$60,000 of VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES lobbying was just disclosed, from Q2 of 2025, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.
This included lobbying on issues like:
"Broadband Deployment and Investment; Universal Service Reform; Net Neutrality and online privacy issues. Assist on corporate tax matters including clarifications with respect to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017; Issues related to the corporate tax rate."
You can find more data on corporate lobbying on Quiver Quantitative.
VZ Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $VZ stock 4 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 1 have been purchases and 3 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $VZ stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE JEFFERSON SHREVE sold up to $50,000 on 05/12.
- REPRESENTATIVE DAN NEWHOUSE sold up to $15,000 on 04/11.
- REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT BRESNAHAN purchased up to $50,000 on 04/08.
- REPRESENTATIVE JULIE JOHNSON sold up to $15,000 on 04/01.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.
VZ Insider Trading Activity
VZ insiders have traded $VZ stock on the open market 13 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 13 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $VZ stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- KYLE MALADY (EVP and Group CEO-VZ Business) has made 0 purchases and 11 sales selling 107,175 shares for an estimated $4,461,186.
- VANDANA VENKATESH (EVP-PubPol&ChiefLegalOfficer) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 10,000 shares for an estimated $437,938.
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
VZ Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 1,469 institutional investors add shares of VZ stock to their portfolio, and 1,432 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- GQG PARTNERS LLC added 37,516,167 shares (+303.9%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $1,701,733,335
- FMR LLC added 14,873,284 shares (+52.2%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $674,652,162
- STATE STREET CORP added 14,052,011 shares (+7.4%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $637,399,218
- PARNASSUS INVESTMENTS, LLC removed 13,308,721 shares (-80.1%) from their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $603,683,584
- PACER ADVISORS, INC. added 10,300,369 shares (+737.5%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $467,224,737
- BLACKROCK, INC. added 8,618,085 shares (+2.5%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $390,916,335
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO added 7,622,100 shares (+24.1%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $345,738,456
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
VZ Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $VZ in the last several months. We have seen 2 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Tigress Financial issued a "Buy" rating on 04/28/2025
- Oppenheimer issued a "Outperform" rating on 04/01/2025
To track analyst ratings and price targets for VZ, check out Quiver Quantitative's $VZ forecast page.
VZ Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $VZ recently. We have seen 7 analysts offer price targets for $VZ in the last 6 months, with a median target of $47.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Benjamin Swinburne from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $47.0 on 07/10/2025
- Eric Luebchow from Wells Fargo set a target price of $43.0 on 07/10/2025
- Michael Funk from B of A Securities set a target price of $45.0 on 07/07/2025
- Ivan Feinseth from Tigress Financial set a target price of $56.0 on 04/28/2025
- Maher Yaghi from Scotiabank set a target price of $49.0 on 04/23/2025
- Timothy Horan from Oppenheimer set a target price of $50.0 on 04/01/2025
- Jonathan Atkin from RBC Capital set a target price of $45.0 on 03/25/2025
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