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In this section of the page, you will find all the information you need to understand how Verizon Communications (VZ) dividends work. In addition, you will be able to consult the payment date, the ex-dividend date, the last day to be entitled to the payment, the money to be received per share, the yield and any other doubts that may arise.
Verizon Communications will distribute 0,607 dollars per share in the form of a dividend on March 1, 2024.
The February 6, 2024 is the ex-dividend date. So if you wish to receive Verizon Communications dividends, you must buy one day before this date.
Verizon Communications distributed 0.665 dollars per share in the form of a dividend on November 1, 2023.
Verizon has been stable in recent dividends. Its payout ratio per dividend is approximately 51%.
It has 18 years of uninterrupted interest payments, with an average yield of 5.2% per dividend. The annual deposit of dividends is divided into four parts, at a rate of three months each, being credited on the first days of February, May, August and November.
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Payout Ratio Verizon Communications Dividends
The dividend payout ratio, also known as the payout ratio, is an essential indicator for assessing the stability of a company's dividends. This ratio shows what proportion of the company's net profit is used to pay dividends to shareholders.
Dividend payout ratio = Total dividends ÷ Net income
An appropriate payout ratio may vary depending on the industry, the company's growth stage and its financial health.
Dividend calendar of Verizon Communications
This is the Dividend Calendar of Verizon Communications in 2023.
| Event | Day |
|---|---|
| Last trading date | February 5, 2024 |
| Ex-Dividend (Ex-Date) | February 6, 2024 |
| Record date | February 29, 2024 |
| Date of payment | March 1, 2024 |
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Historical annual dividend yields of Verizon Communications
For a company to have growing dividends by our standards, the annual dividend amount must have increased steadily for at least the last 5 years.
Dividend yield of Verizon Communications vs. the sector
The company's dividend yield is compared to the industry average to determine its positioning.
Imagine you have a list of dividend yields for different companies in an industry. If you look for the "top 25%% percentile", you will find a number. This number tells you that the top 25%% of the companies with the highest dividends have a yield higher than that number.
On the other hand, the "top 75%% percentile" shows you another number, which tells you that 75%% of the companies have a higher yield than that number, thus showing a more common and less high yield.
Dividend yield history in Verizon Communications
For a company to have stable dividends by our standards, it is vital that it has not had an annual decline of more than 10% over the previous year.
Dividend history of Verizon Communications
In this table you can see the dividend history of Verizon Communications:
| Year | Ex-Dividend | Amount | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10/06/2023 07/07/2023 04/06/2023 01/09/2023 | 0.665 $ 0.653 $ 0.653 $ 0.653 $ | 2.624 $ |
| 2022 | 10/06/2022 07/07/2022 04/07/2022 01/07/2022 | 0.653 $ 0.64 $ 0.64 $ 0.64 $ | 2.573 $ |
| 2021 | 10/07/2021 07/08/2021 04/08/2021 01/07/2021 | 0.64 $ 0.628 $ 0.628 $ 0.628 $ | 2.524 $ |
| 2020 | 10/08/2020 07/09/2020 04/09/2020 01/09/2020 | 0.628 $ 0.615 $ 0.615 $ 0.615 $ | 2.473 $ |
| 2019 | 10/09/2019 07/09/2019 04/09/2019 01/09/2019 | 0.615 $ 0.603 $ 0.603 $ 0.603 $ | 2.424 $ |
| 2018 | 10/09/2018 07/09/2018 04/09/2018 01/09/2018 | 0.603 $ 0.59 $ 0.59 $ 0.59 $ | 2.373 $ |
| 2017 | 10/06/2017 07/06/2017 04/06/2017 01/06/2017 | 0.59 $ 0.578 $ 0.578 $ 0.578 $ | 2.324 $ |
| 2016 | 10/05/2016 07/06/2016 04/06/2016 01/06/2016 | 0.578 $ 0.565 $ 0.565 $ 0.565 $ | 2.273 $ |
| 2015 | 10/07/2015 07/08/2015 04/08/2015 01/07/2015 | 0.565 $ 0.55 $ 0.55 $ 0.55 $ | 2.215 $ |
| 2014 | 10/08/2014 07/08/2014 04/08/2014 01/08/2014 | 0.55 $ 0.53 $ 0.53 $ 0.53 $ | 2.14 $ |
| 2013 | 10/08/2013 07/08/2013 04/08/2013 01/08/2013 | 0.53 $ 0.515 $ 0.515 $ 0.515 $ | 2.075 $ |
| 2012 | 10/05/2012 07/06/2012 04/05/2012 01/06/2012 | 0.515 $ 0.5 $ 0.5 $ 0.5 $ | 2.015 $ |
| 2011 | 10/05/2011 07/06/2011 04/06/2011 01/06/2011 | 0.5 $ 0.488 $ 0.488 $ 0.488 $ | 1.964 $ |
| 2010 | 10/06/2010 07/07/2010 04/07/2010 01/06/2010 | 0.488 $ 0.475 $ 0.445497 $ 0.445497 $ | 1.853994 $ |
| 2009 | 10/07/2009 07/08/2009 04/07/2009 01/07/2009 | 0.445497 $ 0.431429 $ 0.431429 $ 0.431429 $ | 1.739784 $ |
| 2008 | 10/08/2008 07/08/2008 04/08/2008 01/08/2008 | 0.431429 $ 0.403292 $ 0.403292 $ 0.401425 $ | 1.639438 $ |
| 2007 | 10/05/2007 07/06/2007 04/05/2007 01/08/2007 | 0.401425 $ 0.378086 $ 0.378086 $ 0.378086 $ | 1.535683 $ |
| 2006 | 10/05/2006 07/06/2006 04/06/2006 01/06/2006 | 0.364226 $ 0.364226 $ 0.364226 $ 0.364226 $ | 1.456904 $ |
| 2005 | 10/05/2005 07/06/2005 04/06/2005 01/06/2005 | 0.364226 $ 0.364226 $ 0.364226 $ 0.346239 $ | 1.438917 $ |
| 2004 | 10/06/2004 07/07/2004 04/06/2004 01/07/2004 | 0.346239 $ 0.346239 $ 0.346239 $ 0.346239 $ | 1.384956 $ |
| 2003 | 10/08/2003 07/08/2003 04/08/2003 01/08/2003 | 0.346239 $ 0.346239 $ 0.346239 $ 0.346239 $ | 1.384956 $ |
| 2002 | 10/08/2002 07/08/2002 04/08/2002 01/08/2002 | 0.346239 $ 0.346239 $ 0.346239 $ 0.346239 $ | 1.384956 $ |
| 2001 | 10/05/2001 07/06/2001 04/06/2001 01/08/2001 | 0.346239 $ 0.346239 $ 0.346239 $ 0.346239 $ | 1.384956 $ |
| 2000 | 10/05/2000 07/06/2000 07/03/2000 04/06/2000 01/06/2000 | 0.346239 $ 0.042268 $ 0.346239 $ 0.346239 $ 0.346239 $ | 1.427224 $ |
| 1999 | 10/06/1999 07/07/1999 04/07/1999 01/06/1999 | 0.346239 $ 0.347139 $ 0.346239 $ 0.346239 $ | 1.385856 $ |
| 1998 | 10/07/1998 07/08/1998 04/07/1998 01/07/1998 | 0.346239 $ 0.346239 $ 0.346239 $ 0.346239 $ | 1.384956 $ |
| 1997 | 10/08/1997 04/08/1997 01/08/1997 | 0.346239 $ 0.332749 $ 0.323756 $ | 1.002744 $ |
| 1996 | 10/08/1996 07/08/1996 04/08/1996 01/08/1996 | 0.323756 $ 0.323756 $ 0.323756 $ 0.314763 $ | 1.286031 $ |
| 1995 | 10/05/1995 07/06/1995 04/04/1995 01/04/1995 | 0.314763 $ 0.314763 $ 0.314763 $ 0.310266 $ | 1.254555 $ |
| 1994 | 10/04/1994 07/05/1994 04/05/1994 01/04/1994 | 0.310266 $ 0.310266 $ 0.310266 $ 0.301273 $ | 1.232071 $ |
| 1993 | 07/02/1993 04/02/1993 01/05/1993 | 0.301273 $ 0.301273 $ 0.29228 $ | 0.894826 $ |
| 1992 | 10/05/1992 07/06/1992 04/06/1992 01/06/1992 | 0.29228 $ 0.29228 $ 0.29228 $ 0.283287 $ | 1.160127 $ |
| 1991 | 10/04/1991 07/03/1991 04/04/1991 01/04/1991 | 0.283287 $ 0.283287 $ 0.283287 $ 0.2653 $ | 1.115161 $ |
| 1990 | 10/03/1990 07/03/1990 04/04/1990 01/04/1990 | 0.2653 $ 0.2653 $ 0.2653 $ 0.247314 $ | 1.043214 $ |
| 1989 | 10/03/1989 07/03/1989 04/04/1989 | 0.247314 $ 0.247314 $ 0.247314 $ | 0.741942 $ |
| 1988 | 12/23/1988 09/26/1988 06/24/1988 03/25/1988 | 0.229327 $ 0.229327 $ 0.229327 $ 0.229327 $ | 0.917308 $ |
| 1987 | 12/24/1987 09/24/1987 06/24/1987 03/25/1987 | 0.215837 $ 0.215837 $ 0.215837 $ 0.215837 $ | 0.863348 $ |
| 1986 | 12/24/1986 09/24/1986 06/24/1986 03/24/1986 | 0.202348 $ 0.202348 $ 0.202348 $ 0.202348 $ | 0.809392 $ |
| 1985 | 12/24/1985 09/24/1985 06/24/1985 03/25/1985 | 0.191106 $ 0.191106 $ 0.019111 $ 0.191106 $ | 0.592429 $ |
| 1984 | 12/21/1984 09/24/1984 06/25/1984 03/26/1984 | 0.179865 $ 0.179865 $ 0.179865 $ 0.179865 $ | 0.71946 $ |
Verizon Communications dividend capture strategy
Information about Verizon Communications
Verizon Communications, Inc. is a company that arose from the disintegration that AT&T had to make in 1984, due to the antitrust laws that were approved in the United States, being one of the famous "Baby Bells" called "Bell Atlantic Corporation" dedicated to telecommunications and broadband services.
After its founding, it acquires "GTE", a telephone and mobile communications company, becoming one of the most important mergers in the history of telecommunications, changing its name to Verizon, which is made according to the union of two words, "veritas" in Latin, which means truth and "horizon".
It is headquartered in the Verizon Building in New York, but has a wide variety of subsidiaries around the world, including GTE, MCI Inc, NYNEX, Diamond State Telephone, New Jersey Bell, Verizon North, Terremark, among others.
Its services range from fixed and mobile telephony, internet and broadband, digital television and telecommunications, in addition to that in 2016 they acquired Yahoo! And in 2018 they bought the company "Movildata International", which laid the groundwork to establish themselves in southern Europe, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Poland.
Frequently asked questions about Verizon Communications dividends
Verizon Communications pays dividends on a Quarterly basis.
Verizon Communications is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is part of the Nyse.
Verizon Communications has the Ticker or stock code VZ.
Verizon Communications belongs to the Communications Services sector and the Telecom Services industry.
The CEO of Verizon Communications in 2023 is Mr. Hans E. Vestberg.
At this moment, the value of a Verizon Communications share is 38.42$.
Verizon Communications has a growing dividend program. In the last 5 years, dividends have been at least equal to or higher than the previous year.