Is Artificial Intelligence the Biggest Bubble in History?
Is it any surprise 31 billionaires (including: Warren Buffett, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and more) are quietly unloading their OWN stocks at record pace? They're getting OUT of AI (and Tech Stocks) before it's too late. But why? And WHERE are they moving their cash for the biggest profits, in 2025?
About Verizon Communications Inc
Verizon Communications Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of communications, technology, information, and entertainment 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, smart watches, 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 broadband, data, video and conferencing, 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 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.
General
| Name | Verizon Communications Inc |
| Ticker | VZ |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Industry | Telecom Services |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | December |
| Full Time Employees | 101,200 |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 46.14 |
| Market Cap | 167,585,200,000 |
| PE Ratio | 9.61 |
| PEG Ratio | 1.08 |
| EBITDA | 48,428,998,656 |
Share Stats
| Shares Outstanding | 4,210,000,000 |
| Shares Float | 4,207,670,000 |
| Shares Short | 57,490,000 |
| Insider Holdings | 4% |
| Institution Holdings | 65.65% |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 46.14 |
| Market Cap | 167,585,200,000 |
| PE Ratio | 9.61 |
| PEG Ratio | 1.08 |
| EBITDA | 48,428,998,656 |
Valuation
| Trailing PE | 9.66 |
| Forward PE | 8.55 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 1.25 |
| Price/Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 1.70 |
Dividend
Verizon Communications Inc pays out a dividend of $2.74 per share, with a dividend yield of 6.88%.
VZ's last dividend payment was made to shareholders on February 3, 2025.
They pay out 64.86% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| Feb 3, 2025 | $0.68 |
| Nov 1, 2024 | $0.68 |
| Aug 1, 2024 | $0.67 |
| May 1, 2024 | $0.67 |
| Feb 1, 2024 | $0.67 |
| Nov 1, 2023 | $0.67 |
| Aug 1, 2023 | $0.65 |
| May 1, 2023 | $0.65 |
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