47.83 $96.34 $151.45 73
5Y P/E Exit $28.22 $60.91 $93.96 69
10Y Revenue Exit $24.28 $53.50 $90.76 64
10Y EBITDA Exit $38.31 $77.33 $126.98 66
10Y P/E Exit $25.98 $53.18 $84.49 62
Earnings-Based
Graham-Dodd $27.97 $72.15 $93.98 65
PEG = 1.0 $13.59 $19.41 $25.24 57
EPV $26.33 $35.53 $43.58 74
Dividend Discount
Gordon GGM $25.25 $49.82 $83.27 66
DDM Multi-Stage $25.25 $38.67 $53.11 66
Multiples
P/E Multiple $67.86 $90.49 $113.11 63
P/S Multiple $52.44 $69.92 $87.40 58
P/B Multiple $52.44 $69.92 $87.40 55
EV/EBIT $55.23 $83.26 $111.29 65
EV/EBITDA $73.76 $107.96 $142.17 67
EV/Revenue $34.91 $62.24 $89.57 52
Asset-Based
NCAV (Graham) $12.51 $16.76 $25.02 54
Growth DCF
Growth DCF $24.85 $47.74 $79.45 76
Rev-Margin DCF $28.47 $61.63 $97.87 70
Economic Profit
Residual Income $26.81 $33.28 $73.53 70
ROIC Compounder $26.60 $39.68 $55.42 71
Growth Earnings
Growth-Adj P/E $52.60 $75.14 $97.69 67

Widest divergence: Growth Earnings ($75.14) versus Asset-Based ($16.76). Highest evidence: FCF DCF (77).

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Key figures & financial health

P/E ratio 12.3
P/S ratio 1.53 P/E × margin
EPS (TTM) $4.08 price ÷ EPS = P/E 12.3
Dividend yield 5.5% payout 67.8%
Net margin 12.4% FY2025
Return on equity 17.2% TTM
More key figures
Profitability
Return on assets (EBIT) 7.9% avg 5y
Operating margin 25.2% TTM
Growth
Revenue (TTM) $139B TTM
Revenue growth (YoY) +2.9% 3y avg +0.3%
EPS growth (YoY) +4.3%
Balance sheet & cash flow
Free cash flow $20.1B FY2025
Net debt $182B FY2025 · ≈ 9.0 yrs of FCF

Figures from reported company fundamentals · as of Sep 7, 2026. TTM = trailing twelve months.

Quality Score breakdown

Overall quality 55/100

Of which business quality 51 · Market factors (momentum, volatility) 70

Profitability 40
Margins and returns on capital today
Quality Growth 40
Are margins and returns improving?
Cashflow 72
Earnings quality: real cash, not paper profit
Fin. Strength 21
Balance sheet, leverage, solvency risk
Investment 70
Disciplined investing over empire-building
Low Volatility 89
Calm price path (market factor)
Momentum 51
Price trend over the last 3–12 months (market factor)
52W Momentum 79
Distance to the 52-week high (market factor)
Net Issuance 79
Buybacks instead of dilution

Non-valuation factor families (profitability, growth, cashflow, financial strength, momentum …), each academically grounded. Valuation itself sits in the Fair Value and is deliberately excluded here to avoid double-counting.

All values are scores from 0 to 100 (100 = best against fixed, research-based bands), not percentages. The three market factors (momentum, 52-week proximity, low volatility) are displayed but carry zero weight in the headline number: market sentiment is not a business property.

About the company

Verizon Communications Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of communications, technology, information, and streaming products and services to consumers, businesses, and governmental entities worldwide. It operates in two segments, Verizon Consumer Group (Consumer) and Verizon Business Group (Business).

Full company description

Verizon Communications Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of communications, technology, information, and streaming products and services to consumers, businesses, and governmental entities worldwide. It operates in two segments, Verizon Consumer Group (Consumer) and Verizon Business Group (Business). The Consumer segment provides wireless services across the wireless networks in the United States under the Verizon and TracFone brands and through wholesale and other arrangements; and fixed wireless access (FWA) broadband through its wireless networks, as well as related equipment and devices, such as smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, and other wireless-enabled connected devices. The segment also offers wireline services in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, as well as Washington D.C. through its fiber-optic network, Verizon Fios product portfolio, and a copper-based network. The Business segment provides wireless and wireline communications services and products, including FWA and wireline broadband, advanced communication services, corporate networking, security and managed network, local and long-distance voice, and network access services to deliver various IoT services and products to businesses, government customers, and wireless and wireline carriers in the United States and internationally. The company distributes its products and services through direct channels, company-operated stores, digital and omnichannel platforms, indirect agents, business solution resellers, and national retailers. The company was formerly known as Bell Atlantic Corporation and changed its name to Verizon Communications Inc. in June 2000. Verizon Communications Inc. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Company description, as reported by the company or data provider.

Revenue & earnings trend

FY2021 – FY2025 · reported fiscal years

Verizon Communications Inc reported revenue of $138B in FY2025 versus $134B in FY2021, a compound +0.8%/yr. Reported net income was $17.2B in FY2025, compounding −6.1%/yr from FY2021.

Growth Quality 40/100
Revenue growth is weak, negative or inconsistent.
Latest Revenue (FY 2025)
$138B
Latest YoY
+2.5%
Avg. revenue growth/yr (3Y) ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump.
+0.3%
Avg. revenue growth/yr (5Y) ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump.
+1.5%
Avg. revenue growth/yr (40Y) ⓘMeasures the company's TOTAL revenue from reported annual statements: compound average growth per year (CAGR) from the fiscal year 3, 5 or N years back to the most recent comparable fiscal year. Not per share: buybacks do not change this number, and a merger can appear as a growth jump.
+7.0%
Value creation/yr (5Y) ⓘEarnings growth per share (CAGR 5 years, adjusted) plus dividend yield: value created per share and year.
+4.4%
Earnings growth per share plus dividend yield: the value created per share and year.
Earnings growth per share−1.1%
Dividend yield5.5%
Trend ⓘTwo data points, not a trend model: earnings growth per share over the last 5 fiscal years against the last 10. Labelled "steady" when both rates are within 3 percentage points of each other, otherwise picking up or flattening. Shown only when ten years of history exist.5Y −2.7% vs 10Y 2.4%, flattening
Operating margin (EBIT) ⓘOperating margin then vs now, from reported annual statements. A falling margin after a boom year is the classic peak-earnings signal: the growth rate then leans on an inflated base.23.3% (2020) → 21.2% (2025) · falling
Worst earnings drop66% (2012) · in USD
Revenue +0.8%/yr
FY21 $134B
FY22 $137B
FY23 $134B
FY24 $135B
FY25 $138B
Net income −6.1%/yr
FY21 $22.1B
FY22 $21.3B
FY23 $11.6B
FY24 $17.5B
FY25 $17.2B
Character of growth · EPS growth decomposed (2014-2025) +1.0 % p.a.
Revenue per share +0.2 %

of which total revenue +0.6 % · buybacks/dilution −0.5 %

EBIT margin +0.9 %
Tax rate +1.4 %
Residual (interest, one-offs) −1.5 %

Annual growth per factor. These are factors, not summands: multiplied they give the EPS growth rate, added they do not quite. Start and end points are 3-year averages (details on hover).

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Peer Group

Telecom Services · 250 stocks

How this stock ranks against its industry: the green marker is this stock, the band is the typical 25–75% peer range, and the tick is the median.

Valuation
Quality Score 55 · Above median
Fair Value upside +29% · Above median
Profitability
Return on equity (TTM) 17% · Top 25%
Return on assets 5% · Above median
Net margin (TTM) 12% · Top 25%
Operating margin (TTM) 25% · Top 25%
Growth and dividend
Revenue growth 3% · Below median
Dividend yield (TTM) 5.5% · Above median
Balance sheet
Debt / equity 1.34× · Highest 25%

Valuation Multiples vs Telecom Services median · lower = cheaper

P/E (TTM) 12.3× · Cheaper than median
P/B 1.70× · Pricier than median
P/S (TTM) 1.27× · Pricier than median
P/FCF 8.8× · Pricier than median
EV/EBITDA 5.8× · Cheaper than median
PEG 0.80× · Cheaper than median

What the price implies (reverse DCF)

The inverse question: what free-cash-flow growth must Verizon Communications Inc deliver for ten years so that today's price is fair in our DCF model? Same formula, same discount rate as the fair value.

Implied FCF growth, 10 years+2.5 % per year
Achieved revenue growth, 5 years+1.5 % p.a.
Sector median revenue growth+1.6 %
FCF yield on price9.49 %
Discount rate (WACC) in the models8.1 %

The price demands roughly the growth the company recently delivered. Ranking of the largest stocks →

Context: sector, industry, market

Strength profile in five axes (Snowflake)

Five quick dimensions, each 0 to 100: VALUE (fair-value potential), FUTURE (revenue growth), PAST (return on equity), HEALTH (low debt), DIVIDEND (yield). Green = this stock, grey = typical sector peer.

VALUEFUTUREPASTHEALTHDIVIDEND
This stock
VALUEFUTUREPASTHEALTHDIVIDEND
Sector peers
VALUE71 · sector 29
FUTURE15 · sector 16
PAST69 · sector 28
HEALTH33 · sector 89
DIVIDEND100 · sector 74

Insider activity: 44/100

Values & ESG

Does this company touch areas you may want to avoid? The classification is inferred from sector and industry.

None of the checked exposures detected

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América Móvil, S.A. AMX $23.00 $39.79 +73%
Singapore Telecommunications Limited Z77 4.53 SGD 3.03 SGD −33%
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Frequently asked questions

Is Verizon Communications Inc (VZ) overvalued or undervalued?
As of Sep 7, 2026, our model estimates a fair value of $64.43 versus a price of $50.14, about +29% upside (undervalued).
What is the fair value of VZ?
Our model-based fair value for Verizon Communications Inc is $64.43 (as of Sep 7, 2026), built from audited fundamentals. The current price: $50.14.
What is the quality score of VZ?
Verizon Communications Inc has a Quality Score of 55/100. It measures business quality (profitability, growth, cash flow, balance-sheet strength, investment discipline, share issuance). Market factors such as price momentum and volatility do not enter the number; they are shown separately in the detail view.
What is the price target for Verizon Communications Inc (VZ)?
Our model-based price target is the fair value of $64.43 (as of Sep 7, 2026) from 25 valuation models. Cautious scenario $30.31, optimistic scenario $96.67. It is a calculation from audited fundamentals, not an analyst target.
What is the Verizon Communications Inc stock forecast for 2026?
Our models put fair value at $64.43, about +29% upside versus a price of $50.14 (undervalued). Cautious scenario $30.31, optimistic scenario $96.67. The calculation is refreshed regularly with new filings.
What is the revenue of Verizon Communications Inc (VZ)?
Verizon Communications Inc reported trailing-twelve-month revenue of about $139B (latest available figure, as of Sep 7, 2026).
What is the net profit margin of VZ?
The net profit margin of Verizon Communications Inc is about 12.5%, meaning it keeps roughly 12.5% of revenue as net income. Based on the latest reported figures.
Does Verizon Communications Inc pay a dividend?
Verizon Communications Inc currently shows a dividend yield of about 5.51% relative to its recent price (as of Sep 7, 2026).
What growth is priced into Verizon Communications Inc (VZ)?
For today's price to be fair in a discounted-cash-flow model, Verizon Communications Inc would have to grow free cash flow by +2.5 % per year for ten years (discount rate 8.1 %, then 2 % perpetual growth). Over the last 5 years revenue grew +1.5 % per year. As of Sep 7, 2026.
What discount rate (WACC) does the fair value of VZ use?
Our models discount Verizon Communications Inc at 8.1 %: a base by market capitalisation (large), damped by beta 0.24, country premium for USA. The same rate applies in all 26 models.
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