Bernstein Reaffirms Their Hold Rating on Verizon (VZ)
Bernstein analyst Laurent Yoon maintained a Hold rating on Verizon today and set a price target of $48.00.
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Yoon covers the Communication Services sector, focusing on stocks such as Netflix, Paramount Skydance, and Warner Bros. According to TipRanks, Yoon has an average return of 2.4% and a 56.72% success rate on recommended stocks.
In addition to Bernstein, Verizon also received a Hold from DBS’s Sachin Mittal in a report issued on April 6. However, on March 25, Goldman Sachs assigned a Buy rating to Verizon (NYSE: VZ).
Based on Verizon’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending December 31, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $36.38 billion and a net profit of $2.34 billion. In comparison, last year the company earned a revenue of $35.68 billion and had a net profit of $5.01 billion
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 33 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. Most recently, in February 2026, Hans Erik Vestberg, a Director at VZ sold 225,000.00 shares for a total of $11,162,250.00.
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