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Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) Stock, Analyst Ratings, Price Targets, Forecasts
Verizon Communications Inc has a consensus price target of $45.1 based on the ratings of 27 analysts. The high is $57 issued by Loop Capital on September 21, 2021. The low is $36 issued by Goldman Sachs on July 26, 2023. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by TD Cowen, JP Morgan, and RBC Capital on July 23, 2024, respectively. With an average price target of $46 between TD Cowen, JP Morgan, and RBC Capital, there's an implied 14.91% upside for Verizon Communications Inc from these most-recent analyst ratings.
Analyst Firms Making Recommendations1
TD Cowen
JP Morgan
RBC Capital
Scotiabank
Tigress Financial
1calculated from analyst ratings
Analyst Ratings for Verizon Communications
| Buy Now | Get Alert | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/23/2024 | Buy Now | 27.4% | TD Cowen | Dan Brennan | $48 → $51 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 07/23/2024 | Buy Now | 12.42% | JP Morgan | Philip Cusick | $46 → $45 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 07/23/2024 | Buy Now | 4.92% | RBC Capital | Jonathan Atkin | $42 → $42 | Reiterates | Sector Perform → Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 07/10/2024 | Buy Now | 16.16% | Scotiabank | Maher Yaghi | $45.5 → $46.5 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 05/17/2024 | Buy Now | 29.9% | Tigress Financial | Ivan Feinseth | $50 → $52 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 04/23/2024 | Buy Now | -0.07% | Wells Fargo | Eric Luebchow | $44 → $40 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 04/23/2024 | Buy Now | 19.91% | Oppenheimer | Timothy Horan | $48 → $48 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/03/2024 | Buy Now | 19.91% | Oppenheimer | Timothy Horan | → $48 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/02/2024 | Buy Now | -0.07% | RBC Capital | Jonathan Atkin | $36 → $40 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 03/22/2024 | Buy Now | -2.57% | Redburn Atlantic | Steve Malcolm | → $39 | Upgrade | Sell → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 02/20/2024 | Buy Now | -10.07% | RBC Capital | Jonathan Atkin | $35 → $36 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 01/31/2024 | Buy Now | 9.92% | Barclays | Kannan Venkateshwar | → $44 | Downgrade | Overweight → Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 01/30/2024 | Buy Now | 17.41% | Citigroup | Michael Rollins | $45 → $47 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 01/26/2024 | Buy Now | 9.92% | Barclays | Kannan Venkateshwar | $42 → $44 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 01/25/2024 | Buy Now | 24.91% | Tigress Financial | Ivan Feinseth | $45 → $50 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 01/24/2024 | Buy Now | 7.42% | UBS | John Hodulik | $37 → $43 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 01/24/2024 | Buy Now | 9.92% | Wells Fargo | Eric Luebchow | $40 → $44 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 01/24/2024 | Buy Now | 14.91% | Raymond James | Frank Louthan | $42 → $46 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 01/24/2024 | Buy Now | 17.41% | Daiwa Capital | Jonathan Kees | → $47 | Upgrade | Neutral → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 01/24/2024 | Buy Now | 14.91% | Keybanc | Brandon Nispel | $45 → $46 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 01/04/2024 | Buy Now | 14.91% | Wolfe Research | Peter Supino | → $46 | Upgrade | Peer Perform → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 01/03/2024 | Buy Now | 12.42% | Keybanc | Brandon Nispel | → $45 | Upgrade | Sector Weight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 12/19/2023 | Buy Now | 7.42% | Oppenheimer | Timothy Horan | → $43 | Reiterates | Outperform → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 12/14/2023 | Buy Now | 4.92% | Citigroup | Michael Rollins | $40 → $42 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 12/13/2023 | Buy Now | -0.07% | Wells Fargo | Eric Luebchow | $35 → $40 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 11/02/2023 | Buy Now | 12.42% | Tigress Financial | Ivan Feinseth | $64 → $45 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 10/25/2023 | Buy Now | -5.07% | Barclays | Kannan Venkateshwar | $37 → $38 | Upgrade | Equal-Weight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 08/29/2023 | Buy Now | -0.07% | Citigroup | Michael Rollins | $39 → $40 | Upgrade | Neutral → Buy | Get Alert |
| 08/22/2023 | Buy Now | 7.42% | Oppenheimer | Timothy Horan | → $43 | Reiterates | Outperform → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 08/03/2023 | Buy Now | 9.92% | Morgan Stanley | Simon Flannery | $44 → $44 | Reiterates | Overweight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 07/27/2023 | Buy Now | -2.57% | Citigroup | Michael Rollins | $42 → $39 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 07/26/2023 | Buy Now | -10.07% | Goldman Sachs | Brett Feldman | $41 → $36 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 07/26/2023 | Buy Now | 4.92% | Raymond James | Frank Louthan | $51 → $42 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 07/20/2023 | Buy Now | -10.07% | Wells Fargo | Eric Luebchow | $40 → $36 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 07/18/2023 | Buy Now | 9.92% | Morgan Stanley | Simon Flannery | $44 → $44 | Reiterates | Overweight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 06/05/2023 | Buy Now | -2.57% | HSBC | Adam Fox-Rumley | $42.5 → $39 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
| 05/18/2023 | Buy Now | 59.88% | Tigress Financial | Ivan Feinseth | → $64 | Reiterates | Buy → Buy | Get Alert |
| 05/01/2023 | Buy Now | -0.07% | RBC Capital | Jonathan Atkin | → $40 | Reiterates | → Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 04/26/2023 | Buy Now | 12.42% | TD Cowen | Dan Brennan | $49 → $45 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/26/2023 | Buy Now | 7.42% | Oppenheimer | Timothy Horan | $46 → $43 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/06/2023 | Buy Now | 14.91% | Oppenheimer | Timothy Horan | → $46 | Reiterates | → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 03/23/2023 | Buy Now | 2.42% | B of A Securities | David Barden | $51 → $41 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 01/26/2023 | Buy Now | 4.92% | Citigroup | Michael Rollins | $39 → $42 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 01/25/2023 | Buy Now | -0.07% | RBC Capital | Kutgun Maral | $42 → $40 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 01/25/2023 | Buy Now | 14.91% | Oppenheimer | Timothy Horan | $50 → $46 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 01/25/2023 | Buy Now | 22.41% | Cowen & Co. | Gregory Williams | $55 → $49 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 12/15/2022 | Buy Now | 9.92% | Morgan Stanley | Simon Flannery | $41 → $44 | Upgrade | Equal-Weight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 10/26/2022 | Buy Now | 2.42% | Morgan Stanley | Simon Flannery | $58 → $41 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 10/25/2022 | Buy Now | -2.57% | Citigroup | Michael Rollins | $48 → $39 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 10/24/2022 | Buy Now | -7.57% | UBS | John Hodulik | $47 → $37 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 10/24/2022 | Buy Now | 37.4% | Cowen & Co. | Gregory Williams | $64 → $55 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 10/24/2022 | Buy Now | 27.4% | Raymond James | Frank Louthan | $54 → $51 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 10/24/2022 | Buy Now | 4.92% | RBC Capital | Kutgun Maral | $50 → $42 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 10/24/2022 | Buy Now | -7.57% | Barclays | Kannan Venkateshwar | $40 → $37 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 10/07/2022 | Buy Now | -0.07% | Wells Fargo | Eric Luebchow | $48 → $40 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 10/06/2022 | Buy Now | 34.9% | Raymond James | Frank Louthan | $55 → $54 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 10/06/2022 | Buy Now | 24.91% | Oppenheimer | Timothy Horan | → $50 | Upgrade | Perform → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 09/29/2022 | Buy Now | -0.07% | Barclays | Kannan Venkateshwar | $48 → $40 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 09/27/2022 | Buy Now | 17.41% | Credit Suisse | Douglas Mitchelson | $50 → $47 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 08/18/2022 | Buy Now | 2.42% | MoffettNathanson | Craig Moffett | → $41 | Downgrade | Market Perform → Underperform | Get Alert |
| 07/28/2022 | Buy Now | 27.4% | B of A Securities | David Barden | → $51 | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 07/25/2022 | Buy Now | 14.91% | Goldman Sachs | Brett Feldman | $52 → $46 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 07/25/2022 | Buy Now | 24.91% | RBC Capital | Kutgun Maral | $54 → $50 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 07/25/2022 | Buy Now | — | Scotiabank | Maher Yaghi | — | Downgrade | Sector Outperform → Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 07/25/2022 | Buy Now | 59.88% | Cowen & Co. | Gregory Williams | $71 → $64 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 07/25/2022 | Buy Now | 44.89% | Morgan Stanley | Simon Flannery | $60 → $58 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 07/25/2022 | Buy Now | 29.9% | Deutsche Bank | Bryan Kraft | $58 → $52 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
| 07/25/2022 | Buy Now | 17.41% | UBS | John Hodulik | $57 → $47 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 07/25/2022 | Buy Now | 37.4% | Raymond James | Frank Louthan | $64 → $55 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 07/19/2022 | Buy Now | 44.89% | Deutsche Bank | Bryan Kraft | $59 → $58 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
| 07/08/2022 | Buy Now | 29.9% | Wells Fargo | Eric Luebchow | $58 → $52 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 07/07/2022 | Buy Now | 59.88% | Raymond James | Frank Louthan | → $64 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 06/22/2022 | Buy Now | 34.9% | RBC Capital | Kutgun Maral | $57 → $54 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 06/21/2022 | Buy Now | 34.9% | Credit Suisse | Douglas Mitchelson | $58 → $54 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 06/02/2022 | Buy Now | 27.4% | Wolfe Research | Peter Supino | $60 → $51 | Maintains | Peer Perform | Get Alert |
| 05/31/2022 | Buy Now | — | LightShed Partners | Walter Piecyk | — | Initiates | → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 04/29/2022 | Buy Now | 9.92% | DZ Bank | Matthias Volkert | → $44 | Downgrade | Hold → Sell | Get Alert |
| 04/25/2022 | Buy Now | — | Goldman Sachs | Brett Feldman | — | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 03/04/2022 | Buy Now | 52.39% | Goldman Sachs | Brett Feldman | $61 → $61 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 01/26/2022 | Buy Now | 52.39% | Goldman Sachs | Brett Feldman | $63 → $61 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 01/26/2022 | Buy Now | 39.9% | JP Morgan | Philip Cusick | $62 → $56 | Downgrade | Overweight → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 01/21/2022 | Buy Now | 69.87% | Tigress Financial | Ivan Feinseth | $67 → $68 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 12/23/2021 | Buy Now | 42.39% | Daiwa Capital | Jonathan Kees | → $57 | Initiates | → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 10/21/2021 | Buy Now | 39.9% | Wells Fargo | Eric Luebchow | — | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 10/11/2021 | Buy Now | 37.4% | Barclays | Kannan Venkateshwar | — | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 09/21/2021 | Buy Now | 42.39% | Loop Capital | Stephan Bisson | — | Initiates | → Hold | Get Alert |
FAQ
What is the target price for Verizon Communications (VZ) stock?
The latest price target for Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) was reported by TD Cowen on July 23, 2024. The analyst firm set a price target for $51.00 expecting VZ to rise to within 12 months (a possible 27.40% upside). 30 analyst firms have reported ratings in the last year.
What is the most recent analyst rating for Verizon Communications (VZ)?
The latest analyst rating for Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) was provided by TD Cowen, and Verizon Communications maintained their buy rating.
When was the last upgrade for Verizon Communications (VZ)?
The last upgrade for Verizon Communications Inc happened on March 22, 2024 when Redburn Atlantic raised their price target to $39. Redburn Atlantic previously had a sell for Verizon Communications Inc.
When was the last downgrade for Verizon Communications (VZ)?
The last downgrade for Verizon Communications Inc happened on January 31, 2024 when Barclays changed their price target from N/A to $44 for Verizon Communications Inc.
When is the next analyst rating going to be posted or updated for Verizon Communications (VZ)?
Analysts arrive at stock ratings after doing extensive research, which includes going through public financial statements, talking to executives and customers of Verizon Communications, and listening in to earnings conference calls. Most analysts do this every three months, so you should get 4 ratings per company per firm each year. The last rating for Verizon Communications was filed on July 23, 2024 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around July 23, 2025.
Is the Analyst Rating Verizon Communications (VZ) correct?
While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest Verizon Communications (VZ) rating was a maintained with a price target of $48.00 to $51.00. The current price Verizon Communications (VZ) is trading at is $40.03, which is out of the analyst’s predicted range.
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