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Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ)On Nov 18: 36.46  Down 0.24 (0.65%)  

Key StatisticsGet Key Statistics for:
Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:103.22B
Enterprise Value (Nov 19, 2011)3:147.96B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):14.66
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2012)1:14.30
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.65
Price/Sales (ttm):0.95
Price/Book (mrq):2.66
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:1.36
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:3.63
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Sep 30, 2011
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):6.49%
Operating Margin (ttm):22.35%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):6.77%
Return on Equity (ttm):17.50%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):108.83B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):38.44
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):5.40%
Gross Profit (ttm):62.42B
EBITDA (ttm)6:40.72B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):7.07B
Diluted EPS (ttm):2.49
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):109.30%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):10.86B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):3.84
Total Debt (mrq):54.92B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):62.75
Current Ratio (mrq):0.80
Book Value Per Share (mrq):13.79
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):29.76B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):14.16B
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.42
52-Week Change3:12.18%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:1.49%
52-Week High (Mar 30, 2011)3:38.95
52-Week Low (Nov 30, 2010)3:31.60
50-Day Moving Average3:36.90
200-Day Moving Average3:36.36
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:16,528,600
Avg Vol (10 day)3:13,839,800
Shares Outstanding5:2.83B
Float:2.82B
% Held by Insiders1:0.01%
% Held by Institutions1:54.00%
Shares Short (as of Oct 31, 2011)3:41.27M
Short Ratio (as of Oct 31, 2011)3:2.50
Short % of Float (as of Oct 31, 2011)3:1.50%
Shares Short (prior month)3:46.92M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:2.00
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:5.40%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.96
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:5.40%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:5.30%
Payout Ratio4:94.00%
Dividend Date3:Oct 31, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Oct 5, 2011
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:Jun 30, 1998

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Sep 30, 2011)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Sep 30, 2011)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Sep 30, 2011)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2010)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson Reuters
2 Data provided by EDGAR Online
3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance
4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
6 EBITDA is calculated by Capital IQ using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting

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