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Verizon Communications (VZ) Retained Earnings (2016 - 2025)

Verizon Communications (VZ) has disclosed Retained Earnings for 17 consecutive years, with -$1.7 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Retained Earnings fell 87.11% to -$1.7 billion in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was -$1.7 billion through Dec 2025, down 87.11% year-over-year, with the annual reading at -$1.7 billion for FY2025, 87.11% down from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings for Q4 2025 was -$1.7 billion at Verizon Communications, down from -$1.7 billion in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Retained Earnings was $86.5 billion in Q2 2024, with the low at -$2.2 billion in Q1 2023.
  • Average Retained Earnings over 5 years is $21.5 billion, with a median of -$1.3 billion recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw Retained Earnings plummeted 1205.63% in 2021, then soared 6649.09% in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, Retained Earnings stood at -$927.0 million in 2021, then tumbled by 101.19% to -$1.9 billion in 2022, then grew by 26.01% to -$1.4 billion in 2023, then surged by 33.12% to -$923.0 million in 2024, then plummeted by 87.11% to -$1.7 billion in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Retained Earnings over the past three periods came in at -$1.7 billion, -$1.7 billion, and -$1.5 billion for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.