$30,000 of VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. lobbying was just disclosed, from Q3 of 2026, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.
This included lobbying on issues like:
"No specific legislation; discussions related to telecommunications policies concerning US supply chain affecting telecommunications equipment, and law enforcement matters"
You can find more data on corporate lobbying on Quiver Quantitative.
VZ Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $VZ stock 3 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 1 have been purchases and 2 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $VZ stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE GILBERT RAY CISNEROS, JR. has traded it 2 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $15,000 on 09/18 and 1 sale worth up to $15,000 on 07/17.
- REPRESENTATIVE LLOYD SMUCKER sold up to $15,000 on 04/23.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard. You can access data on congressional stock trades through the Quiver Quantitative API Congress trades endpoint.
VZ Insider Trading Activity
VZ insiders have traded $VZ stock on the open market 10 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 10 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $VZ stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- SAMANTHA HAMMOCK (EVP & Chief HR Officer) sold 73,069 shares for an estimated $3,495,036
- KYLE MALADY (EVP and Group CEO-VZ Business) has made 0 purchases and 9 sales selling 9,900 shares for an estimated $476,454.
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard. You can access data on insider stock transactions through the Quiver Quantitative API insider transaction endpoint.
VZ Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 1,547 institutional investors add shares of VZ stock to their portfolio, and 1,459 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- SIXTH STREET PARTNERS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, L.P. added 127,774,822 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $5,409,985,963
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO added 41,184,848 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $1,743,766,464
- BLACKROCK, INC. added 30,188,559 shares (+8.2%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $1,278,183,588
- CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC added 14,838,312 shares (+13.1%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $628,254,130
- AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC removed 9,847,187 shares (-37.9%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $416,929,897
- GQG PARTNERS LLC removed 9,837,354 shares (-21.5%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $416,513,568
- BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP removed 7,807,225 shares (-20.5%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $330,557,906
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard. You can access data on hedge funds moves and 13F filings through the Quiver Quantitative API 13F endpoint.
VZ Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $VZ recently. We have seen 6 analysts offer price targets for $VZ in the last 6 months, with a median target of $48.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Kannan Venkateshwar from Barclays set a target price of $45.0 on 07/08/2026
- Steven Cahall from Wells Fargo set a target price of $43.0 on 07/08/2026
- Lyaysyan Sedova from Freedom Broker set a target price of $53.0 on 06/12/2026
- Sebastiano Petti from JP Morgan set a target price of $52.0 on 04/30/2026
- Benjamin Swinburne from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $50.0 on 04/28/2026
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