Verizon Communications is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. provides communications, information and entertainment products and services to consumers, businesses and governmental agencies. Co. has two reportable segments: Wireless, which provides communications products and services including wireless voice and data services and equipment sales, which are provided to consumer, business and government customers; and Wireline, which provides communications products and other services, including video and data services, corporate networking solutions, security and managed network services and local and long distance voice services. We show 38 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our coverage of VZ's shares outstanding history.
Understanding the changing numbers of Verizon Communications shares outstanding — and
comprehending the concept of differing number of shares outstanding in general comparing companies like Verizon Communications versus peers —
is critical for investors. Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies.
Furthermore, via issuance of new shares over time, or the repurchase of existing shares, the number of shares outstanding can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching Verizon Communications by allowing them to research Verizon Communications shares outstanding history
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