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Verizon communications (VZ) was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Verizon communications is a holding company, which provides communications, information, and entertainment products and services. It operates through (1) Consumer and (2) Business segments. 

Three key data points gauge VZ (or any dividend paying entity):

(1) Price

(2) Dividends

(3) Returns

Those keys also indicate if any company has made, is making, and will make money.

VZ Price

Verizon’s single share price fell $0.87 (or about 2%) from $40.64 to $39.77 this past year, per Wednesday’s market price.

Twenty-five analysts cover the stock.  A repeat of last years 2% annual loss may be possible this year.

A peek at VZ’s thirty-five-year price history shows an average annual share price gain of $.51.

VZ Dividends

Verizon has declared and paid variable quarterly dividends since January 2001.

The February 2026 Quarterly dividend of $0.69 suggests a $2.76 annual dividend for the coming year.

VZ Returns

Putting it all together, a hypothetical annual gross gain of $3.27 per share is predicted by adding the $2.76 forward-looking dividend to the $0.51 average past-thirty-five year annual price-gains.

A little over $1000 invested at Wednesday’s $39.74 share price would buy 25 shares which multiply the $3.27 gross gain to an estimated $82.28 upside for the coming year.

52% of that $82 upside gain could come from the $42.90 annual dividend payout from your $1,000 investment.

And the $42.90 dividend from $1k invested is $3.16 more than VZ’s $39.74 single share price.

(A dividend dogcatcher rule is to only buy initial shares of a stock that pay an annual dividend from $1000 invested that is greater than the cost of a single share.)

VZs forthcoming dividend from $1,000 invested is about $3 more the price of a single share.   

The exact track of VZ’s future share price and dividend will entirely be determined by market action and company finances.

Remember, the best way to track stock performance and dividend payments is through direct ownership of company shares.

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