"Verizon has been growing that dividend, modestly but consistently. It raised its quarterly payout from $0.6650 to $0.6775 in mid-2024, then again to $0.69 in mid-2025. No drama, no cuts. That's the predictability income investors love."
"The Q4 2024 results were genuinely impressive. Postpaid phone net additions hit 568,000, up 26.5% year over year, the best performance in over a decade. Fixed wireless access revenue jumped 51.6% to $611 million, with nearly 4.6 million FWA subscribers."
"But here's the tension. Verizon guided 2025 adjusted EPS growth of just 0% to 3%. That's essentially flat earnings on a stock trading near its 52-week high. Total debt sits at $144 billion, and the pending Frontier acquisition adds more leverage."
Verizon Communications trades at a 5.34% dividend yield with consistent quarterly increases, making it attractive for income investors. Q4 2024 results showed strong postpaid phone additions of 568,000 and fixed wireless access revenue growth of 51.6%. However, the company guided 2025 adjusted EPS growth of only 0% to 3%, indicating essentially flat earnings despite the stock trading near 52-week highs. Total debt stands at $144 billion, with the pending Frontier acquisition adding further leverage. Verizon Business revenue declined 1.5% in Q4 2024. A recent major network outage affecting hundreds of thousands of customers raises questions about the reliability foundation supporting the dividend yield.
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