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VZ · Verizon Communications Inc.

$43.10 -3.49% Oct 26 close
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Verizon Communications Inc.

Verizon Communications Inc. is a large-cap Wireless Telecommunications company in the Communications sector with a market cap of $179B.

Communications Wireless Telecommunications stock Stage 4 · Declining Base 2
$43.10 latest close
Market Structure
Trend structure: downtrend
Latest event: bos (bearish)
Resistance 48.65–49.12 · 7 touches · strong
Resistance 51.41–51.68 · 4 touches · moderate
Resistance 48.21–48.49 · 3 touches · moderate
Support 41.31–41.34 · 3 touches · moderate
Resistance 45.08–45.17 · 3 touches · moderate
Momentum Turn Watch
Bollinger Lower-Band Support Price ($43.10) is holding just above the lower Bollinger band ($42.13; %B 19) — support at the bottom of the bands.
Early technical context only. Wait for price, volume, and the canonical setup trigger to confirm; this signal does not change readiness or the setup score.
Earnings

Post-earnings setup

Next earnings Monday, October 26, 2026 Before market open Exact clock time not supplied by source

Deterministic evidence

Reported EPS 1.31 vs estimate 1.3111 · surprise -0.1%

VZ-3.49%
Broad market · SPY+0.71%
Same completed session window ending 2026-10-26. -4.20 points vs SPY.
CatalystNegative Stock reactionNegative Sector reactionUnavailable Opening surgeNo surge Event riskEarnings-driven

Session internals Mixed

Rule: direction and internals disagree — it met neither the strong nor the weak rule. Judged on internals, not on the size of the move.

Vs prior close-3.49% From the open-0.85% Range position46% GapHeld
QQQ confirmationDiverging (+1.11%) SMH confirmationDiverging (+2.74%)
Short-term conviction -1 points.
  • QQQ, SMH moved against the stock — no index confirmation.
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Price $43.10 -3.5% Oct 26 close
52W High $51.68 16.6% below high
Wks Since High 29w
Base Depth 21.1%
SMA 50 $47.44
Avg Vol 23,665,006
Rel Vol (Oct 26) 1.91× 0.97× on up days
More stats
52W Low $10.60
Tight Wks 1
Base B2
SMA 200 $46.74
ADR% 2.3%
ATR(14) $1.55 (3.6%)
Vol Pace (live) N/A
A/D Days 9A / 11D
A/D Rating D
Earnings past
Position in 52-week range 79thpercentile of the 52-week range
$10.60low
$51.68high

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Technical Analysis Report Card

$VZ · $43.10 · as of 2026-10-26 · multi-factor read
34
/ 100
Sell

Trend · Daily / Weekly / Monthly

Daily ▼ Downtrend
Weekly ▬ Sideways / consolidating
Monthly ▼ Weak / rolling over

Moving Averages

50-day$47.44 ↓
100-day$46.39 ↓
200-day$46.74 ↓
Bullish (50 > 200)

RSI (14)

Reading39.0 · Bearish

Bearish momentum — sellers in control.

MACD (12/26/9)

StateImproving
Histogram+0.073

Improving — MACD crossed above its signal line but still below zero. Histogram contracting.

Bollinger Bands (20,2)

%B / Width19% · 11.6%

Near the lower band — under pressure or oversold.

Volume · Buyer vs Seller

Up/Down vol0.97 · Neutral
Rel volume1.91×
Pocket pivots · 10d0
5d vs 50d vol169%
Heavy vol up / down0 / 3

Balanced — up/down volume is roughly even; no clear hand. Recent volume is expanding versus its baseline.

  • 3 heavy-volume down days vs 0 up in the last 20 sessions — supply is showing.

Support & Resistance

R · $46.58swing level
R · $48.86swing level
R · $50.92swing level
Price · $43.10now
S · $40.78swing level
S · $10.6052-week low

Fibonacci · Uptrend swing

23.6%$49.10
38.2%$47.50
50.0%$46.22
61.8%$44.93
78.6% ◄ price here$43.09

Retracement support zones measured from the recent swing low up to the high.

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Daily downtrendMonthly downtrendBelow 200-day MA50/200 bullish
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Base & Breakout
Breakout follow-through

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RS Line vs SPY 52-week relative strength · blue = RS line · dashed = MA50 · dot = NH
98RS Line (52W)
Accumulation / Distribution last 65 sessions · green = acc on high vol · red = dist on high vol Net -1 D
A: 13 D: 14 Net: -165 sessions

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Minervini Trend Template

5/8

Grades the price structure — moving-average stacking, distance from the 52-week high/low, and relative strength above the ≥70 uptrend bar. This is the technical trend check; the company's fundamentals and ≥80 RS leadership are scored separately in the Grade Card.

Price above SMA 150 & 200 $43.10 vs SMA150 $46.83 / SMA200 $46.74
SMA 150 above SMA 200 SMA150 $46.83 vs SMA200 $46.74
SMA 200 trending up Slope +0.43 over 20 days
SMA 50 above SMA 150 & 200 SMA50 $47.44
Price above SMA 50 $43.10 vs SMA50 $47.44
30%+ above 52-week low +306.6% from $10.60
Within 25% of 52-week high -16.6% from $51.68
RS score above 70 RS 50

Fundamentals

52W Range
79%
Mkt Cap SEC
179.1B
EPS QoQ
+2%
Rev YoY
+3%
ROE
16%
Gross Margin
59%
D/E
1.51
EPS TTM
$4.06
P/E TTM
10.6x
Float
4.2B
Insider
No Buy

Company

Company profile
Verizon Communications Inc.
VZ · NYSE · Communications · Wireless Telecommunications

Scan History

Sep 18: 67 (Trend Only)Sep 18: 67 (Trend Only)Sep 18: 68 (Trend Only)Sep 21: 69 (Trend Only)Sep 21: 70 (Trend Only)Sep 21: 71 (Trend Only)71
Sep 21
Trend Only ✓ Gate
71
Sep 21
Trend Only ✓ Gate
70 -9.6%
Sep 21
Trend Only ✓ Gate
69 -9.6%
Sep 18
Trend Only ✓ Gate
68 -10.4%
Sep 18
Trend Only ✓ Gate
67 -10.4%
Sep 18
Trend Only ✓ Gate
67 -10.4%

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