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Verizon raised its 2026 outlook as lower churn, reduced subsidy costs, broadband growth and AI fiber deals strengthen earnings and cash flow.

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Vodafone Group (NASDAQ:VOD) used its annual general meeting in London to highlight progress in its multiyear transformation, including the integration of Three UK, portfolio changes in Europe and Africa, and a return to dividend growth. Chair Jean-François van Boxmeer said the company has become “a

The company is winning subscribers with its fiber and wireless bundles, but the strategy may be quietly eroding the profitability of its most important asset.

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According to a new Morningstar research report, Verizon Communications stock has a fair value estimate of $54, implying an upside of more than 23% from its last close.

AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon all grew Q2 EPS and boosted shareholder returns, but subscriber trends, guidance and stock reactions diverged sharply across the three telecom giants.

A year of heavy selling has pushed the shares far below their high, even as the business keeps turning more than all of its reported profit into spendable cash.

The telecom giant just signed a major dark fiber agreement with one of the world's biggest AI spenders.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is "fundamentally reshaping Verizon's growth trajectory," according to CEO Dan Schulman.

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Verizon Communications has reported its second-quarter 2026 results, with revenue of US$34,253 million and net income of US$3,835 million, while also completing US$3,500 million of share repurchases under its January 2026 buyback program. Alongside the earnings release, Verizon unveiled a dark-fiber deal with Google worth more than US$1 billion and raised its 2026 outlook for adjusted earnings, free cash flow and share repurchases, pointing to growing emphasis on AI infrastructure...

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Verizon Communications Inc (VZ) reports robust free cash flow and strategic advancements, despite a slight dip in total revenue.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index shed 0.6% this week amid mixed corporate earnings and continued worr

Moby summary of Verizon Communications Inc.'s Q2 2026 earnings call

All three dividend heavyweights crushed Q2 estimates on the same morning, yet the market punished one of them with a brutal selloff. The diverging reactions reveal something important about where value actually sits right now.

Free cash flow rose 24.4% as adjusted EBITDA margin reached a record 40.1%

The company is winning subscribers with its all-in-one strategy, but the real question is whether it's winning them at a sustainable price.

VZ beat Q2 earnings estimates on record margins, stronger subscriber growth and higher cash flow, prompting Verizon to raise its 2026 earnings outlook again.

Verizon Communications (VZ) raised its full-year earnings outlook on Friday amid phone subscriber ga

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The telecom group expects additional infrastructure agreements to produce several billion dollars in revenue as it raises its 2026 profit and cash-flow forecasts.

Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ, XETRA:BAC) shares rose about 3% on Friday morning after the company reported second quarter results that beat Wall Street expectations for adjusted earnings and raised its full-year outlook, despite revenue coming in below forecasts. The company reported...

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Speaking during the company's second-quarter earnings call, CEO Dan Schulman said Verizon will provide dark fiber to connect Google's data centers.

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Verizon (VZ) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended June 2026, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

Verizon cited accelerating momentum across its mobility and broadband businesses, stronger cash generation and improving subscriber trends for its optimistic outlook for this fiscal.

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Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) shares rose 2.

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Verizon (VZ) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of +2.36% and -3.00%, respectively, for the quarter ended June 2026. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?

The benchmark US stock measures were trending higher before the open Friday as investors assess Wash

Verizon topped Q2 earnings estimates and added more "postpaid" phone subscribers than expected. But revenue fell short.

The wireless carrier added 184,000 postpaid phone net subscribers in the second quarter, well above analyst forecasts

Investing.com -- Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) on Friday reported second quarter results that exceeded adjusted earnings expectations while revenue fell short of analyst estimates, with shares rising 2.7% following the announcement.

Telecommunications giant Verizon (NYSE:VZ) fell short of the market’s revenue expectations in Q2 CY2026, with sales flat year on year at $34.25 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.30 per share was 2.7% above analysts’ consensus estimates.

Verizon Communications gained a net 184,000 postpaid phone connections in the second quarter, beating Wall Street’s expectations on a metric that gauges new lucrative customers.

Wall Street futures pointed moderately higher pre-bell Friday as traders look for tech-sector values

Verizon raised its annual forecast for adjusted profit and free cash flow, as the network provider's latest unlimited 5G ‌plans and rewards programs helped it add more wireless subscribers ‌than expected in the June quarter. The company is in the midst of a strategic transition under new CEO Dan Schulman, rolling out simplified mobile plans, a new loyalty program and bundled wireless-broadband offerings to improve customer additions after trailing rivals in subscriber growth. Verizon gained ‌184,000 monthly-bill paying wireless ⁠subscribers in the second quarter, surpassing estimates of 103,900 additions by analysts polled by FactSet.

T-Mobile called satellite service a complement to cellular networks and said it could become “table stakes.”

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Verizon Communications and Charter Communications will post Q2 results on Friday amid a tumultuous time for telecommunications companies.

Asking for a Trend Host Josh Lipton previews several of the biggest stories to come tomorrow, Friday, June 24, including earnings out from American Express (AXP) and Verizon (VZ), as well as the latest reading on US new home sales.

Verizon Communications (VZ) is in the middle of a broad reset, selling 274 company-owned stores, cutting jobs, relying more on franchises, and promoting new products such as the Gizmo Watch 4 as quarterly earnings approach. See our latest analysis for Verizon Communications. Against this backdrop of store sales, cost cuts and new product launches, Verizon Communications' share price has moved to $44.29, with a 7 day share price return of 3.41% but a 90 day share price return that declined...

First-quarter earnings matched estimates, but broadband losses and margin pressure weighed on investor sentiment.

Verizon is set to round out the Big Three telecommunications companies reporting earnings this week, and its cost-cutting push is likely to come into focus alongside potential competition risks from SpaceX. Rivals AT&T and T-Mobile reported earlier this week, with both beating on earnings but missing on revenue. As Verizon stock has outperformed both this year, the company likely faces a higher bar when it reports before the open Friday.

Verizon is discontinuing a customer support option it has offered for 18 years, a move that comes after recently announcing a series of layoffs. The carrier has undergone a transformation under new CEO Dan Schulman in recent months as it works to slow customer losses in its wireless business. This ...

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