CluenexVerizon Communications Inc VZ
Verizon Communications Inc scores average on business quality (4.7 of 10). Here is why, in plain words, and what our sealed record shows.
Why it matters
- What Verizon Communications Inc does
Verizon sells wireless connectivity and broadband services to consumers and businesses, collecting recurring monthly bills on massive network infrastructure. The company is driving fiber and 5G deployment to lock in subscribers and defend its core base against aggressive rivals.
- What it does best
Verizon dominates in operating margin at 20.6%, outperforming AT&T's 20.6% and Comcast's 14.7%, backed by heavy infrastructure scale that makes replication cost-prohibitive.
- The main risk
A massive net debt load of $139.1 billion sits against $19.0 billion in cash, leaving interest coverage at just 3.9x and exposing cash flows to rate pressures.
Quality, check by check
Scored against its own industry, from company filings.
Operating margin stands at 20.6% with an FCF margin of 14.5%, showing steady profitability that scales efficiently with network density.
Scale creates a high barrier to entry, locking in consumers through deep network infrastructure and earning an operating margin ranking in the sector's top quartile at 72nd percentile.
Revenue grew 2.5% to $138.9B, moving near the bottom quartile of its sector with a 26th percentile ranking in growth.
Debt-to-equity sits high at 1.5x with interest coverage at 3.9x, while free cash flow reached $20.2B, keeping the balance sheet constrained but cash-generative.
Insiders
Executives and directors, from SEC Form 4 filings we read ourselves. Open market trades only; grants, option exercises and pre-planned sales left out.
No open market buys or unplanned sales by executives or directors.
Our sealed record on VZ
Verdicts appear here 30 days after we publish them; members see today's. Each one is in the nightly ledger, fingerprinted the night it was made.
The first sealed verdicts appear here on Oct 11, 2026.
Questions
Verizon Communications Inc scores average on the Cluenex quality check (4.7 of 10), measured against its own industry. Profitability is fair, moat fair, growth slow and financial health fair.
In the last 90 days of SEC Form 4 filings: No open market buys or unplanned sales by executives or directors.
Oct 26, 2026.
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