Verizon Communications dividend yield VZ

Dividends per share over the last twelve months divided by the share price, since 1984.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 6.30%
10-year median: 4.9%
Against its 10-year history: 74th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 3.9% to 8.6%
Peer median: 5.3%

Verizon Communications pays 6.30% of its share price in dividends over a year, as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 4.9%, higher than on 74% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 3.9% in Dec 2019 to 8.6% in Oct 2023.

The median for 3 telecom stocks of a similar size is 5.3%.

Dividend yield over time

median 4.9%

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	6.3%	5.3%	7.0%
2025	6.7%	5.8%	7.1%
2024	6.7%	5.9%	6.8%
2023	7.0%	6.1%	8.6%
2022	6.5%	4.6%	7.3%
2021	4.9%	4.3%	5.0%
2020	4.2%	4.0%	4.7%
2019	3.9%	3.9%	4.4%
2018	4.3%	3.9%	5.0%
2017	4.4%	4.3%	5.3%
2016	4.3%	4.0%	5.0%
2015	4.8%	4.3%	5.1%
2014	4.5%	4.1%	4.7%
2013	4.2%	3.8%	4.8%
2012	4.7%	4.3%	5.3%
2011	4.9%	4.9%	5.7%
2010	5.2%	5.2%	7.0%
2009	5.6%	5.1%	6.5%
2008	5.3%	3.8%	7.0%
2007	3.6%	3.5%	4.2%

Companies in Telecommunications Services nearest Verizon Communications' size, closest first, today.

Yearly dividends per share divided by the share price.

A yield that suddenly looks high often means the price fell because the dividend is at risk.

Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.