Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ)

Verizon Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 13 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Verizon stock have an average target of 46.23, with a low estimate of 39 and a high estimate of 55. The average target predicts an increase of 5.38% from the current stock price of 43.87.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$39	$46.23	$46	$55
Change	-11.10%	+5.38%	+4.86%	+25.37%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Verizon stock from 14 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25	Feb '25	Mar '25
Strong Buy	3	3	3	3	3	3
Buy	4	4	4	2	2	2
Hold	10	10	10	10	10	9
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	17	17	17	15	15	14

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Maher Yaghi Scotiabank	Scotiabank	Hold Maintains $48 → $48	Hold	Maintains	$48 → $48	+9.41%	Mar 3, 2025
Ivan Feinseth Tigress Financial	Tigress Financial	Strong Buy Maintains $55	Strong Buy	Maintains	$55	+25.37%	Jan 30, 2025
Maher Yaghi Scotiabank	Scotiabank	Hold Maintains $47 → $48	Hold	Maintains	$47 → $48	+8.27%	Jan 27, 2025
John Hodulik UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $44 → $45	Hold	Maintains	$44 → $45	+2.58%	Dec 20, 2024
Brandon Nispel Keybanc	Keybanc	Buy → Hold Downgrades n/a	Buy → Hold	Downgrades	n/a	n/a	Oct 24, 2024

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

141.06B

Increased by 4.65%

from 134.79B

Revenue Next Year

143.69B

Increased by 1.87%

from 141.06B

EPS This Year

4.82

Increased by 16.44%

from 4.14

EPS Next Year

5.03

Increased by 4.34%

from 4.82

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	128.29B	133.61B	136.84B	133.97B	134.79B	141.06B	143.69B	146.71B
Revenue Growth	-2.71%	4.15%	2.41%	-2.09%	0.61%	4.65%	1.87%	2.10%
EPS	4.30	5.32	5.06	2.75	4.14	4.82	5.03	5.27
EPS Growth	-7.53%	23.71%	-4.90%	-45.64%	50.55%	16.44%	4.34%	4.84%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	9.10	8.72	8.32
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	28	27	22

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	145.2B	150.8B	154.1B
Avg	141.1B	143.7B	146.7B
Low	131.0B	133.3B	137.0B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	7.7%	6.9%	7.3%
Avg	4.7%	1.9%	2.1%
Low	-2.8%	-5.5%	-4.7%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	4.98	5.24	5.57
Avg	4.82	5.03	5.27
Low	4.52	4.61	4.73

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	20.2%	8.7%	10.6%
Avg	16.4%	4.3%	4.8%
Low	9.1%	-4.4%	-5.9%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.