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Price Open |
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30.52
Previous Close |
30.53
Day High |
30.30
Day Low |
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0.59
Beta (5yr) |
34.90/12/8/08
52wk High/Date |
26.10/3/9/09
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86.4 Billion
Market Capitalization |
2.8 Billion
Shares Outstanding |
29.79
Volatility Avg (1 Year) |
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13.3 Million
Avg Vol (10 day) |
15.6x
P/E Ratio |
1.95
EPS (TTM) |
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| 0.475 (11/2/09) |
6.24%
Yield |
10/7/2009
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Verizon Communications vs. Peers
| Company | Market Cap | YTD Price Performance |
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VZ
Verizon Communications |
86.4B | |
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T
AT&T Inc. |
153.5B | |
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Sprint Nextel Corporation |
10.6B | |
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USM
United States Cellular Corporation |
3.4B | |
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PCS
MetroPCS Communications, Inc. |
2.3B |
Company Background
Verizon Communications Inc. (Verizon) is a provider of communications services. The Company has two primary reportable segments: Domestic Wireless and Wireline. Domestic Wireless's products and services include wireless voice, data services and other value-added services and equipment sales across the United States. Wireline's communications services include voice, Internet access, broadband video and data, next generation Internet protocol (IP) network services, network access, long distance and other services. It provides these services to consumers, carriers, businesses and government customers both in the United States and internationally in 150 countries. In August 2008, Verizon announced that Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of the Company and Vodafone Group Plc, had completed its purchase of Rural Cellular Corporation, doing business as Unicel. In January 2009, Verizon Wireless completed its acquisition of Alltel Corporation from Atlantis Holdings LLC.
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