Gqg Partners Adds $89M in Verizon Communications Inc. ($VZ)

Key Points

  • Gqg Partners changed its Verizon Communications Inc. ($VZ) stake by 4.2% last quarter, boosting to 45,714,595 shares worth $2.20 billion.
  • Wall Street's consensus rating on $VZ is Buy and an average price target of $51.90.
  • $VZ last traded around $48.11.

Gqg Partners increased its position in Verizon Communications Inc. ($VZ) by 4.2% during the most recent quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 45,714,595 shares of Verizon Communications Inc. after buying 1,847,900 shares during the quarter. Gqg Partners's holdings in Verizon Communications Inc. were worth $2.20 billion as of its most recent filing.

Verizon Communications Inc. ($VZ) Stock

Last price$48.11
Market cap$200.89B
P/E ratio11.73
Forward P/E9.14
PEG ratio0.90
Beta0.22
52-week low$38.39
52-week high$51.68
50-day MA$47.15
200-day MA$44.40
Current ratio0.64
Quick ratio0.51
Debt-to-equity1.92

Verizon Communications Inc. Earnings

EPS (ttm)$4.10
Revenue (ttm)$139.15B
Revenue growth2.9%
Net margin12.5%
Return on equity17.2%
Next earningsJul 24, 2026

Verizon Communications Inc. Dividend

Annual dividend$2.83
Dividend yield588.00%
Payout ratio67.4%
Ex-dividend dateJul 10, 2026

Analysts Set New Price Targets

ConsensusBuy
Average target$51.90
High target$71.00
Low target$46.00
Analysts covering23

About Verizon Communications Inc.

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.

ExchangeNYSE
SectorCommunication Services
IndustryTelecom Services
HeadquartersNew York, NY
CEOMr. Daniel H. Schulman
Employees99,600

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