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Verizon Communications Analyst Ratings and Price Targets | NYSE:VZ | Benzinga
Verizon Communications Inc has a consensus price target of $45.92 based on the ratings of 26 analysts. The high is $56 issued by Tigress Financial on April 28, 2025. The low is $36 issued by Goldman Sachs on July 26, 2023. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, and B of A Securities on July 10, 2025, July 10, 2025, and July 7, 2025, respectively. With an average price target of $45 between Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, and B of A Securities, there's an implied 8.04% upside for Verizon Communications Inc from these most-recent analyst ratings.
Analyst Firms Making Recommendations1
Wells Fargo
Morgan Stanley
B of A Securities
Tigress Financial
Scotiabank
1calculated from analyst ratings
Analyst Ratings for Verizon Communications
| Buy Now | Get Alert | |||||||
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| 07/10/2025 | Buy Now | 3.24% | Wells Fargo | Eric Luebchow | $42 → $43 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 07/10/2025 | Buy Now | 12.85% | Morgan Stanley | Benjamin Swinburne | → $47 | Reinstates | → Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 07/07/2025 | Buy Now | 8.04% | B of A Securities | Michael Funk | → $45 | Reinstates | → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 04/28/2025 | Buy Now | 34.45% | Tigress Financial | Ivan Feinseth | $55 → $56 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 04/23/2025 | Buy Now | 17.65% | Scotiabank | Maher Yaghi | $48.5 → $49 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 04/08/2025 | Buy Now | 16.45% | Scotiabank | Maher Yaghi | $48 → $48.5 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 04/01/2025 | Buy Now | 20.05% | Oppenheimer | Timothy Horan | $48 → $50 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 03/25/2025 | Buy Now | 8.04% | RBC Capital | Jonathan Atkin | $42 → $45 | Reiterates | Sector Perform → Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 03/03/2025 | Buy Now | 15.25% | Scotiabank | Maher Yaghi | $47.5 → $48 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 01/30/2025 | Buy Now | 32.05% | Tigress Financial | Ivan Feinseth | $55 → $55 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 01/27/2025 | Buy Now | 14.05% | Scotiabank | Maher Yaghi | $47 → $47.5 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 12/20/2024 | Buy Now | 8.04% | UBS | John Hodulik | $44 → $45 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 10/24/2024 | Buy Now | — | Keybanc | Brandon Nispel | — | Downgrade | Overweight → Sector Weight | Get Alert |
| 10/23/2024 | Buy Now | 12.85% | Scotiabank | Maher Yaghi | $47.25 → $47 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 10/23/2024 | Buy Now | 5.64% | UBS | John Hodulik | $43 → $44 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 10/18/2024 | Buy Now | 13.45% | Scotiabank | Maher Yaghi | $46.5 → $47.25 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 10/01/2024 | Buy Now | 32.05% | Tigress Financial | Ivan Feinseth | $52 → $55 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 09/26/2024 | Buy Now | 8.04% | B of A Securities | David Barden | $41 → $45 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 09/25/2024 | Buy Now | 17.65% | Citigroup | Michael Rollins | $47 → $49 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 09/24/2024 | Buy Now | 15.25% | Raymond James | Frank Louthan | $44 → $48 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 09/23/2024 | Buy Now | 10.44% | RBC Capital | Kutgun Maral | $42 → $46 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 09/09/2024 | Buy Now | 0.84% | RBC Capital | Jonathan Atkin | $42 → $42 | Reiterates | Sector Perform → Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 09/06/2024 | Buy Now | 5.64% | Keybanc | Brandon Nispel | $46 → $44 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 07/23/2024 | Buy Now | 22.45% | TD Cowen | Dan Brennan | $48 → $51 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 07/23/2024 | Buy Now | 8.04% | JP Morgan | Philip Cusick | $46 → $45 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 07/23/2024 | Buy Now | 0.84% | RBC Capital | Jonathan Atkin | $42 → $42 | Reiterates | Sector Perform → Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 07/10/2024 | Buy Now | 11.64% | Scotiabank | Maher Yaghi | $45.5 → $46.5 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 05/17/2024 | Buy Now | 24.85% | Tigress Financial | Ivan Feinseth | $50 → $52 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 04/23/2024 | Buy Now | -3.96% | Wells Fargo | Eric Luebchow | $44 → $40 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 04/23/2024 | Buy Now | 15.25% | Oppenheimer | Timothy Horan | $48 → $48 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/03/2024 | Buy Now | 15.25% | Oppenheimer | Timothy Horan | → $48 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/02/2024 | Buy Now | -3.96% | RBC Capital | Jonathan Atkin | $36 → $40 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 03/22/2024 | Buy Now | -6.36% | Redburn Atlantic | Steve Malcolm | → $39 | Upgrade | Sell → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 02/20/2024 | Buy Now | -13.57% | RBC Capital | Jonathan Atkin | $35 → $36 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 01/31/2024 | Buy Now | 5.64% | Barclays | Kannan Venkateshwar | → $44 | Downgrade | Overweight → Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 01/30/2024 | Buy Now | 12.85% | Citigroup | Michael Rollins | $45 → $47 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 01/26/2024 | Buy Now | 5.64% | Barclays | Kannan Venkateshwar | $42 → $44 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 01/25/2024 | Buy Now | 20.05% | Tigress Financial | Ivan Feinseth | $45 → $50 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 01/24/2024 | Buy Now | 3.24% | UBS | John Hodulik | $37 → $43 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 01/24/2024 | Buy Now | 5.64% | Wells Fargo | Eric Luebchow | $40 → $44 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 01/24/2024 | Buy Now | 10.44% | Raymond James | Frank Louthan | $42 → $46 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 01/24/2024 | Buy Now | 12.85% | Daiwa Capital | Jonathan Kees | → $47 | Upgrade | Neutral → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 01/24/2024 | Buy Now | 10.44% | Keybanc | Brandon Nispel | $45 → $46 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 01/04/2024 | Buy Now | 10.44% | Wolfe Research | Peter Supino | → $46 | Upgrade | Peer Perform → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 01/03/2024 | Buy Now | 8.04% | Keybanc | Brandon Nispel | → $45 | Upgrade | Sector Weight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 12/19/2023 | Buy Now | 3.24% | Oppenheimer | Timothy Horan | → $43 | Reiterates | Outperform → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 12/14/2023 | Buy Now | 0.84% | Citigroup | Michael Rollins | $40 → $42 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 12/13/2023 | Buy Now | -3.96% | Wells Fargo | Eric Luebchow | $35 → $40 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 11/02/2023 | Buy Now | 8.04% | Tigress Financial | Ivan Feinseth | $64 → $45 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 10/25/2023 | Buy Now | -8.76% | Barclays | Kannan Venkateshwar | $37 → $38 | Upgrade | Equal-Weight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 08/29/2023 | Buy Now | -3.96% | Citigroup | Michael Rollins | $39 → $40 | Upgrade | Neutral → Buy | Get Alert |
| 08/22/2023 | Buy Now | 3.24% | Oppenheimer | Timothy Horan | → $43 | Reiterates | Outperform → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 08/03/2023 | Buy Now | 5.64% | Morgan Stanley | Simon Flannery | $44 → $44 | Reiterates | Overweight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 07/27/2023 | Buy Now | -6.36% | Citigroup | Michael Rollins | $42 → $39 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 07/26/2023 | Buy Now | -13.57% | Goldman Sachs | Brett Feldman | $41 → $36 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 07/26/2023 | Buy Now | 0.84% | Raymond James | Frank Louthan | $51 → $42 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 07/20/2023 | Buy Now | -13.57% | Wells Fargo | Eric Luebchow | $40 → $36 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 07/18/2023 | Buy Now | 5.64% | Morgan Stanley | Simon Flannery | $44 → $44 | Reiterates | Overweight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 06/05/2023 | Buy Now | -6.36% | HSBC | Adam Fox-Rumley | $42.5 → $39 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
| 05/18/2023 | Buy Now | 53.66% | Tigress Financial | Ivan Feinseth | → $64 | Reiterates | Buy → Buy | Get Alert |
| 05/01/2023 | Buy Now | -3.96% | RBC Capital | Jonathan Atkin | → $40 | Reiterates | → Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 04/26/2023 | Buy Now | 8.04% | TD Cowen | Dan Brennan | $49 → $45 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/26/2023 | Buy Now | 3.24% | Oppenheimer | Timothy Horan | $46 → $43 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/06/2023 | Buy Now | 10.44% | Oppenheimer | Timothy Horan | → $46 | Reiterates | → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 03/23/2023 | Buy Now | -1.56% | B of A Securities | David Barden | $51 → $41 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 01/26/2023 | Buy Now | 0.84% | Citigroup | Michael Rollins | $39 → $42 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 01/25/2023 | Buy Now | -3.96% | RBC Capital | Kutgun Maral | $42 → $40 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 01/25/2023 | Buy Now | 10.44% | Oppenheimer | Timothy Horan | $50 → $46 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 01/25/2023 | Buy Now | 17.65% | Cowen & Co. | Gregory Williams | $55 → $49 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 12/15/2022 | Buy Now | 5.64% | Morgan Stanley | Simon Flannery | $41 → $44 | Upgrade | Equal-Weight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 10/26/2022 | Buy Now | -1.56% | Morgan Stanley | Simon Flannery | $58 → $41 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 10/25/2022 | Buy Now | -6.36% | Citigroup | Michael Rollins | $48 → $39 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 10/24/2022 | Buy Now | -11.16% | UBS | John Hodulik | $47 → $37 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 10/24/2022 | Buy Now | 32.05% | Cowen & Co. | Gregory Williams | $64 → $55 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 10/24/2022 | Buy Now | 22.45% | Raymond James | Frank Louthan | $54 → $51 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 10/24/2022 | Buy Now | 0.84% | RBC Capital | Kutgun Maral | $50 → $42 | Maintains | Sector Perform | Get Alert |
| 10/24/2022 | Buy Now | -11.16% | Barclays | Kannan Venkateshwar | $40 → $37 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 10/07/2022 | Buy Now | -3.96% | Wells Fargo | Eric Luebchow | $48 → $40 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 10/06/2022 | Buy Now | 29.65% | Raymond James | Frank Louthan | $55 → $54 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 10/06/2022 | Buy Now | 20.05% | Oppenheimer | Timothy Horan | → $50 | Upgrade | Perform → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 09/29/2022 | Buy Now | -3.96% | Barclays | Kannan Venkateshwar | $48 → $40 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 09/27/2022 | Buy Now | 12.85% | Credit Suisse | Douglas Mitchelson | $50 → $47 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 08/18/2022 | Buy Now | -1.56% | MoffettNathanson | Craig Moffett | → $41 | Downgrade | Market Perform → Underperform | Get Alert |
| 07/28/2022 | Buy Now | 22.45% | B of A Securities | David Barden | → $51 | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 07/25/2022 | Buy Now | 10.44% | Goldman Sachs | Brett Feldman | $52 → $46 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 07/25/2022 | Buy Now | 20.05% | 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 | 53.66% | Cowen & Co. | Gregory Williams | $71 → $64 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 07/25/2022 | Buy Now | 39.26% | Morgan Stanley | Simon Flannery | $60 → $58 | Maintains | Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 07/25/2022 | Buy Now | 24.85% | Deutsche Bank | Bryan Kraft | $58 → $52 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
| 07/25/2022 | Buy Now | 12.85% | UBS | John Hodulik | $57 → $47 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 07/25/2022 | Buy Now | 32.05% | Raymond James | Frank Louthan | $64 → $55 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 07/19/2022 | Buy Now | 39.26% | Deutsche Bank | Bryan Kraft | $59 → $58 | Maintains | 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 Wells Fargo on July 10, 2025. The analyst firm set a price target for $43.00 expecting VZ to rise to within 12 months (a possible 3.24% upside). 26 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 Wells Fargo, and Verizon Communications maintained their equal-weight 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 July 10, 2025 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around July 10, 2026.
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 $42.00 to $43.00. The current price Verizon Communications (VZ) is trading at is $41.65, which is out of the analyst’s predicted range.
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