Apr. 27 at 9:09 PM
$VZ Q1 2026 Adjusted EPS
$1.28 Beats, Record
$13.4B EBITDA, Raises Full-Year Guidance
Verizon posted Q1 2026 total operating revenue of
$34.4B (+2.9% YoY) and record consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of
$13.4B (+6.7% YoY), with Adjusted EPS of
$1.28 representing the highest quarterly growth rate since 2021 (+7.6% YoY). The company recorded its first positive Q1 postpaid phone net additions since 2013 (+55,000), added 341,000 broadband subscribers, and completed
$2.5B in share repurchases during the quarter, with Frontier integration included from January 20. VZ raised 2026 Adjusted EPS guidance to
$4.95–
$4.99 and free cash flow guidance to
$21.5B or more, while the January network outage created an 80bps headwind to wireless service revenue growth—a one-time drag that clears the comparables going forward.
Source: SEC EDGAR
