All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
VZ real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VZ returned +16.42% over the past year and +13.58% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 21, 1983, VZ is up +1,342.38% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.42%/yr, and is currently −18.76% below its real total-return high on Dec. 3, 2020.
Data ending Thu Oct. 22, 2026
| Mon 1983-11-21💬 to Thu 2026-10-22 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VZ × |
+1,342.38%
+6.42%/yr |
+5.29%/yr
R2=0.835 |
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| Verizon Communications Inc NYSE Common Stock | ||||||
| Mon 1983-11-21💬 to Thu 2026-10-22 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| VZ × |
$10,000.00
1983-11-21 |
$144,238.11
2026-10-22 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| VZ × | +13.58% | +16.42% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| VZ × |
−18.76%
on 2026-10-22 from 2020-12-03 peak |
−59.92%
on 2002-09-30 from 1999-10-04 peak |
| Period ending Thu 2026-10-22 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VZ × | +16.42% |
+16.09% +7.74%/yr |
+58.73% +16.65%/yr |
−3.88% −0.79%/yr |
+15.46% +1.45%/yr |
| Year | VZ |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +13.58% |
| 2025 | +6.08% |
| 2024 | +9.97% |
| 2023 | −0.61% |
| 2022 | −24.88% |
| 2021 | −13.63% |
| 2020 | −1.47% |
| 2019 | +11.29% |
| 2018 | +9.18% |
| 2017 | +1.82% |
| 2016 | +18.25% |
| 2015 | +2.87% |
| 2014 | −1.29% |
| 2013 | +16.85% |
| 2012 | +11.25% |
| 2011 | +14.78% |
| 2010 | +20.75% |
| 2009 | +1.03% |
| 2008 | −18.14% |
| 2007 | +17.40% |
| 2006 | +31.31% |
| 2005 | −24.78% |
| 2004 | +16.51% |
| 2003 | −7.42% |
| 2002 | −17.15% |
| 2001 | −4.01% |
| 2000 | −18.94% |
| 1999 | +14.00% |
| 1998 | +20.58% |
| 1997 | +44.37% |
| 1996 | +0.69% |
| 1995 | +37.91% |
| 1994 | −13.95% |
| 1993 | +18.05% |
| 1992 | +9.29% |
| 1991 | −8.13% |
| 1990 | −4.91% |
| 1989 | +55.29% |
| 1988 | +10.99% |
| 1987 | −2.75% |
| 1986 | +32.25% |
| 1985 | +35.20% |
| 1984 | +29.22% |
| 1983 | −7.26% |
