Verizon Communications VZ
NYSE VZ
$49.45 +0.26 (+0.53%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Verizon Communications (VZ) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Verizon Communications (VZ) posted quarterly Debt Ratio of 0.4 for Q2 2026, up 5.75% year-over-year from 0.38 in Q2 2025, and down 2.39% on a QoQ basis from 0.41 in Q1 2026.

Verizon Communications (VZ) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Verizon Communications has reported Debt Ratio for 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.4 in Q2 2026.

  • Debt Ratio for Q2 2026 came in at 0.4, up 5.75% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 0.4 (up 5.75% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.39, up 4.51% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio slipped to 0.4 in Q2 2026, from 0.41 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Debt Ratio peaked at 0.42 in Q1 2022 and troughed at 0.37 in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.39 and a median of 0.4 in 2024 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Debt Ratio decreased 8.56%; it then climbed 9.28% in 2026.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.4 in 2022, then declined by 0.13% to 0.4 in 2023, then retreated by 5.53% to 0.37 in 2024, then grew by 4.51% to 0.39 in 2025, then climbed by 2.97% to 0.4 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Debt Ratio figures were 0.4 in Q2 2026, 0.41 in Q1 2026, and 0.39 in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Verizon Communications 205.80 Bn 204.04 Bn 27.03 Bn 0.40
2 T-Mobile US 197.90 Bn 195.07 Bn 17.74 Bn 0.42
3 Grupo Televisa, S.A.B 195.16 Bn 193.45 Bn 318.12 Mn 0.34
4 At&T 175.88 Bn 158.31 Bn 25.25 Bn 0.34
5 Chunghwa Telecom 33.61 Bn 31.03 Bn 728.80 Mn 0.01
6 EchoStar 25.20 Bn 23.70 Bn 1.65 Bn 0.44
7 Bce 22.12 Bn 22.12 Bn - 0.52
8 Rogers Communications 19.59 Bn 18.35 Bn 1.77 Bn 0.44
9 Telefonica Brasil 18.39 Bn 18.39 Bn 1.32 Bn -
10 Charter Communications 18.08 Bn 17.57 Bn - 0.61

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 0.40
Mar 31, 2026 0.41
Dec 31, 2025 0.39
Sep 30, 2025 0.38
Jun 30, 2025 0.38
Mar 31, 2025 0.38
Dec 31, 2024 0.37
Sep 30, 2024 0.40
Jun 30, 2024 0.39
Mar 31, 2024 0.40
Dec 31, 2023 0.40
Sep 30, 2023 0.38
Jun 30, 2023 0.40
Mar 31, 2023 0.40
Dec 31, 2022 0.40
Sep 30, 2022 0.39
Jun 30, 2022 0.40
Mar 31, 2022 0.42
Dec 31, 2021 0.41
Sep 30, 2021 0.43