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VZ — Verizon Communications

_Last updated 2026-10-30 10:00 ET from report. Screening/research, not investment advice._

Business

US national wireless carrier plus Fios and fixed-wireless broadband (Verizon newsroom).

Catalysts, guidance & news

  • Reports Mon 2026-10-26 BMO. Consensus ~$1.27–1.28 EPS, ~$34.8B revenue (sources differ) (Investing.com, 2026-10-23). Q2 guidance to test: adj. EPS $4.99–5.04, FCF growth 9–10%, postpaid phone net adds in the upper half of 750k–1.0M (VZ 2Q26 8-K Ex. 99).
  • SpaceX tower talks (Oct 22 AMC): VZ −2.1% at ~11:15 ET Oct 23 after opening −3.5% (Yahoo). It is the strongest of the three carriers. CEO Schulman (Sept 10): satellite is "complementary … not a direct competitor" (Light Reading).

TRAI data (2026-10-23 8:53 AM ET premarket run; daily stats = Oct 22 session)

  • Sector (TRAI): Telecom. Oct 22: +3.76%, relVol 1.11, ATR 3.01%, beta60 -0.41, indicated gap -4.42%, signals: none (TRAI /api/latest).
  • Next earnings: 2026-10-26 BMO, gap risk imminent (TRAI /api/events, asOf 2026-10-23).
  • Typical earnings reaction (last 4): avg |gap| 3.12% (1.76 ATR), max |gap| 5.53%, gap fill rate 25%, continuation 50%, avg day-1 move in gap direction +2.18% (TRAI /api/events).
  • Recent events: 2025-10-29 BMO: gap +4.09%, day-1 -1.76%, close-close +2.26%, EPS surprise 1.53%; 2026-01-30 BMO: gap +5.53%, day-1 +5.97%, close-close +11.83%, EPS surprise 3.28%; 2026-04-27 BMO: gap +2.26%, day-1 -0.70%, close-close +1.55%, EPS surprise 5.81%; 2026-07-24 BMO: gap +0.59%, day-1 +5.22%, close-close +5.84%, EPS surprise 2.71% (TRAI /api/events).
  • Correlation cluster 10 (avg ρ 0.717, 60d): CMCSA, TMUS, T, VZ (TRAI /api/correlations, asOf 2026-10-22).
  • Highest 60d correlations: T 0.90, TMUS 0.88, CMCSA 0.56, PEP 0.45, NFLX 0.39 (TRAI /api/correlations).

Report links

2026-10-30 10:00 update