Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) currently has a daily average trading volume of 24.25M but it saw 14320219 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 184.97B USD, the company’s current market price of $43.94 came falling about -0.66 while comparing to the previous closing price of $44.23. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $47.35 and as low as $37.58. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $43.72 while lowest mark touched by it was $44.32.
Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Verizon Communications Inc (VZ) gives us an average price of $43.67, while its current price level is -7.21% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 16.91% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $41.26 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $41.64. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.88% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 2.42%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 55.72 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.
DZ Bank upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Buy” from “Hold” on January 29, 2025 while assigning a price target of $40. Bernstein issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $48.
Over the week, VZ’s stock price is moving 3.17% up while it is 6.65% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 9.88% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 11.27%.
Currently, Verizon Communications Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 4.21B. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 7.28% and return on equity (ROE) at 18.27%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 10.60 while having a 9.05 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.42. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.86 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.37. Its return on asset (ROA) is 4.58% on average.
