Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ)

Verizon Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 12 analysts that cover Verizon stock have a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $48.5, which forecasts a 17.76% increase in the stock price over the next year. The lowest target is $43 and the highest is $56.

Price Target: $48.5 (+17.76%)

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$43	$48.5	$49	$56
Change	+4.41%	+17.76%	+18.98%	+35.97%

* Price targets were last updated on Oct 30, 2025.

Analyst Ratings

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

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Jul '25	Aug '25	Sep '25	Oct '25	Nov '25	Dec '25
Strong Buy	3	3	3	3	3	3
Buy	2	2	2	1	1	1
Hold	10	10	10	8	8	8
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	15	15	15	12	12	12

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Sebastiano Petti JP Morgan	JP Morgan	Hold Maintains $49 → $47	Hold	Maintains	$49 → $47	+14.12%	Oct 30, 2025
Gregory Williams TD Cowen	TD Cowen	Strong Buy Maintains $56 → $51	Strong Buy	Maintains	$56 → $51	+23.83%	Oct 30, 2025
Maher Yaghi Scotiabank	Scotiabank	Hold Maintains $51 → $51	Hold	Maintains	$51 → $51	+23.83%	Oct 30, 2025
Jonathan Atkin RBC Capital	RBC Capital	Hold Maintains $46 → $44	Hold	Maintains	$46 → $44	+6.84%	Oct 30, 2025
Maher Yaghi Scotiabank	Scotiabank	Hold Maintains $50 → $51	Hold	Maintains	$50 → $51	+22.62%	Oct 6, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

142.04B

Increased by 5.38%

from 134.79B

Revenue Next Year

144.50B

Increased by 1.73%

from 142.04B

EPS This Year

4.84

Increased by 16.80%

from 4.14

EPS Next Year

4.97

Increased by 2.85%

from 4.84

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	128.29B	133.61B	136.84B	133.97B	134.79B	142.04B	144.50B
Revenue Growth	-2.71%	4.15%	2.41%	-2.09%	0.61%	5.38%	1.73%
EPS	4.30	5.32	5.06	2.75	4.14	4.84	4.97
EPS Growth	-7.53%	23.72%	-4.90%	-45.64%	50.54%	16.80%	2.85%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	8.52	8.28
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	27	27

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	146.1B	153.3B
Avg	142.0B	144.5B
Low	134.1B	133.8B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	8.4%	7.9%
Avg	5.4%	1.7%
Low	-0.5%	-5.8%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	5.01	5.49
Avg	4.84	4.97
Low	4.57	4.53

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030
High	21.0%	13.6%
Avg	16.8%	2.9%
Low	10.3%	-6.4%

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.