Barclays Keeps Their Hold Rating on Verizon (VZ)

Barclays analyst Kannan Venkateshwar maintained a Hold rating on Verizon (VZ – Research Report) today and set a price target of $44.00. The company’s shares closed yesterday at $42.28.

According to TipRanks, Venkateshwar is a 4-star analyst with an average return of 7.3% and a 57.47% success rate. Venkateshwar covers the Communication Services sector, focusing on stocks such as Verizon, Walt Disney, and AT&T.

The word on The Street in general, suggests a Moderate Buy analyst consensus rating for Verizon with a $44.39 average price target, a 4.99% upside from current levels. In a report released on March 22, J.P. Morgan also maintained a Hold rating on the stock with a $46.00 price target.

VZ market cap is currently $177.8B and has a P/E ratio of 15.34.

Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 44 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock. This means that over the past quarter there has been an increase of insiders selling their shares of VZ in relation to earlier this year.

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Verizon (VZ) Company Description:

Verizon Communications, Inc. provides wireless and wireline communications services and products through its two segments: Verizon Consumer Group and Verizon Business Group. The Verizon Business segment also offers video and data services, corporate networking solutions, security and managed network services, local and long distance voice services and network access to deliver various Internet of Things (IoT) services and products. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in New York, NY.