Verizon Communications (VZ) closed at $44.78 on Oct 16, 2026, up 0.9% on the day. The stock is down 7.3% over the past month, up 2.9% over three months, up 11.9% year to date and up 12.8% over the past year. It trades 13.3% below its 52-week high of $51.68 and 18.7% above its 52-week low of $37.74. The close sits below its 50-day moving average ($47.83) and below its 200-day moving average ($46.55).
NextPick tracks VZ in its Telecom Services basket alongside TMUS, T, CMCSA, CHTR and LUMN. As of Oct 16, 2026, the basket's money-flow score is -17 (weak outflow), and the basket is up 3.5% over five sessions. Over the past month VZ ranks 3rd of 6 basket members by price change.
VZ is scheduled to report earnings on Oct 26, 2026. Over its last 8 reports the stock moved an average of 4.0% on the first trading day after earnings, beating the options-implied move in 4 of 8.
VZ options were pricing 27% at-the-money implied volatility on Oct 12, 2026, an IV rank of 67 over the past year. Form 4 filings over the last 90 days show no open-market purchases and 6 open-market sales by insiders.
Verizon Communications is scheduled to report on Oct 26, 2026.
Over the last 8 reports, VZ moved an average of 4.0% on the first trading day after earnings. The move beat the options-implied move in 4 of 8 reports.
No — the Oct 16, 2026 close of $44.78 is 3.8% below the 200-day average of $46.55.
VZ closed 13.3% below its 52-week high of $51.68.
NextPick groups VZ with TMUS, T, CMCSA, CHTR and LUMN in its Telecom Services basket.
Verizon Communications Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the provision of communications, technology, information, and streaming products and services to consumers, businesses, and governmental entities worldwide. It operates in two segments, Verizon Consumer Group (Consumer) and Verizon Business Group (Business). The Consumer segment provides wireless services across the wireless networks in the United States under the Verizon and TracFone brands and through wholesale and other arrangements; and fixed wireless access (FWA) broadband through its wireless networks, as well as related equipment and devices, such as smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, and other wireless-enabled connected devices. The segment also offers wireline services in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, as well as Washington D.C. through its fiber-optic network, Verizon Fios product portfolio, and a copper-based network. The Business segment provides wireless and wireline communications services and products, including FWA and wireline broadband, advanced communication services, corporate networking, security and managed network, local and long-distance voice, and network access services to deliver various IoT services and products to businesses, government customers, and wireless and wireline carriers in the United States and internationally. The company distributes its products and services through direct channels, company-operated stores, digital and omnichannel platforms, indirect agents, business solution resellers, and national retailers. The company was formerly known as Bell Atlantic Corporation and changed its name to Verizon Communications Inc. in June 2000. Verizon Communications Inc. was incorporated in 1983 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
