As of today (2024-04-19), the Forward Annual Dividend Yield of Verizon Communications is 6.61%.
As of today (2024-04-19), the Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of Verizon Communications is 6.58%.
VZ's Forward Dividend Yield % is ranked better than 72.07% of 222
companies
in the Telecommunication Services industry
Industry Median: 4.515
vs VZ: 6.61
Verizon Communications's Dividends per Share for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.67.
During the past 12 months, Verizon Communications's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 1.90% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.00% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.00% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 2.30% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Verizon Communications was 68.60% per year. The lowest was 0.30% per year. And the median was 2.90% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
For more information regarding to dividend, please check our Dividend Page.
Competitive Comparison
For the Telecom Services subindustry, Verizon Communications's Forward Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Forward Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Verizon Communications Forward Dividend Yield % Distribution
For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Verizon Communications's Forward Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Verizon Communications's Forward Dividend Yield % falls into.
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Verizon Communications Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 0.665
2024-04-09
2024-04-10
2024-05-01
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.665
2024-01-09
2024-01-10
2024-02-01
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.665
2023-10-06
2023-10-10
2023-11-01
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.653
2023-07-07
2023-07-10
2023-08-01
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.
Verizon Communications's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Forward Annual Dividend Yield
=
Forward Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
2.66
/
40.49
=
6.57 %
Current Share Price is $40.49.
Verizon Communications's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.665 * 4 = $2.66.
Verizon Communications's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield
=
Most Recent Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
2.648
/
40.49
=
6.54 %
Current Share Price is $40.49.
Verizon Communications's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $2.648.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.
Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.
In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.
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Verizon Communications (Verizon Communications) Business Description
Verizon Communications is primarily a wireless business (it provides about 70% of service revenue and nearly all operating income). It serves about 92 million postpaid and 22 million prepaid phone customers (following the acquisition of Tracfone) via its nationwide network, making it the largest U.S. wireless carrier. Fixed-line telecom operations include local networks in the Northeast, which reach about 25 million homes and businesses and serve about 8 million broadband customers. Verizon also provides telecom services nationwide to enterprise customers, often using a mixture of its own and other carriers' networks.
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