Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) earnings on April 27, 2026
More Verizon Communications Inc. earnings
Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Partial
Verizon shares fell as much as 1% during the day but recovered to close slightly higher, showing resilience ahead of earnings.
VZ price around the earnings
47.24
Change: +0.3%
2026-04-28, 20:00 UTC
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Prior thesis
Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Partial
- Thesis published
Los analistas son optimistas, pero el rendimiento reciente es débil. El escenario sugiere cautela.
Analysts are positive on Verizon, with price targets suggesting potential upside and recent upgrades from major firms. However, the stock's recent performance has been significantly weaker than the broader market, and it's approaching a key support level.
Context analyzed before publication
- Summary
- Analysts cautious, price trend weak, risk outweighs reward.
- Reasoning
- Analysts are cautious about Verizon due to a consistent downward price trend and weak performance compared to the broader market. Despite a history of meeting earnings expectations, recent insider selling adds to concerns.
- Playbook
- Given the negative price trend and insider selling, the scenario is pessimistic. Monitoring for significant shifts in analyst sentiment or a clear break in the downtrend is advised.
- Trend
- Analyst sentiment deteriorating significantly over the past few days.
Analysts
Drivers
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Analysts
Positive
La mayoría de los analistas mantienen recomendaciones de compra para la acción y citan potencial para aumentos de precio. Sin embargo, sus acciones recientes muestran sentimientos mixtos.
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 2.24
- Analysts covering the stock
- 22
- Average price target
- 51.58
- Lowest price target
- 44
- Highest price target
- 71
- Upside to price target
- 11.2%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- -53.2%
- Revenue growth
- 2%
- Forward EPS
- 5.25
- Trailing EPS
- 4.06
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 3
- Strong buy: 3
- Buy: 8
- Hold: 14
- Sell: 0
- Strong sell: 0
- Strong buy
- 3
- Buy
- 8
- Hold
- 14
- Sell
- 0
- Strong sell
- 0
- March 31, 2026 · Barclays: Maintains rating (Equal-Weight → Equal-Weight)
- March 20, 2026 · Citigroup: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
- March 9, 2026 · Scotiabank: Upgrades rating (Sector Perform → Sector Outperform)
News and sentiment
Drivers
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News & sentiment
Negative
Un funcionario del gobierno vendió una cantidad significativa de acciones, lo que puede indicar una falta de confianza en el rendimiento futuro de la empresa antes de las ganancias.
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Constructive
- Mention volume
- Low
- Normalized volume
- 33%
News
Sources (3)
- How To Earn $500 A Month From Verizon Stock Ahead Of Q1 Earnings — Benzinga
- Rep. Jennifer McClellan Has Sold Up to $250K Worth Of Verizon Communications Stock: Here's What You Should Know — Benzinga
- Top 3 Tech And Telecom Stocks That Could Blast Off This Month — Benzinga
Technicals
Drivers
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Technical
Negative
El precio de las acciones ha estado cayendo durante los últimos 14 y 30 días, y ha tenido un rendimiento mucho peor que el S&P 500. Esto sugiere una fuerte tendencia con perspectiva pesimista.
Evidence
- Average true range (ATR)
- 2.3%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -10.3%
- 14-day change (14d)
- -4.6%
- 30-day change
- -9.7%
- 30-day relative strength
- -16.9%
- Benchmark change
- +7.2%
- Nearest support
- 44.27
- Nearest resistance
- 51.68
- Volume accumulation ratio
- 0.82
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +2.8%
- January 30, 2026: actual EPS 1.09 vs estimate 1.06 (surprise +3.3%)
- October 29, 2025: actual EPS 1.21 vs estimate 1.19 (surprise +1.5%)
- July 21, 2025: actual EPS 1.22 vs estimate 1.19 (surprise +2.6%)
- April 22, 2025: actual EPS 1.19 vs estimate 1.15 (surprise +3.7%)
Expected move
Drivers
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Past earnings
Positive
Históricamente, la empresa ha superado o cumplido las expectativas de ganancias, mostrando que puede gestionar sus operaciones de manera efectiva.
There is no implied-move data available for this event.
Reactions over its last 18 earnings
- Median move
- 4.4%
- 75th percentile move
- 6%
- 90th percentile move
- 7.5%
- Up / down moves
- 11 / 7
- Average up move
- +3.8%
- Average down move
- -4.8%
Monitoring and close
What Verizon Communications Inc. reported
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Pre-market second reading after the results
There is no second reading available for this event.
How the stock reacted
- Outcome
- Partial
- Consolidated
- +0.3%
- Max favorable move (MFE)
- 1%
- Max adverse move (MAE)
- 2.2%