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VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC

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Signs● 5 gooddetails ↓

Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
Revenue$138.19B$134.79B$133.97B$136.84B$133.61B$128.29B
Operating income$29.26B$28.69B$22.88B$30.47B$32.45B$28.80B
Net income$17.17B$17.51B$11.61B$21.26B$22.07B$17.80B
Total assets$404.26B$384.71B$380.25B$379.68B$366.60B$316.48B
Total liabilities——————
Equity$105.74B$100.58B$93.80B$92.46B$83.20B$69.27B
EPS (diluted)$4.06$4.14$2.75$5.06$5.32$4.30
Shares out.4.21B4.20B4.20B4.20B4.14B4.14B

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2025
Operating margin
21.2%
Net margin
12.4%
Return on equity
16.2%
Return on assets
4.2%
Return on capital (ROCE)
8.6%
Liabilities / assets
—
Debt / equity
—
Book value / share
$25.12
Revenue growth (YoY)
2.5%
Net income growth (YoY)
−1.9%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2025
Accruals / assets
−4.9%clean
Piotroski F-Score
4/8mixed

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
67
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 50Catalyst 33Earnings quality 100Financial strength 50

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast. What these scores mean →

Signs

● 5 good
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Strong return on equity (>15%)
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 202687.5M4.6-0.6%
Apr 30, 202688.0M3.4-1.9%
Apr 15, 202689.7M3.3+1.5%
Mar 31, 202688.4M3.0-7.2%
Mar 13, 202695.3M3.8-16.0%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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