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Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ)

NYSE - Nasdaq Real-time price. Currency in USD

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52.90

-0.06

(-0.11%)

At close: 03:59PM EST

52.90

0.00

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04:07PM EST

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Earnings estimate	Current qtr. (Dec 2021)	Next qtr. (Mar 2022)	Current year (2021)	Next year (2022)
No. of analysts	22	14	25	26
Avg. Estimate	1.29	1.34	5.37	5.39
Low estimate	1.25	1.27	5.34	5.13
High estimate	1.32	1.38	5.45	5.57
Year ago EPS	1.21	1.31	4.9	5.37

Revenue estimate	Current qtr. (Dec 2021)	Next qtr. (Mar 2022)	Current year (2021)	Next year (2022)
No. of analysts	20	10	27	27
Avg. Estimate	33.89B	32.38B	133.44B	133.6B
Low estimate	33.04B	31.12B	132.58B	128.18B
High estimate	36.63B	33.7B	136.18B	139.8B
Year ago sales	34.69B	32.46B	128.29B	133.44B
Sales growth (year/est)	-2.30%	-0.30%	4.00%	0.10%

Earnings history	30/12/2020	30/03/2021	29/06/2021	29/09/2021
Est. EPS	1.17	1.29	1.3	1.36
Actual EPS	1.21	1.31	1.37	1.41
Difference	0.04	0.02	0.07	0.05
Surprise %	3.40%	1.60%	5.40%	3.70%

EPS trend	Current qtr. (Dec 2021)	Next qtr. (Mar 2022)	Current year (2021)	Next year (2022)
Current estimate	1.29	1.34	5.37	5.39
7 days ago	1.29	1.34	5.38	5.39
30 days ago	1.29	1.34	5.38	5.4
60 days ago	1.28	1.34	5.37	5.39
90 days ago	1.28	1.33	5.36	5.34

EPS revisions	Current qtr. (Dec 2021)	Next qtr. (Mar 2022)	Current year (2021)	Next year (2022)
Up last 7 days	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Up last 30 days	2	1	2	2
Down last 7 days	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Down last 30 days	1	1	1	3

Growth estimates	VZ	Industry	Sector(s)	S&P 500
Current qtr.	6.60%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Next qtr.	2.30%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Current year	9.60%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Next year	0.40%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Next 5 years (per annum)	3.66%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Past 5 years (per annum)	6.87%	N/A	N/A	N/A