Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) reported third-quarter 2026 total operating revenue of $34.3 billion, up 1.5% year over year, and consolidated net income of $5.3 billion, up 5.2%. Basic and diluted earnings per share were both $1.25, compared with $1.17 a year earlier.
The company raised full-year 2026 guidance for postpaid phone net additions, adjusted EPS and free cash flow. Verizon also announced an agreement with Amazon Web Services valued at more than $2.0 billion to scale distributed compute for AI workloads.
- Postpaid phone net additions were 406,000, while postpaid net account additions were 137,000.
- Mobility and broadband service revenue was approximately $23.5 billion, up 2.9% year over year.
- Cash flow from operations totaled $11.5 billion, and free cash flow was $7.8 billion.
- Broadband net additions totaled 314,000, including 159,000 fixed wireless access additions and 155,000 fiber broadband additions.
- Verizon expects 1.1 million to 1.2 million postpaid phone net additions for full-year 2026 and free-cash-flow growth approaching 12.0%.
$VZ Insider Trading Activity
$VZ insiders have traded $VZ stock on the open market 11 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 11 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 10 sales selling 11,000 shares for an estimated $525,382.
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 1,542 institutional investors add shares of $VZ stock to their portfolio, and 1,495 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 Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $VZ stock 2 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 1 have been purchases and 1 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.
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.
