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Verizon Communications Analyst Ratings and Price Targets | NYSE:VZ | Benzinga
Verizon Communications Inc has a consensus price target of $45.54 based on the ratings of 26 analysts. The high is $55 issued by Tigress Financial on January 30, 2025. The low is $36 issued by Goldman Sachs on July 26, 2023. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by RBC Capital, Scotiabank, and Tigress Financial on March 25, 2025, March 3, 2025, and January 30, 2025, respectively. With an average price target of $49.33 between RBC Capital, Scotiabank, and Tigress Financial, there's an implied 8.62% upside for Verizon Communications Inc from these most-recent analyst ratings.
Analyst Firms Making Recommendations1
RBC Capital
Scotiabank
Tigress Financial
UBS
B of A Securities
1calculated from analyst ratings
Analyst Ratings for Verizon Communications
| Buy Now | Get Alert | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/25/2025 | Buy Now | -0.92% | RBC Capital | Jonathan Atkin57% | $42 → $45 | Reiterates | Sector Perform → Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 03/03/2025 | Buy Now | 5.68% | Scotiabank | Maher Yaghi64% | $47.5 → $48 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 01/30/2025 | Buy Now | 21.09% | Tigress Financial | Ivan Feinseth74% | $55 → $55 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 01/27/2025 | Buy Now | 4.58% | Scotiabank | Maher Yaghi64% | $47 → $47.5 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 12/20/2024 | Buy Now | -0.92% | UBS | John Hodulik75% | $44 → $45 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 10/24/2024 | Buy Now | — | Keybanc | Brandon Nispel57% | — | Downgrade | Overweight → Sector Weight | Get Alert |
| 10/23/2024 | Buy Now | 3.48% | Scotiabank | Maher Yaghi64% | $47.25 → $47 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 10/23/2024 | Buy Now | -3.13% | UBS | John Hodulik75% | $43 → $44 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 10/18/2024 | Buy Now | 4.03% | Scotiabank | Maher Yaghi64% | $46.5 → $47.25 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 10/01/2024 | Buy Now | 21.09% | Tigress Financial | Ivan Feinseth74% | $52 → $55 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 09/26/2024 | Buy Now | -0.92% | B of A Securities | David Barden69% | $41 → $45 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 09/25/2024 | Buy Now | 7.88% | Citigroup | Michael Rollins78% | $47 → $49 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 09/24/2024 | Buy Now | 5.68% | Raymond James | Frank Louthan51% | $44 → $48 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 09/23/2024 | Buy Now | 1.28% | RBC Capital | Kutgun Maral49% | $42 → $46 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 09/09/2024 | Buy Now | -7.53% | RBC Capital | Jonathan Atkin57% | $42 → $42 | Reiterates | Sector Perform → Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 09/06/2024 | Buy Now | -3.13% | Keybanc | Brandon Nispel57% | $46 → $44 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 07/23/2024 | Buy Now | 12.29% | TD Cowen | Dan Brennan66% | $48 → $51 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 07/23/2024 | Buy Now | -0.92% | JP Morgan | Philip Cusick63% | $46 → $45 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 07/23/2024 | Buy Now | -7.53% | RBC Capital | Jonathan Atkin57% | $42 → $42 | Reiterates | Sector Perform → Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 07/10/2024 | Buy Now | 2.38% | Scotiabank | Maher Yaghi64% | $45.5 → $46.5 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 05/17/2024 | Buy Now | 14.49% | Tigress Financial | Ivan Feinseth74% | $50 → $52 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 04/23/2024 | Buy Now | -11.93% | Wells Fargo | Eric Luebchow60% | $44 → $40 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 04/23/2024 | Buy Now | 5.68% | Oppenheimer | Timothy Horan73% | $48 → $48 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/03/2024 | Buy Now | 5.68% | Oppenheimer | Timothy Horan73% | → $48 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/02/2024 | Buy Now | -11.93% | RBC Capital | Jonathan Atkin57% | $36 → $40 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 03/22/2024 | Buy Now | -14.13% | Redburn Atlantic | Steve Malcolm1% | → $39 | Upgrade | Sell → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 02/20/2024 | Buy Now | -20.74% | RBC Capital | Jonathan Atkin57% | $35 → $36 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 01/31/2024 | Buy Now | -3.13% | Barclays | Kannan Venkateshwar60% | → $44 | Downgrade | Overweight → Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 01/30/2024 | Buy Now | 3.48% | Citigroup | Michael Rollins78% | $45 → $47 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 01/26/2024 | Buy Now | -3.13% | Barclays | Kannan Venkateshwar60% | $42 → $44 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 01/25/2024 | Buy Now | 10.08% | Tigress Financial | Ivan Feinseth74% | $45 → $50 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 01/24/2024 | Buy Now | -5.33% | UBS | John Hodulik75% | $37 → $43 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 01/24/2024 | Buy Now | -3.13% | Wells Fargo | Eric Luebchow60% | $40 → $44 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 01/24/2024 | Buy Now | 1.28% | Raymond James | Frank Louthan51% | $42 → $46 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 01/24/2024 | Buy Now | 3.48% | Daiwa Capital | Jonathan Kees50% | → $47 | Upgrade | Neutral → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 01/24/2024 | Buy Now | 1.28% | Keybanc | Brandon Nispel57% | $45 → $46 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 01/04/2024 | Buy Now | 1.28% | Wolfe Research | Peter Supino61% | → $46 | Upgrade | Peer Perform → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 01/03/2024 | Buy Now | -0.92% | Keybanc | Brandon Nispel57% | → $45 | Upgrade | Sector Weight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 12/19/2023 | Buy Now | -5.33% | Oppenheimer | Timothy Horan73% | → $43 | Reiterates | Outperform → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 12/14/2023 | Buy Now | -7.53% | Citigroup | Michael Rollins78% | $40 → $42 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 12/13/2023 | Buy Now | -11.93% | Wells Fargo | Eric Luebchow60% | $35 → $40 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 11/02/2023 | Buy Now | -0.92% | Tigress Financial | Ivan Feinseth74% | $64 → $45 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 10/25/2023 | Buy Now | -16.34% | Barclays | Kannan Venkateshwar60% | $37 → $38 | Upgrade | Equal-Weight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 08/29/2023 | Buy Now | -11.93% | Citigroup | Michael Rollins78% | $39 → $40 | Upgrade | Neutral → Buy | Get Alert |
| 08/22/2023 | Buy Now | -5.33% | Oppenheimer | Timothy Horan73% | → $43 | Reiterates | Outperform → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 08/03/2023 | Buy Now | -3.13% | Morgan Stanley | Simon Flannery65% | $44 → $44 | Reiterates | Overweight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 07/27/2023 | Buy Now | -14.13% | Citigroup | Michael Rollins78% | $42 → $39 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 07/26/2023 | Buy Now | -20.74% | Goldman Sachs | Brett Feldman49% | $41 → $36 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 07/26/2023 | Buy Now | -7.53% | Raymond James | Frank Louthan51% | $51 → $42 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 07/20/2023 | Buy Now | -20.74% | Wells Fargo | Eric Luebchow60% | $40 → $36 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 07/18/2023 | Buy Now | -3.13% | Morgan Stanley | Simon Flannery65% | $44 → $44 | Reiterates | Overweight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 06/05/2023 | Buy Now | -14.13% | HSBC | Adam Fox-Rumley56% | $42.5 → $39 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
| 05/18/2023 | Buy Now | 40.91% | Tigress Financial | Ivan Feinseth74% | → $64 | Reiterates | Buy → Buy | Get Alert |
| 05/01/2023 | Buy Now | -11.93% | RBC Capital | Jonathan Atkin57% | → $40 | Reiterates | → Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 04/26/2023 | Buy Now | -0.92% | TD Cowen | Dan Brennan66% | $49 → $45 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/26/2023 | Buy Now | -5.33% | Oppenheimer | Timothy Horan73% | $46 → $43 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/06/2023 | Buy Now | 1.28% | Oppenheimer | Timothy Horan73% | → $46 | Reiterates | → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 03/23/2023 | Buy Now | -9.73% | B of A Securities | David Barden69% | $51 → $41 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 01/26/2023 | Buy Now | -7.53% | Citigroup | Michael Rollins78% | $39 → $42 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 01/25/2023 | Buy Now | -11.93% | RBC Capital | Kutgun Maral49% | $42 → $40 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 01/25/2023 | Buy Now | 1.28% | Oppenheimer | Timothy Horan73% | $50 → $46 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 01/25/2023 | Buy Now | 7.88% | Cowen & Co. | Gregory Williams50% | $55 → $49 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 12/15/2022 | Buy Now | -3.13% | Morgan Stanley | Simon Flannery65% | $41 → $44 | Upgrade | Equal-Weight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 10/26/2022 | Buy Now | -9.73% | Morgan Stanley | Simon Flannery65% | $58 → $41 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 10/25/2022 | Buy Now | -14.13% | Citigroup | Michael Rollins78% | $48 → $39 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 10/24/2022 | Buy Now | -18.54% | UBS | John Hodulik75% | $47 → $37 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 10/24/2022 | Buy Now | 21.09% | Cowen & Co. | Gregory Williams50% | $64 → $55 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 10/24/2022 | Buy Now | 12.29% | Raymond James | Frank Louthan51% | $54 → $51 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 10/24/2022 | Buy Now | -7.53% | RBC Capital | Kutgun Maral49% | $50 → $42 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 10/24/2022 | Buy Now | -18.54% | Barclays | Kannan Venkateshwar60% | $40 → $37 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 10/07/2022 | Buy Now | -11.93% | Wells Fargo | Eric Luebchow60% | $48 → $40 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 10/06/2022 | Buy Now | 18.89% | Raymond James | Frank Louthan51% | $55 → $54 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 10/06/2022 | Buy Now | 10.08% | Oppenheimer | Timothy Horan73% | → $50 | Upgrade | Perform → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 09/29/2022 | Buy Now | -11.93% | Barclays | Kannan Venkateshwar60% | $48 → $40 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 09/27/2022 | Buy Now | 3.48% | Credit Suisse | Douglas Mitchelson68% | $50 → $47 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 08/18/2022 | Buy Now | -9.73% | MoffettNathanson | Craig Moffett58% | → $41 | Downgrade | Market Perform → Underperform | Get Alert |
| 07/28/2022 | Buy Now | 12.29% | B of A Securities | David Barden69% | → $51 | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 07/25/2022 | Buy Now | 1.28% | Goldman Sachs | Brett Feldman49% | $52 → $46 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 07/25/2022 | Buy Now | 10.08% | RBC Capital | Kutgun Maral49% | $54 → $50 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 07/25/2022 | Buy Now | — | Scotiabank | Maher Yaghi64% | — | Downgrade | Sector Outperform → Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 07/25/2022 | Buy Now | 40.91% | Cowen & Co. | Gregory Williams50% | $71 → $64 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 07/25/2022 | Buy Now | 27.7% | Morgan Stanley | Simon Flannery65% | $60 → $58 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 07/25/2022 | Buy Now | 14.49% | Deutsche Bank | Bryan Kraft76% | $58 → $52 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
| 07/25/2022 | Buy Now | 3.48% | UBS | John Hodulik75% | $57 → $47 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 07/25/2022 | Buy Now | 21.09% | Raymond James | Frank Louthan51% | $64 → $55 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 07/19/2022 | Buy Now | 27.7% | Deutsche Bank | Bryan Kraft76% | $59 → $58 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
| 07/08/2022 | Buy Now | 14.49% | Wells Fargo | Eric Luebchow60% | $58 → $52 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 07/07/2022 | Buy Now | 40.91% | Raymond James | Frank Louthan51% | → $64 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 06/22/2022 | Buy Now | 18.89% | RBC Capital | Kutgun Maral49% | $57 → $54 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 06/21/2022 | Buy Now | 18.89% | Credit Suisse | Douglas Mitchelson68% | $58 → $54 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 06/02/2022 | Buy Now | 12.29% | Wolfe Research | Peter Supino61% | $60 → $51 | Maintains | Peer Perform | Get Alert |
| 05/31/2022 | Buy Now | — | LightShed Partners | Walter Piecyk72% | — | Initiates | → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 04/29/2022 | Buy Now | -3.13% | DZ Bank | Matthias Volkert55% | → $44 | Downgrade | Hold → Sell | Get Alert |
| 04/25/2022 | Buy Now | — | Goldman Sachs | Brett Feldman49% | — | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | 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 RBC Capital on March 25, 2025. The analyst firm set a price target for $45.00 expecting VZ to fall to within 12 months (a possible -0.92% downside). 25 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 RBC Capital, and Verizon Communications reiterated their sector perform 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 October 24, 2024 when Keybanc changed their price target from N/A to N/A 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 March 25, 2025 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around March 25, 2026.
Is the Analyst Rating Verizon Communications (VZ) correct?
While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest Verizon Communications (VZ) rating was a reiterated with a price target of $42.00 to $45.00. The current price Verizon Communications (VZ) is trading at is $45.42, which is out of the analyst’s predicted range.
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