NEW YORK, January 1, 2026, 15:50 ET — Market closed
- Verizon shares last closed at $40.73, up 0.07% in the final trading session of 2025.
- U.S. stock markets are shut on Thursday for New Year’s Day, with trading set to resume on Friday.
- Investors are looking ahead to Verizon’s Jan. 30 quarterly report and early-January economic data that can move interest-rate expectations.
Verizon Communications Inc. shares last closed at $40.73 on Wednesday, up 0.07% in the final session of 2025. U.S. stock markets are closed on Thursday for New Year’s Day and reopen on Friday.
The pause matters for Verizon because the stock is widely held for income and tends to trade with shifts in rate expectations. Investors are using the holiday break to reset positions ahead of a heavy early-January calendar.
Verizon’s dividend yield — the annual payout relative to the share price — sits well above the broader market. When bond yields rise, Treasuries can look more competitive against high-yield equities, and the reverse can also be true.
Verizon said it will report fourth-quarter 2025 earnings on Friday, Jan. 30, and host a webcast beginning at 8:00 a.m. ET. Investors will watch wireless subscriber additions and free cash flow — cash left after operating costs and network investment — for clues on dividend coverage and debt reduction.
On the consumer side, Verizon continues to lean on bundles and streaming tie-ins. Verizon’s website shows YouTube TV priced at $62.99 a month for six months for new subscribers who add the service to an eligible Verizon Home Internet plan, before reverting to the standard rate.
Android Central highlighted the promotion as a roughly $20-a-month discount for eligible customers over the introductory period. Content perks and pricing bundles have become a recurring battleground as Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile compete for wireless and home-internet growth in a mature U.S. market.
Verizon’s shares ended slightly higher even as Wall Street finished 2025’s final session lower in holiday-thin trade, with the S&P 500 down 0.74%. “It’s perfectly fine in any bull market to have moments of cost,” said Giuseppe Sette, co-founder and president of Reflexivity, pointing to profit-taking when liquidity is low. Reuters
On valuation, Verizon trades at about 8.7 times trailing earnings and yields about 6.8%, according to Wall Street Journal market data. That combination has kept the stock in the mix for income-focused investors even as the wider market has favored faster-growing names.
Before the next session, traders will track U.S. data that can shift Treasury yields and rate bets. The Institute for Supply Management said its next Manufacturing PMI report, covering December data, is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. ET on Monday, Jan. 5.
The calendar also includes the U.S. employment report for December 2025 on Friday, Jan. 9, and the Federal Reserve’s first policy meeting of 2026 on Jan. 27-28. For high-yield stocks such as Verizon, any repricing of the Fed path can quickly show up in equity multiples.
On the chart, traders have treated $40 as a nearby support level after Verizon held above it through late December. A move above Wednesday’s $40.96 intraday high would put $41 back in focus, while a slip below $40 would leave the high-$39 area as the next test.
Verizon’s investor site lists its most recent SEC filing dated Dec. 5, leaving the Jan. 30 earnings report as the next clear company event on the calendar. Any guidance on 2026 network spending, pricing discipline and subscriber churn is likely to drive the next directional move when U.S. trading resumes.
