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

Verizon Communications (VZ) has reported Payout Ratio for 18 consecutive years, with 0.75 the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Payout Ratio rose 34.13% year-over-year to 0.75 in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 0.7, a 14.9% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.65, up 4.04% from the prior year.
• Payout Ratio was 0.75 for Q2 2026 at Verizon Communications, up from 0.57 in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Payout Ratio peaked at 1.19 in Q4 2025 and troughed at 1.09 in Q4 2023.
• A 5-year average of 0.52 and a median of 0.56 in 2022 frame the typical range for Payout Ratio.
• Across the five-year window, Payout Ratio plunged 365.55% in 2023 and jumped 151.32% in 2024, its largest moves.
• Over 5 years, Payout Ratio stood at 0.41 in 2022, then tumbled by 365.55% to 1.09 in 2023, then jumped by 151.32% to 0.56 in 2024, then soared by 113.45% to 1.19 in 2025, then slumped by 37.12% to 0.75 in 2026.
• The last three Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.75 (Q2 2026), 0.57 (Q1 2026), and 1.19 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.