Verizon Communications VZ
NYSE VZ
$49.22 -0.14 (-0.28%)
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Verizon Communications (VZ) Current Taxes (2010 - 2016)

Verizon Communications (VZ) posted quarterly Current Taxes of $1.5 billion for Q4 2016, down 26.19% year-over-year from $2.1 billion in Q1 2016, and down 26.19% on a QoQ basis from $2.1 billion in Q4 2015.

Verizon Communications (VZ) Current Taxes (2010 - 2016) Analysis & Trends

Verizon Communications has reported Current Taxes for 7 years, with the latest figure at $1.5 billion in Q4 2016.

  • Current Taxes for Q4 2016 came in at $1.5 billion, down 26.19% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2016 was $1.5 billion (down 26.19% YoY), and the FY2016 annual result was $1.5 billion, down 26.19% from the prior year.
  • Current Taxes slipped to $1.5 billion in Q4 2016, from $2.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Current Taxes peaked at $2.1 billion in Q4 2015 and troughed at $1.5 billion in Q4 2014.
  • A 5-year average of $1.6 billion and a median of $1.6 billion in 2013 frame the typical range for Current Taxes.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2012, when Current Taxes jumped 44.81%; it then retreated 26.19% in 2016.
  • A 5-year view of Current Taxes shows it stood at $1.6 billion in 2012, then fell by 0.32% to $1.6 billion in 2013, then dropped by 6.36% to $1.5 billion in 2014, then surged by 40.97% to $2.1 billion in 2015, then retreated by 26.19% to $1.5 billion in 2016.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Current Taxes figures were $1.5 billion in Q4 2016, $2.1 billion in Q4 2015, and $1.5 billion in Q4 2014.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Current Taxes (Qtr)
1 Verizon Communications 205.36 Bn 203.61 Bn 27.03 Bn -
2 T-Mobile US 196.43 Bn 193.61 Bn 17.74 Bn -
3 Grupo Televisa, S.A.B 190.22 Bn 188.51 Bn 318.12 Mn 14.24 Mn
4 At&T 174.94 Bn 157.37 Bn 25.25 Bn -
5 Chunghwa Telecom 33.60 Bn 31.03 Bn 728.80 Mn 216.69 Mn
6 EchoStar 25.24 Bn 23.74 Bn 1.65 Bn -
7 Bce 22.16 Bn 22.16 Bn - -
8 Rogers Communications 19.61 Bn 18.36 Bn 1.77 Bn -
9 Telefonica Brasil 18.11 Bn 18.11 Bn 1.32 Bn -
10 Charter Communications 17.77 Bn 17.26 Bn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2016 1.52 Bn
Dec 31, 2015 2.05 Bn
Dec 31, 2014 1.46 Bn
Dec 31, 2013 1.56 Bn
Dec 31, 2012 1.56 Bn
Dec 31, 2011 1.08 Bn
Dec 31, 2010 1.16 Bn