Verizon Communications stock is trading -9.54% below its average target price of $45.22 after dropping -1.3% during today's afternoon session. Analysts are giving the Large-Cap Communication Equipment company an average rating of buy and target prices ranging from $34.0 to $55.0 per share.
The stock has a very low short interest at 1.1%, and a short ratio of 2.57. At 0.04%, the company's rate of insider ownership does not indicate that management is heavily invested in the corporation. Finally, we also note that an average number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 64.5% of Verizon Communications's shares being owned by this investor type.
Institutions Invested in Verizon Communications
| Date Reported | Holder | Percentage | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | Vanguard Group Inc | 8% | 351,267,175 | $14,368,583,364 |
| 2024-03-31 | Blackrock Inc. | 8% | 341,461,740 | $13,967,492,057 |
| 2024-03-31 | State Street Corporation | 4% | 184,633,503 | $7,552,433,214 |
| 2024-03-31 | Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. | 2% | 95,707,594 | $3,914,919,015 |
| 2024-03-31 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 2% | 90,889,886 | $3,717,850,675 |
| 2024-03-31 | Morgan Stanley | 2% | 78,375,348 | $3,205,943,514 |
| 2023-12-31 | Norges Bank Investment Management | 1% | 49,924,784 | $2,042,173,228 |
| 2024-03-31 | Bank of America Corporation | 1% | 43,062,607 | $1,761,475,886 |
| 2024-03-31 | Northern Trust Corporation | 1% | 40,798,129 | $1,668,847,416 |
| 2024-03-31 | Legal & General Group PLC | 1% | 37,250,144 | $1,523,717,094 |
Besides an analyst consensus of some upside potential, other market factors point to there being mixed market sentiment on Verizon Communications.
