Verizon Communications VZ
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Verizon Communications (VZ) Long-Term Deferred Tax (2013 - 2016)

Verizon Communications (VZ) posted quarterly Long-Term Deferred Tax of $3.3 billion for Q4 2016, down 19.51% year-over-year from $4.1 billion in Q1 2016, and down 19.51% on a QoQ basis from $4.1 billion in Q4 2015.

Verizon Communications (VZ) Long-Term Deferred Tax (2013 - 2016) Analysis & Trends

Verizon Communications has reported Long-Term Deferred Tax for 4 years, with the latest figure at $3.3 billion in Q4 2016.

  • Long-Term Deferred Tax for Q4 2016 came in at $3.3 billion, down 19.51% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2016 was $3.3 billion (down 19.51% YoY), and the FY2016 annual result was $3.3 billion, down 19.51% from the prior year.
  • Long-Term Deferred Tax slipped to $3.3 billion in Q4 2016, from $4.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Long-Term Deferred Tax peaked at $4.1 billion in Q4 2015 and troughed at $2.3 billion in Q4 2014.
  • A 4-year average of $3.1 billion and a median of $3.0 billion in 2013 frame the typical range for Long-Term Deferred Tax.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2015, when Long-Term Deferred Tax soared 78.26%; it then dropped 19.51% in 2016.
  • A 4-year view of Long-Term Deferred Tax shows it stood at $2.7 billion in 2013, then dropped by 14.81% to $2.3 billion in 2014, then soared by 78.26% to $4.1 billion in 2015, then fell by 19.51% to $3.3 billion in 2016.
  • Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Long-Term Deferred Tax figures were $3.3 billion in Q4 2016, $4.1 billion in Q4 2015, and $2.3 billion in Q4 2014.

Peer Comparison

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

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2016 3.30 Bn
Dec 31, 2015 4.10 Bn
Dec 31, 2014 2.30 Bn
Dec 31, 2013 2.70 Bn