Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) shares, rose in value on Wednesday, June 18, with the stock price down by -0.43% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $41.67.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $41.85, falling within a range of $41.6 and $41.96. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 0.38 whereas the PE ratio was 9.90 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $47.35, and the low was $37.58. On the whole, VZ has fluctuated by -5.96% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Verizon Communications Inc currently standing at about $175.69 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for on 2025-Apr-22. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 2.70, with its dividend yield at 6.47%.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that VZ’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a Hold on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 50% Buy while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 50% Sell.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 3.27, with the price of VZ currently trading nearly -3.78% and -3.85% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 35.03, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 0.58% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 0.93%. Furthermore, Verizon Communications Inc (VZ)’s beta value is 0.38, and its average true range (ATR) is 0.69.
A comparison of Verizon Communications Inc (VZ) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. VZ showed an intraday change of -0.43% in last session, and over the past year, it grew by 5.04%%.
Data on historical trading for Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 16.2 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 20.51 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 4.22 billion shares outstanding.
Nearly 0.07% of Verizon Communications Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 67.00% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 84.79 million shares as on 2025-05-30, resulting in a short ratio of 5.41. According to the data, the short interest in Verizon Communications Inc (VZ) stood at 201.00 of shares outstanding as of 2025-05-30; the number of short shares registered in 2025-04-30 reached 87.75 million. The stock has risen by 4.20% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the VZ stock heading into the next quarter.
