---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000732712-26-000019"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VZ"
cik: "0000732712"
company_name: "VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC"
filed_at: "2026-04-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T04:07:15.507918+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Verizon 1Q26: Rev $34.4B, Adj EPS $1.28 (+7.6%), raises FY guidance to 5-6% growth

## Summary
- Adj EPS $1.28 (+7.6% YoY); FY26 adj EPS guidance raised to $4.95-$4.99 (5-6% growth).
- First positive Q1 postpaid phone net adds since 2013: 55K adds, a YoY improvement of over 340K.
- Consolidated adj EBITDA $13.4B (record high), up 6.7% YoY; revenue $34.4B up 2.9%.
- Free cash flow $3.8B in Q1, up 4% YoY; FY FCF guidance reaffirmed at $21.5B+.
- Frontier acquisition closed Jan 20; paid down ~half of Frontier debt, expect substantially all by year-end.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000732712-26-000019
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VZ
- cik: 0000732712
- company_name: VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC
- filed_at: 2026-04-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000073271226000019/0000732712-26-000019-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000073271226000019/vz-20260427.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000732712-26-000019
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000732712-26-000019.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC reported first-quarter 2026 results: revenue $34.4 billion, net income $5.1 billion, EPS $1.20. Guidance raised.
  - Period: first-quarter 2026
  - Revenue: $34.4 billion
  - Net income: $5.1 billion
  - EPS: $1.20
  - Guidance: raised
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Total operating revenue was $34.4 billion, up 2.9 percent year-over-year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/732712/000073271226000019/0000732712-26-000019-index.htm

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