AT&T INC. vs VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC, two Telecom stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where T and VZ diverge most: on debt / equity, T reads 0.05 and VZ reads 0.27; on fcf yield, T reads 13.1% and VZ reads 21.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What T's price implies is a demanding bet versus history and the cohort (segment-resolved basis). What VZ's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | T | VZ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $21.13 | $42.11 |
| Market cap | $148.5B | $177.3B |
| Sector | Telecom | Telecom |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 7.1 | 10.3 |
| P/B | 1.18 | 1.69 |
| P/S | 1.17 | 1.27 |
| EV/EBITDA | 3.1 | 4.1 |
| Revenue growth | +2.9% | +2.9% |
| Operating margin | 21.1% | 23.9% |
| Net margin | 12.4% | 12.5% |
| Return on equity | 12.5% | 16.6% |
| Return on assets | 3.7% | 4.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 14.8% | 16.9% |
| FCF yield | 13.1% | 21.1% |
| Dividend yield | 5.3% | 6.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.05 | 0.27 |
| Current ratio | 0.92 | 0.64 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.40 | 6.65 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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