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Verizon Communications (VZ)

43.10

+0.63 (1.48%)

as of Jul 15, 2026, 2:26:34 pm Market Open.

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Jul 15, 2026, 12:00 am

This summary was created by AI, based on 7 opinions in the last 12 months.

Verizon Communications (VZ-N) has had a mixed reception among experts, with discussions centered around its current financial performance and outlook. The stock is currently down 6.5% due to a restructuring charge, presenting an opportunity for value investors, especially with a robust dividend yield of around 6.5% to 6.7%. However, despite these dividends, concerns about the company's growth prospects have been raised, particularly in light of strong quarterly revenues that may not be sustainable amid industry challenges, including a global memory chip shortage affecting technology companies. The recent appointment of a new CEO has stirred some optimism, leading to an 18.6% rise in shares over the past six months, but the overall sentiment remains cautious, with some suggesting a need to take profits while maintaining a position for consistent income. Many experts agree that while VZ-N acts like a bond due to its steady income stream, it lacks significant growth potential.

Consensus

Mixed

Valuation

Fair Value

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COMMENT

Doing extremely well in the US. 4^th quarter trailing free cash flow is 12%. Canadian telcos are not too keen on having someone with deep pockets coming to Canada. He thinks they will come.

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BUY ON WEAKNESS

He doesn’t own any communication stocks. Would wait for a pullback to about $47. Likes US communication business a little better.

HOLD

The entry into Canada is going to be interesting but there are going to be some obstacles. Pretty decent yield and it is pretty safe as well. You are probably looking at 9%-10% long-term growth and paying about 18X earnings so it is not necessarily cheap. Telecom is a defensive space. He prefers Consumer Staples a little bit more than Telecoms. However, he thinks this is a keeper. (See Top Picks.)

COMMENT

US telecom operator. Telecoms in US and Canada are similar in that they consist of 3 or 4 large operators with kind of equal market share. Not a lot of organic growth. If you want this for yield, the current pullback might be a good opportunity to get in.

COMMENT

Expect you will run into resistance at around $50.00-$51.50. For longer-term basis, there are 2 ways to buy this. You wait for a new high to hit or you wait for it to come back to its support. RSI is rising on a shorter-term basis.

DON'T BUY

Yield has always been attractive. The price is pushed up so the multiple has gone outside the normal range. This represents increased risk.

HOLD

An interesting opportunity. A lot of the money they have been spending is starting to pay off. Growing into its stock price. Pays a very nice dividend.

COMMENT

Prefers Vodafone (VOD-Q) which owns a big chunk of this company and trades at a discount to Verizon, so a cheaper way to play the same trend.

TOP PICK

He got stopped out a month ago and now has repurchased it. Corrected 12% or so. They get the America leader. Best wireless network and they are making a big push into the Asia Pacific region. Nice dividend.

BUY

This is going to create an opportunity for dividend payers. If you look at them on a long term basis, it is more like a pullback in an ongoing bull market. He likes this one. He would be comfortable buying this.

BUY

Likes what they have done in terms of their mobile platform and growing it out. This is one of 2 that he would own in the US. (He owns AT&T (T-N).) Would be careful about over concentrating in the telecom area at this time. Dividend yields a very attractive relative to long-term bonds.

DON'T BUY

Difficulty in the US is that there is a lot of building going on because they are trying to get scale on the wireless side. Competition is there and building out the broadband to connect to more homes. Has very good wireless assets, but the problem is that they are getting more competition. Expect there will be a very stagnant telecom sector both in Canada and the US. Strong and healthy dividend yield but there will be some sacrifice of capital appreciation. Fully valued

TOP PICK

5.5% dividend. Spent a lot of money on their new network. Catalyst will be a big adoption of smart phone and iPad with cell phone service. They are the largest although the gap with AT&T will narrow eventually. They also have a deal to stream content. Has not moved as well as he expected so far.

BUY

At this point in time VZ looks a little better than AT&T, who just came off a bad investment of $4 Billion. Mentioned that the dividend does not get Canadians the dividend tax credit like Canadian telcos, which are good opportunities also.

BUY

Great dividend. Would prefer this over AT&T (T-N) because of the growthier aspect. They don't have the wire line exposure of AT&T. Fairly safe name but you probably won't get a ton of growth out of it.

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