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Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ)At 4:00PM EDT: 36.99  Up 0.08 (0.22%)  

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:104.61B
Enterprise Value (Apr 25, 2011)3:149.97B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):41.10
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2012)1:14.06
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.73
Price/Sales (ttm):0.98
Price/Book (mrq):2.71
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:1.41
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)3:4.29
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 31
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Dec 31, 2010
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):2.39%
Operating Margin (ttm):17.42%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):5.19%
Return on Equity (ttm):11.95%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):106.56B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):37.66
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):-2.60%
Gross Profit (ttm):62.42B
EBITDA (ttm):34.97B
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):2.55B
Diluted EPS (ttm):0.90
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):146.90%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):7.21B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):2.55
Total Debt (mrq):52.79B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):60.74
Current Ratio (mrq):0.73
Book Value Per Share (mrq):13.64
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):33.36B
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):15.21B
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.59
52-Week Change3:27.06%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:10.65%
52-Week High (Mar 30, 2011)3:38.95
52-Week Low (Jul 7, 2010)3:25.99
50-Day Moving Average3:37.06
200-Day Moving Average3:35.03
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:16,671,500
Avg Vol (10 day)3:13,880,200
Shares Outstanding5:2.83B
Float:2.82B
% Held by Insiders6:0.01%
% Held by Institutions6:54.00%
Shares Short (as of Mar 31, 2011)3:43.89M
Short Ratio (as of Mar 31, 2011)3:2.40
Short % of Float (as of Mar 31, 2011)3:1.60%
Shares Short (prior month)3:36.81M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:1.95
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:5.30%
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:1.94
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:5.30%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:N/A
Payout Ratio4:213.00%
Dividend Date3:May 1, 2011
Ex-Dividend Date4:Apr 6, 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 Dec 31, 2010)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Dec 31, 2010)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Dec 31, 2010)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2010)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson
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 Data provided by Computershare

Currency in USD.