VZ vs VIV vs RCI Stock Comparison

Verizon Communications, Telefonica Brasil and Rogers Communications Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
VZ Verizon Communications Inc
$43.68 -5.0% 1M +8.6% 1Y
Market cap
$186.66B
P/E
11.9x
Revenue (TTM)
—
Div. yield
–
Wireless Carriers Communication Services
5 wins
VIV Telefonica Brasil S.A.
$11.43 +0.4% 1M -10.5% 1Y
Market cap
$18.17B
P/E
14.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$11.69B
Div. yield
–
Wireless Carriers Communication Services
5 wins
RCI Rogers Communications Inc
$31.45 +1.9% 1M -20.9% 1Y
Market cap
$17.56B
P/E
26.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$16.37B
Div. yield
–
Wireless Carriers Communication Services

Head to Head

10 decided of 12

Verizon Communications leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Verizon Communications 5, Telefonica Brasil 5). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionVZVIVRCILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $186.66B $18.17B $17.56B VZ
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 11.9x 14.6x 26.1x VZ
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 8.4x 12.3x 9.1x VZ
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months — +15.9% +8.8% VIV
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — 10.7% 4.1% VIV
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 9.6% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — -0.3x 2.7x VIV
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +8.6% -10.5% -20.9% VZ
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years -3.8%/yr +7.3%/yr -7.6%/yr VIV
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 28.0% 35.0% 29.1% VZ
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers — 88/100 59/100 VIV

Percentile Scorecard

VZVIVRCI

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisVZVIVRCI
Valuation 56 #22 of 49 90 #6 of 49 85 #8 of 49
Growth – 82 #9 of 45 46 #25 of 45
Profitability – 84 #8 of 45 71 #14 of 45
Financial Health – 96 #3 of 49 35 #32 of 49
Shareholder Returns 72 #11 of 37 89 #5 of 37 58 #16 of 37
Overall – 88 59
  • VZ ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications
  • VIV ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications
  • RCI ranked among 51 companies in Telecommunications

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodVZVIVRCISPY
1 month -5.0%+0.4%+1.9% +0.7%
3 months -5.3%-11.2%-7.8% +3.7%
6 months -9.1%-28.0%-13.7% +7.1%
Year to date +7.2%-3.6%-16.6% +12.8%
1 year +8.6%-10.5%-20.9% +11.9%
3 years +26.2%+28.4%-15.4% +85.2%
3 years, per year +8.1%+8.7%-5.4% +22.8%
5 years -17.6%+42.3%-32.5% +67.6%
5 years, per year -3.8%+7.3%-7.6% +10.9%
10 years -9.4%-19.0%-21.6% +262.0%
10 years, per year -1.0%-2.1%-2.4% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureVZVIVRCISPY
Volatility, 1Y 28.0%35.0%29.1% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 28.1%39.9%28.0% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.430.480.14 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.31-0.30-0.72 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -44.3%-44.5%-61.3% -25.4%
From 52-week high -15.0%-33.3%-23.2% -1.2%
52-week high $51.38$17.14$40.97 $779.14
52-week low $38.91$11.23$29.79 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleVZVIVRCI
P/E now vs peer median 11.9xmedian 11.5x 14.8xmedian 11.5x 25.3xmedian 11.5x
P/S now vs peer median 1.4xmedian 1.1x 1.6xmedian 1.1x 1.0xmedian 1.1x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 6.8x 3.4xmedian 6.8x 4.3xmedian 6.8x
P/FCF now vs peer median 8.9xmedian 5.9x 4.8xmedian 5.9x 2.5xmedian 5.9x
P/B now vs peer median 1.7xmedian 1.3x —median 1.3x 1.5xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median —median 0.25 -31.00median 0.25 -4.12median 0.25

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsVZVIVRCI
Revenue – $11.69B $16.37B
Gross profit – $5.26B $7.23B
Operating income – $1.99B $6.95B
Net income – $1.29B $733.46M
Free cash flow – $3.83B $6.69B
EPS (diluted) – $0.77 $1.24
Cash & equivalents $4.50B $1.64B $2.22B
Total debt – $29.48M $120.01B
Shares (diluted) 4.17B 1.61B 541.00M
Enterprise value $186.66B $12.19B $12.15B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricVZVIVRCI
P/E 11.9x 14.8x 25.3x
P/FCF 8.9x 4.8x 2.5x
P/Operating cash flow – 4.8x 3.7x
P/S 1.4x 1.6x 1.0x
P/B 1.7x – 1.5x
P/Tangible book -3.4x – -1.8x
EV/EBITDA – 3.4x 4.3x
EV/EBIT – 8.3x 6.5x
EV/Revenue – 1.4x 2.8x
EV/FCF – 4.3x 6.8x
EV/Operating cash flow – 4.3x 9.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) – -31.00 -4.12

Growth

14 metrics
MetricVZVIVRCI
Revenue growth (1Y) – 15.9% 8.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) – 6.2% 6.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 18.6% 4.5%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 7.7% 7.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) – 27.2% 5.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – 12.4% 7.2%
Net income growth (1Y) – 35.5% -85.0%
Net income CAGR (3Y) – 10.9% -1.2%
EPS growth (1Y) – -15.5% -86.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) – -0.5% -6.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 8.3% 14.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -0.5% 7.1%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 384.6% 0.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – -0.5% 1.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricVZVIVRCI
Gross margin – 45.0% 44.2%
EBITDA margin – 42.0% 63.8%
Operating margin – 17.1% 42.4%
Pretax margin – 12.6% 7.8%
Net margin – 10.7% 4.1%
FCF margin – 32.7% 40.9%
Operating cash flow margin – 32.7% 27.8%
Return on equity – – 6.3%
Return on assets – 5.2% 1.1%
Return on invested capital – – 9.6%
Return on capital employed – – 13.3%
Asset turnover – 0.5x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 3.0x 6.2x
Stock comp / revenue – – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricVZVIVRCI
Debt / assets – 0.1% 46.7%
Debt / equity – – 2.6x
Net debt / EBITDA – -0.3x 2.7x
Debt / FCF – 0.0x 4.5x
Liabilities / assets – – 82.1%
Equity / assets 25.8% – 17.9%
Interest coverage – 2.5x 4.4x
Current ratio 0.6x – 0.7x
Quick ratio – – 0.5x
Cash ratio – – 0.2x
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricVZVIVRCI
Dividend yield 6.5% 7.7% 6.4%
Net buyback yield – – –
Shareholder yield 6.5% 7.7% 6.4%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusVZVIVRCI
Forward P/E 8.4xFY2026 12.3xFY2026 9.1xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $5.23FY2026 $0.93FY2026 $3.46FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +11.0%FY2026 +25.7%FY2026 -5.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +7.5% +38.7% 0.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $145.77BFY2026 $13.21BFY2026 $15.02BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +5.5%FY2026 +14.1%FY2026 -5.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +0.2% -3.2% +1.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersVZVIVRCI
Held by institutions 68.7% 3.9% –
Institutions holding 3,133 225 –
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.1% -4.8% –
Institutions buying 1,595 123 –
Institutions selling 1,247 75 –
Buyers to sellers 1.28 1.64 –

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

VZVIVRCI
VZ 1.00 0.19 0.30
VIV 0.19 1.00 0.00
RCI 0.30 0.00 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, VZ, VIV and RCI?

Verizon Communications (VZ) is the largest by market capitalisation: Verizon Communications (VZ) $186.66B, Telefonica Brasil (VIV) $18.17B, Rogers Communications (RCI) $17.56B.

Which stock is cheaper, VZ, VIV and RCI?

Verizon Communications (VZ) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Verizon Communications (VZ) 11.9x, Telefonica Brasil (VIV) 14.6x, Rogers Communications (RCI) 26.1x). On next year's consensus earnings, Verizon Communications (VZ) is cheapest (Verizon Communications (VZ) 8.4x, Telefonica Brasil (VIV) 12.3x, Rogers Communications (RCI) 9.1x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Telefonica Brasil (VIV) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Telefonica Brasil (VIV) +15.9%, Rogers Communications (RCI) +8.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Telefonica Brasil (VIV) has the highest net margin (Telefonica Brasil (VIV) 10.7%, Rogers Communications (RCI) 4.1%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Verizon Communications (VZ) returned the most: Verizon Communications (VZ) +8.6%, Telefonica Brasil (VIV) -10.5%, Rogers Communications (RCI) -20.9%. Over five years, Telefonica Brasil (VIV) compounded fastest (Verizon Communications (VZ) -3.8%/yr, Telefonica Brasil (VIV) +7.3%/yr, Rogers Communications (RCI) -7.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Verizon Communications (VZ) has been the steadiest (Verizon Communications (VZ) 28.0%, Telefonica Brasil (VIV) 35.0%, Rogers Communications (RCI) 29.1%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, VZ, VIV and RCI?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Verizon Communications (VZ) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.