Company data sheet · Verizon
Verizon: left behind by its peers.
- Industry
- Telephone Communications
- Headquarters
- United States
- Ticker
- VZ (NYSE)
- Sources
- SEC filings (1994–2026), Stratrix's verified Decision Cases, market data and official economic statistics for the United States
- Data as of
- October 18, 2026
- Left behind by its peers. From 2016 to 2025, its revenue grew 10% in US dollars; the median among 75 large transportation and utility companies grew 53%. It outgrew only 13% of them.
- Leaders came and went. Verizon filed 41 leadership changes since 2016, more than 92% of large transportation and utility companies (the median is 20). The day after each, its shares moved a median 0.1 points against its sector. The news was rarely news.
- Three decisions on record. Stratrix has verified three of Verizon's big decisions, each with what happened next. The hardest year after: "Verizon Bought AOL and Yahoo to Beat Google. It Was Dead on Arrival", with its shares 28 points behind the S&P 500 over the next three years.
- Profitable every year. Verizon made money in each of its last ten fiscal years, from $11.6 billion (2023) to $30.1 billion (2017).
Financial results
| Fiscal year | Revenue | Net income | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $126 billion | $13.1 billion | |
| 2017 | $126 billion | $30.1 billion | |
| 2018 | $131 billion | $15.5 billion | |
| 2019 | $132 billion | $19.3 billion | |
| 2020 | $128 billion | $17.8 billion | |
| 2021 | $134 billion | $22.1 billion | |
| 2022 | $137 billion | $21.3 billion | |
| 2023 | $134 billion | $11.6 billion | |
| 2024 | $135 billion | $17.5 billion | |
| 2025 | $138 billion | $17.2 billion |
As reported in its annual filings. Losses in red.
Stratrix Decision Cases
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- Market reaction to disclosed decisions: 43 decision filings since 2016, each linked to the SEC, with the share return against its sector and the S&P 500 the next day and the next year (41 with market data).
- Economic context: 7 measures for the United States, every year since 2016, from the official sources.
- Peer comparison: against 123 companies of its size in its sector.
- Financial results: ten years of revenue, operating and net income, and every annual report, linked.
- Methods and sources, so each number can be checked and cited.
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