Verizon Communications Inc. announced a dividend that was paid on Tuesday August 1st, 2017. It has underperformed by 25.18% the S&P500.

Similar to ROE, ROIC measures how effectively company management is using invested capital to generate company income. Over the recent three month period, executive have unloaded 1,830 stocks of company shares worth at $84,229. The stock grabbed 102 new institutional investments totaling 12,339,481 shares while 109 institutional investors sold out their entire positions totaling 10,365,496 shares.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. It closed at $36.18 lastly. (NYSE:RHI) has risen 17.82% since August 11, 2016 and is uptrending. (NYSE:VZ). Mitsubishi Ufj Secs Ltd holds 0.43% or 1,400 shares in its portfolio.

Since February 14, 2017, it had 0 buys, and 7 sales for $3.60 million activity.

Now let’s take a look at how the fundamentals are stacking up for Verizon Communications Inc (VZ). (NYSE:VZ) was sold by SILLIMAN CRAIG L. The insider WALDEN MARNI M sold $753,961. Verizon Communications Inc. had 47 analyst reports since July 22, 2015 according to SRatingsIntel. (NYSE:VZ) for 239,664 shares.

VZs average Altman Z-Score: 1.49 in the past 7 years. Verizon Communications Inc (VZ) has a current ROIC of 7.81. (NYSE:VZ). Spears Abacus Limited Liability invested in 5,278 shares or 0.04% of the stock.

Among 24 analysts covering Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) shares were sold by Gurnani Roger. Strategic Glob Limited Liability Company invested 0.95% in Verizon Communications Inc. The stock now has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $52.73. (NYSE:VZ) for 37.23M shares. The company holds 4.05 billion outstanding shares and 3.92 billion shares are floating in market. Country Tru Retail Bank reported 460,080 shares stake. Rainier Group Investment Advisory LLC’s holdings in Verizon Communications were worth $304,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. For the same quarter last year, the public company disclosed $0.94 Earnings Per Share. experts anticipate that Verizon Communications to post $3.79 earnings per share for the full year. (NYSE:VZ) Tracking Customers History” published on August 02, 2017 as well as Marketwatch.com’s news article titled: “Verizon earnings: Can you hear me now? More interesting news about Verizon Communications Inc. The ex-dividend date was Thursday the 6th of July 2017. The stock touched 52-week High of $54.83 on 01/05/17 and 52-week Low of $42.80 on 07/11/17. (NYSE:VZ) on Wednesday, January 25 to “Mkt Perform” rating. Therefore 27% are positive.

14-day Williams %R for Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ). Oregon Pub Employees Retirement Fund, a Oregon-based fund reported 424,240 shares. Barclays Capital has “Hold” rating and $4700 target. (NYSE:VZ) on Wednesday, January 25 to “Sector Perform” rating. The firm has “Buy” rating by Moffett Nathanson given on Tuesday, February 21. On Thursday, May 26 the stock rating was reinitiated by Janney Capital with “Neutral”. The stock of Verizon Communications Inc.

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FCF is an indicator of a firm’s financial performance, measured as operating cash flow minus capital expenditures. American Capital Management Inc owns 413,702 shares or 1.37% of their United States portfolio.

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.86 in Q4 2016. Its up 0.01, from 1.1 in 2016Q3. It is negative, as 69 investors sold WNR shares while 89 reduced holdings. 34 funds opened positions while 117 raised stakes. Eads And Heald Invest Counsel holds 0.99% or 27,285 shares. Bokf Na holds 32,318 shares. Mitsubishi Ufj Tru & Bk Corporation owns 9.18 million shares for 1.03% of their portfolio. Lmr Ptnrs Limited Liability Partnership reported 0.14% stake. Shaker Financial Services Llc owns 85,918 shares or 0.53% of their United States portfolio. Wcm Ca reported 31,723 shares. Texan Capital Mngmt accumulated 2.3% or 92,123 shares. Payden And Rygel stated it has 409,900 shares. FGOVF’s SI was 100 shares in August as released by FINRA. Atwood And Palmer Incorporated invested in 0.01% or 667 shares. First National Trust holds 1.35% or 179,575 shares in its portfolio. Hbk Invs Lp holds 0.37% or 642,187 shares. Moody Commercial Bank Trust Division reported 0.02% in Western Refining, Inc. Credit Suisse Ag stated it has 0.01% of its portfolio in UGI Corp (NYSE:UGI). 79,060 are held by Natl Asset Mgmt. Also, there are 1 buy, 0 sell and 0 strong sell ratings, collectively assigning a 2.55 average brokerage recommendation. A high ROIC number typically reflects positively on company management while a low number typically reflects the opposite. Goldman Sachs maintained Western Refining, Inc.

VZ’s mean Piotroski F-Score: 5 in the past 7 years. Tudor Pickering downgraded Western Refining, Inc. The stock of Duke Energy Corp (NYSE:DUK) has “Neutral” rating given on Friday, February 19 by JP Morgan. (NYSE:WNR) on Monday, October 10 to “Equalweight” rating. As per Friday, August 14, the company rating was upgraded by Zacks. Macquarie Research initiated the stock with “Neutral” rating in Tuesday, April 5 report. The firm earned “Equal-Weight” rating on Tuesday, December 6 by Morgan Stanley.

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