Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ): return on equity, 10 filed years
ROE at Verizon Communications Inc. was 16.4% in FY2025, the newest filed year. Across the 10 computed years from FY2016 it ranged from 12.6% (FY2023) to 69.8% (FY2017), with a median of 26.6%.
Tonight's figure on the company page: 16.4%, recomputed 2026-10-15. The table is each filed year on its own terms, with the formula below; the current figure may use trailing twelve months or, where the explainer says so, a different denominator.
Year by year
| Fiscal year | ROE | Read from |
|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 58.3% | 10-K, filed 2017-02-21 |
| FY2017 | 69.8% | 10-K, filed 2018-02-23 |
| FY2018 | 29.2% | 10-K, filed 2019-02-15 |
| FY2019 | 31.4% | 10-K, filed 2020-02-21 |
| FY2020 | 26.2% | 10-K, filed 2021-02-25 |
| FY2021 | 27.0% | 10-K, filed 2022-02-11 |
| FY2022 | 23.3% | 10-K, filed 2023-02-10 |
| FY2023 | 12.6% | 10-K, filed 2024-02-09 |
| FY2024 | 17.6% | 10-K, filed 2025-02-12 |
| FY2025 | 16.4% | 10-K, filed 2026-02-17 |
How each year is computed
Net income / shareholders equity x 100
Each year is a ratio of lines in that year's filed annual report, with the nightly recompute's own rules for what counts as a filed line. Nothing is estimated, smoothed or filled in: a year that cannot be computed says why.
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A computation on accounts filed with the SEC, not a recommendation and not advice. Past filings do not indicate future results. Risk disclaimer.