Verizon Posts Best Subscriber Growth Since 2019

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) banal gained connected Friday aft the institution reported upbeat fourth-quarter fiscal results and 2026 guidance.

The institution reported quarterly gross maturation of 2.0% year-over-year (Y/Y), reaching $36.40 billion, which bushed the analyst consensus estimation of $36.06 billion.

Adjusted EPS of $1.09 topped the analyst consensus estimation of $1.05.

Verizon reported full postpaid telephone nett additions of 616,000, up from 504,000 a twelvemonth ago, marking the champion 4th of postpaid telephone nett additions since 2019.

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Verizon reported 372,000 broadband nett additions successful the quarter.

Total fixed wireless entree nett additions were 319,000 successful the quarter, bringing the basal to implicit 5.7 cardinal fixed wireless entree subscribers.

The institution delivered 67,000 Fios net nett additions successful the quarter.

Total broadband connections grew to implicit 16.3 cardinal arsenic of the extremity of the 4th upon the closing of the Frontier acquisition.

In the 4th fourth of 2025, wireless work gross reached $21.0 billion, representing a year-over-year summation of 1.1%.

Total quarterly Verizon Consumer gross was $28.44 billion, up by 3.2% Y/Y, reporting 551,000 wireless retail postpaid telephone nett additions for the quarter, up from 367,000 postpaid telephone nett additions Y/Y.

Consumer wireless work gross for the 4th reached $17.37 billion, up 1.2% Y/Y.

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Consumer wireless retail postpaid churn was 1.21%, and wireless retail postpaid telephone churn was 0.95% for the quarter. Consumer wireless postpaid mean gross per relationship (ARPA) stood astatine $147.36, representing a 1.2% year-over-year increase.

Consumer reported 109,000 wireless retail halfway prepaid nett additions.

Total quarterly Verizon Business gross was $7.37 billion, a alteration of 1.8% Y/Y amid 11,000 wireless retail postpaid nett additions successful the quarter, including 65,000 postpaid telephone nett additions.

Business wireless work gross was $3.59 billion, up by 0.5% Y/Y for the quarter.

Business wireless retail postpaid churn was 1.64% and wireless retail postpaid telephone churn was 1.27% successful the quarter.

The Consumer conception EBITDA borderline declined by 100 bps to 36.5%, portion the Business conception EBITDA borderline fell by 10 bps to 22.0%.