marketlan/iStock via Getty Images Written by Sam Kovacs Introduction Since suggesting buying Verizon (NYSE:VZ) in February, the stock has gone… nowhere. That is fine by me, I’m in no rush. Good things take time. Verizon just reported its earnings for the 1st quarter of 2024. Its results were mostly in-line, with EPS of $1.15 beating…
MARHARYTA MARKO Since our last coverage, both AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) and Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) stocks have continued to demonstrate close correlation to movements in long-end Treasury yield, as expected. Specifically, both stocks have maintained a consistent yield differential of about three points on a relative basis to U.S. 10-year Treasury yield (US10Y) at current…
DNY59 We previously covered Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:NYSE:VZ) in January 2024, re-rating it as a Buy, after falling for the classic bear trap. Even then, we believed that it was impossible to time the market, especially given the extreme pessimism then. Thanks to the moderation in its capex in 2024 and subsequent improvement in its…
photobyphm Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) is a free cash flow-strong Telco that supplies passive income investor with a well-covered 6% yield that can make a big difference for retirees that rely on growing dividend income from their passive income investments. Though some investors see Verizon Communications’ considerable balance sheet debt as a burden, I think…
Justin Sullivan Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) is a U.S. based communications company and a giant in the industry. A few months ago, this stock was making 52-week lows and trading at what seemed to be highly irrational levels. The selling pressure seemed to be a culmination of events that took place late last year, which included…
wolv/iStock via Getty Images Co-authored by Treading Softly I recently visited a museum of history with my family and was a little disturbed when I realized that, as part of their historical inventions, they included that “ancient” technology: a rotary phone. I can clearly remember moving from a rotary phone to a touch-tone phone to…
Mihaela Rosu Thesis The thesis of this article is very simple. I will argue that Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) is now well poised to break a multi-year downward trend. The argument will be supported by both fundamental and technical analyses. Fundamentally, the stock presents a compelling investment opportunity under current conditions combining excellent value (with…
Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images Introduction In my previous article, I had a buy rating on Verizon (NYSE:VZ). At the time, I viewed Verizon’s net customer acquisition trend favorably as the company’s multi-quarter losses were improving nearing positive net adds. Further, I also believed that Verizon could expect a meaningful tailwind due to potentially favorable macroeconomic…
AnnBaldwin/iStock via Getty Images We previously covered Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) in October 2023, discussing how its excellent financial performance had been negated by the sustained stock sell-off. With it already losing much of its value over the past few quarters, we had taken the prudent choice to re-rate the stock as a Hold, with…
AnnBaldwin/iStock via Getty Images We previously covered Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) in October 2023, discussing how its excellent financial performance had been negated by the sustained stock sell-off. With it already losing much of its value over the past few quarters, we had taken the prudent choice to re-rate the stock as a Hold, with…
Bruce Bennett High-yielding Telcos like Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) and AT&T Inc. (T) make compelling value propositions right now for passive income investors that want to lock in a low cost basis. Verizon Communications has seen some new stock price weakness in December, as did AT&T, and both Telcos offer passive income investors robust underlying…
Mike Coppola Introduction I initiated coverage of Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) stock in July 2023 with a ‘Buy’ rating, when one share cost $34. Since then, probably against the backdrop of heightened market expectations about the imminent Fed rate cut, the stock has followed the market rally and outperformed it by almost three times, taking…
photobyphm Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) offers an attractive dividend yield due to a cheap share price rather than being a warning sign of fundamental issues, given that the company has plenty of room to be more aggressive regarding its shareholder remuneration policy in the coming years. As I’ve covered in a previous article, Verizon offers a…
Theo Wargo/Getty Images Entertainment Investment thesis My previous bullish thesis about Verizon (NYSE:VZ) aged exceptionally well as the stock rallied more than 17% over the last quarter, significantly outpacing the broader U.S. market. Although the company operates in a highly penetrated industry where rapid revenue growth is not expected, I consider the stock to be…
Theo Wargo/Getty Images Entertainment While Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) has reported some improvement in key financial metrics, the wireless business has not gotten any better. Companies in the telecom sector typically don’t cut their way to success, and the company has no real catalyst for growth after 5G hasn’t materialized into a growth driver. My investment…
photobyphm Introduction I had a sell rating on Verizon (NYSE:VZ) in my previous article. At the time, my argument was that Verizon was in a precarious position in the competitive telecommunications industry. Unlike the company’s competitors, Verizon was reporting net customer number decline for both post-paid and pre-paid wireless customers for multiple quarters spanning about…
Bruce Bennett There’s nothing not to like about Verizon (NYSE:VZ) right now. The company reported decent earnings results for Q3, its business appears to be recovering, and its stock is a decent dividend and value play with a modest upside. While Verizon’s business could be negatively affected by the worsening of the macroeconomic environment next…
R&A Studio This article was co-produced with Kody Kester. ————————————————————————— Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) and its slowly growing, well-covered 8% dividend yield could fit well within an income portfolio. But with about three dozen other 7% and up yielders in our master list of 500+ stocks, there are plenty of other options. Simon Property Group,…
Verizon Communications closed the third quarter with 10.3 million broadband subscribers, a 21 percent increase YoY, thus representing its consecutive fourth quarter of net additions. Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE: VZ), a holding company that engages in entertainment products and communication services, announced its Q3 2023 earnings results on Tuesday, October 24. According to the announcement,…
Bruce Bennett Introduction The telecom world has many competitors. They are all trying to win customers by offering the fastest and most reliable network, and the best coverage. Verizon (NYSE:VZ) is one of the largest network providers in the U.S. and has the best 4G LTE network coverage. Moreover, Verizon has won numerous awards for…
Bruce Bennett Investment Thesis Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) is the world’s largest telecommunications company and continues to benefit from a tangible narrow economic moat built upon their massive scale of operations and exceptional network capabilities. The firm continues to have industry leading margins and ROIC with Verizon outpacing their competitors substantially. While the market may be…
tiero We previously covered Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) in July 2023, discussing its robust profitability and the safety of its dividends. Much of these tailwinds were attributed to the management’s strategic choice in hiking prices while moderating capital expenditures, likely to boost its top and bottom line performance from H2’23 onwards. In this article, we…
jetcityimage Thesis In assessing the investment potential of AT&T, Inc. (NYSE:T), a comprehensive analysis using three distinct Discounted Cash Flow [DCF] scenarios reveals a compelling narrative. These scenarios, spanning from optimistic growth to more conservative projections, highlight the considerable upside potential of AT&T’s stock. With the most bullish DCF model indicating a striking 332.6% upside…
David Ramos Now, when the Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) dividend yield has entered a historically attractive territory of 8.2%, many investors have become increasingly interested in the Stock. Optically, going long VZ and treating it as a dividend stock for juicy and stable streams of current income seems like a solid idea. And there are a…
claudiodivizia/iStock via Getty Images Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. -William Shakespeare, from Julius Caesar. High Yield In this case, “Caesar” represents many high-yield investments. High-yield investments get a lot of play on Seeking Alpha and many other investing sites. After all, it’s an easy…
photobyphm Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) is suffering a new period of stock price weakness which, in my view, is a compelling opportunity, particularly for passive income investors, to gobble up some shares for their portfolios. Verizon just fell through its 50-day moving average line and some investors are having doubts, unjustifiably, about the company’s dividend…
JHVEPhoto/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Despite a large debt load and a dividend that already approaches 8%, Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) announced another annual dividend hike recently. The stock already trades at decade lows, in part due to hefty payouts for dividends while the wireless giant spends heavily on capex and wireless spectrum. My investment thesis…
Bruce Bennett Verizon Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VZ) stock does not hold a position in my portfolio now but it will always hold a special place in my heart as it was the first-ever stock I purchased, around April 2011. I sold the stock long time ago and never got back in. I sometimes recall why I…
photobyphm Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) offers a high-dividend yield that is sustainable and its shares are undervalued, being therefore a good income play right now. Company Overview Verizon is a leading telecommunications provider in the U.S., offering wireline, data services, wireless, and internet services. Its operations are reported under two main segments, namely the Consumer Group…
metamorworks/iStock via Getty Images Co-authored with “Hidden Opportunities” Lifelines of the Digital Economy Artificial Intelligence (‘AI’) is the talk of the town in 2023. The advent of ChatGPT has created uneasiness in almost every industry. Big Tech companies rushed to form partnerships or compete in the market with their AI product offering. These AI chatbots…
Despite having to continually invest in new technologies, Verizon should announce its 18th year of dividend growth in late August. Cindy Ord This is the latest in my series of articles where I provide predictions of annual dividend increases for a variety of long-term dividend growth companies. At the end of June, I provided predictions…
Bruce Bennett The once-a-decade opportunity in Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) remains valid despite getting hit this month due to the headwinds from its lead-sheathed cables network. Keen investors should recall that the Wall Street Journal’s or WSJ’s investigation had led to a massive selloff in the stock of leading telco operators like AT&T (T) and…