Quick Update for Verizon Communications (VZ) Investors

By Susan Ramirez • Tuesday, November 21 15:11 • Permanent Link

We're taking a closer look at Verizon Communications today, as the chatter surrounding the stock has increased notably in the last few weeks. Today, its shares moved 1.6% compared to -0.0% for the S&P 500. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:

Verizon Communications Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides communications, technology, information, and entertainment products and services to consumers, businesses, and governmental entities worldwide.
Verizon Communications has moved -3.0% over the last year compared to 14.0% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of -17.0%
VZ has an average analyst rating of hold and is -4.98% away from its mean target price of $39.26 per share
Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $4.97
Verizon Communications has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 7.5 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $4.63 and its forward P/E ratio is 8.1
VZ has a Price to Earnings Growth (PEG) ratio of 14.72, which shows the company is potentially overvalued when we factor growth into the price to earnings calculus.
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.6 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
Verizon Communications is part of the Telecommunications sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 18.85 and an average P/B of 3.12
Verizon Communications has on average reported free cash flows of $17.87 Billion over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of -2.9%

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