From AI
n the third quarter of 2025, Verizon Communications Inc. reported mixed results: earnings per share (EPS) of $1.17 (or $1.21 adjusted) met analyst expectations, while total operating revenue of $33.8 billion fell slightly short of estimates. Key positives included a significant increase in net income to $5.1 billion and growth in both wireless service and equipment revenues, with a year-over-year increase of 1.5% in total operating revenue. The company also reduced its unsecured debt and raised its dividend for the 19th consecutive year
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It is not about the results, it is all about giving the Shareholder double digit growth and a reason to invest over other companies. As a Plc Verizon is dictated to by the investors. Unfortunately, the whole market wants to see folks out of work (in the name of AI) and so like a good little puppy Verizon will follow the trend. If you have anyone to thank, look at the major investors like Blackrock that really call the shots!
The fact anyone sees these results not as bad as expected says how far Verizon has fallen.
Q3 postpaid net adds - (7,000)
ATT -450,000
tMobile -1,000,000
FWA quickly decelerating… and has a huge cancellation rate after 30 days.
Throw in fact on Director AHC today (Sales Org) majority of time was reviewing volunteer hours by DEI Managers.
The Culture needs a complete flush… lawyer up so if Dan does execute.. get ready for DEI playbook to sue.
It’s not about the results, it’s about what DS said is coming. He was quite clear that major, non incremental changes are coming soon. A couple of quotes from this morning. "Our plan will not about incremental change. We intend to aggressively transform the culture and financial profile of our company”. "This is not a course correction, it is a fundamental change in our strategic approach to customers”. Schulman is calling for "a full reboot of what Verizon means in the marketplace," and that will require investment across marketing and customer service functions. The plan is for these investments to be funded by "aggressive" cost cutting.
Nothing is as bad as people on this forum say. I doubt half the people posting with so called inside knowledge actually work here. Competitors trolling, ex employees causing trouble, or twelve year olds in their bedroom playing games. Usually, reality is the opposite of this board.
Naysayers....are in full hiding today....results are not so bad....we might still have a buy recommedation from financial researchers....
As bad as the net additions are, they could be worse. The company does “strategic holds” to not terminate subsets of non paying customers to pad quarterly results. The highest levels of leadership have been using this tactic for years. Systems and processes are such a mess that it is unnoticed by Audit, but I would not be surprised if there are in on it too. Fraud is rampant.