American Express, Verizon, Snap and others

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: American Express (AXP) – The financial services company reported a quarterly profit of $2.47 per share, 6 cents above estimates, with revenue ...

Verizon has hit a speed bump, but earnings could show a better road ahead

For Verizon Communications Inc., the pain likely isn’t over yet. After posting net losses of wireless retail postpaid phone subscribers in its consumer business during each of the past two quarters, V...

Buy Verizon Stock for a Turnaround and Its Big Dividend, Says Analyst

Text size The Verizon logo is seen at a Verizon Wireless store in San Francisco. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Oppenheimer believes Verizon Communications stock is now too cheap to ignore. On Wednesday...

Verizon Communications Named ‘Top Dividend Stock Of The Dow’ At Dividend Channel With 6.9% Yield

Verizon Communications has been named as the ”Top Dividend Stock of the Dow”, according to Dividend Channel, which published its most recent ”DividendRank” report. The report n...

Verizon With Stable & Growing Dividend Likely To Hold In Far Better Than Peer TMTs, Analyst Says

Reuters TREASURIES-U.S. yields move higher with payrolls report on deck The yield on the benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury rose on Thursday after a reading on the labor market showed unemployment benefi...

AT&T, Verizon and Comcast stocks just had their worst quarter in two decades

Some of the biggest telecommunications stocks just posted their steepest quarterly declines in two decades amid pressures both new and old on the cable and wireless industries. Shares of wireless comp...

What Are Dividend Stocks?

Financial planning getty Dividend stocks are securities that include a regular distribution of the issuing company’s earnings. They operate like ordinary stocks and represent a share of ownership in a...

Should I buy Verizon Communications shares after a recent dip?

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) shares have weakened from $51.77 to $38.63 since the beginning of July 2022, and the current price stands at $39.47. Verizon raised its quarterly dividend by 2% ...

Verizon hasn’t been a very defensive stock lately, but here’s how things could flip

Telecommunications stocks are said to be defensive, but Credit Suisse analyst Douglas Mitchelson wrote that Verizon Communications Inc. hasn’t quite lived up to that billing lately. The stock has narr...

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Makes List of Undervalued, Stocks

The stock market has been nothing if not volatile in 2022. The CBOE Volatility Index has skyrocketed 89% so far this year. So you may want to consider low volatility stocks. Volatility can be measured...

Grabbing Fat Dividend From Verizon With 17-Day Buy Write

This buy write on Verizon Communications VZ (VZ) is designed to earn a $0.6525 per share dividend on October 6 . We will be writing October 14 weekly calls because Verizon reports earnings on October ...

Boosting Domestic Production Of 5G Technology Is Important To Ensure Long Run U.S. Economic Primacy

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China’s increasingly bellicose rhetoric across the Asian Hemisphere have caused policymakers to realize that we cannot depend on these countries for materials critical...

Dollar General Tops Morningstar List of Dividend Stocks

Given all the turmoil in financial markets recently, you may be interested in the regular income stream and possible capital gains of dividend stocks. The Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index ETF  (VYM)...

Verizon Communications Is Oversold

The DividendRank formula at Dividend Channel ranks a coverage universe of thousands of dividend stocks, according to a proprietary formula designed to identify those stocks that combine two important ...

How media and T-Mobile got the better of AT&T and Verizon

With the stock market in a deep funk (and getting funkier by the day) investors are looking for safe places to park their money, like stocks that pay healthy dividends. Which would be telecom stocks, ...

Verizon is ‘not going to throw away money’ to woo consumers with cheaper phones, CEO says

In a competitive market for wireless deals, Verizon Communications Inc.’s chief executive says the company is “not going to throw away money” on promotions. The company recently rolled out its deals f...

T-Mobile Stock Market Value Has Been Rising. It’s Bigger Than Verizon.

Illustration by Elias Stein Text size There’s a new top dog in U.S. telecom. This past Tuesday, T-Mobile US nosed ahead of Verizon Communications , and AT&T in market capitalization—an exclamation...

Verizon says it’s ‘very challenging being the premium brand’ but that new efforts will pay off

The iPhone 14 arrives during a tough climate for the U.S. wireless market, but a Verizon Communications Inc. VZ, +0.58% executive is upbeat about the efforts her company has taken both before and in r...

Verizon Stock Is at a 10-Year Low. It’s Now Worth Less than T-Mobile.

Text size T-Mobile stock is now worth more than Verizon’s. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg There’s a new top dog in the U.S. telecom industry. T-Mobile US now has a larger market capitalization than...

Verizon Hikes Its Dividend for the 16th Straight Year

Text size Verizon stock’s yield of around 6.2% far exceeds that of the broader market. Scott Olson/Getty Images Verizon Communications already offered a very big yield. The company sweetened the...

Verizon raises dividend, to extend lead as highest-yielding Dow component

Shares of Verizon Communications Inc. VZ, -0.48% rose 0.2% in premarket trading Tuesday, after the telecommunications company raised its quarterly dividend by 2%, to extend its lead has the highest-yi...

T-Mobile Has Replaced Verizon Atop the Wireless World. It’s Time to Buy the Stock.

It used to be Verizon Communication ’s world, but wireless now belongs to T-Mobile US —and its stock will continue to benefit. Verizon (ticker: VZ) was the undisputed winner of the 4G era, investing h...

Top 100 Public Company Crypto Involvement

August 24, 2022, 9:55AM EDT • 2 min read Quick Take 28 out of the top 100 publicly traded firms ranked by Forbes have at least one crypto/blockchain investment since 2021 SoftBank and Samsung have the...

Verizon dividend yield at ‘by far’ its highest level in a decade, and a hike could be imminent

The pullback in Verizon Communications Inc.’s stock this year has brought its dividend yield to “by far” its highest level in 10 years at 5.8%, and Morgan Stanley analyst Simon Flannery expects that t...

Verizon Faces Growing Price Pressures: Analyst

Text size Competitive concerns are weighing on Verizon stock, which was trading down 2.8% Thursday. Cindy Ord/Getty Images Shares of Verizon Communications were falling in Thursday trading after an an...

Verizon has ‘few palatable options,’ analyst says in downgrade

Verizon Communications Inc. is in a “particularly difficult position” given current wireless-industry trends, and that dynamic has one analyst taking a more downbeat view on the shares. MoffettNathans...

Warren Buffett Ramps Up Occidental And Apple Stakes, Dumps Verizon

Summary The guru did not add any new positions during the quarter. He sold out of Verizon and Royalty Pharma. Warren Buffett (Trades, Portfolio)’s multibillion-dollar conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway ...

Berkshire Hathaway Bought Apple, Chevron Stock, Sold GM, Verizon

Text size Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway made modest stock purchases in the second quarter. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune/Time Inc Berkshire Hathaway added to its stakes in Apple , C...

Buffett’s Berkshire Cuts Verizon, Keeps Other Equity Stakes Mostly Unchanged

(Bloomberg) — Berkshire Hathaway Inc. eliminated a Verizon Communications Inc. stake in the second quarter as the conglomerate run by billionaire Warren Buffett made tweaks to its portfolio and ...

Cable Broadband Subscribers Drop For The First Time

In a first, cable broadband subscribers have dropped in second quarter 2022. (Photo by John … [+] Moore/Getty Images) Getty Images For a decade cable companies have been losing millions of video...

A Verizon Communications Bull Gives Up and Downgrades the Stock

Text size Verizon Communications recently reduced its adjusted earnings guidance for fiscal 2022. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Wall Street rarely like to talk about its bad calls, but BofA is now admit...

3 Companies Buffett Might Favor

Capital One Financial Getty Images Prominent stock pickers are often asked to name a few of their favorites, with most rattling off some of their best performing selections. After all, who doesn’t wan...