Verizon (VZ)
S&P 500 · Top 100 by market cap · Communication Services · data since 1983-11-21 · last close 2026-07-24
1d
+5.84%
7d
+6.40%
30d
+1.53%
YTD
+17.59%
1y
+13.09%
Verizon (VZ) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11.2 | 12.6 | 0.1 | -2.9 | -0.5 | -11.4 | 9.5 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 0.3 | 9.4 | 5.2 | -1.3 | -0.2 | -1.6 | 0.4 | 3.4 | -0.6 | -8.0 | 3.5 | -0.9 |
| 2024 | 14.2 | -5.5 | 4.8 | -4.4 | 4.2 | 0.2 | -0.1 | 3.1 | 7.5 | -4.7 | 5.3 | -9.8 |
| 2023 | 7.2 | -6.6 | 0.2 | 1.5 | -8.2 | 4.4 | -6.7 | 2.6 | -7.3 | 10.7 | 9.1 | -1.6 |
| 2022 | 3.7 | 0.8 | -5.1 | -8.0 | 10.8 | -1.1 | -7.8 | -9.5 | -9.2 | 0.1 | 4.3 | 1.1 |
| 2021 | -5.8 | 1.0 | 5.2 | 0.5 | -2.3 | -0.8 | 0.7 | -1.4 | -1.8 | -0.7 | -5.1 | 3.4 |
| 2020 | -2.2 | -8.9 | -0.8 | 8.1 | -0.1 | -3.9 | 5.4 | 3.1 | 0.4 | -3.2 | 6.0 | -2.8 |
| 2019 | -1.0 | 3.4 | 3.9 | -2.3 | -5.0 | 5.1 | -2.2 | 5.2 | 3.8 | 1.2 | -0.4 | 1.9 |
| 2018 | 3.3 | -11.7 | 0.2 | 4.5 | -3.4 | 5.5 | 3.8 | 5.3 | -1.8 | 8.1 | 5.6 | -6.8 |
| 2017 | -7.2 | 1.3 | -1.8 | -4.7 | 1.6 | -4.3 | 9.8 | -0.9 | 3.2 | -2.1 | 6.3 | 4.0 |
| 2016 | 9.4 | 1.5 | 6.6 | -4.8 | -0.1 | 9.7 | 0.2 | -5.6 | -0.7 | -6.4 | 3.7 | 7.0 |
| 2015 | -1.1 | 8.2 | -1.7 | 4.9 | -2.0 | -5.7 | 1.6 | -1.7 | -5.4 | 9.1 | -3.0 | 1.7 |
| 2014 | -1.2 | -0.9 | -0.0 | -0.7 | 6.9 | -2.1 | 4.2 | -1.2 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 0.7 | -7.5 |
| 2013 | 2.0 | 6.7 | 5.6 | 10.8 | -10.1 | 3.8 | -0.7 | -4.2 | -1.5 | 9.4 | -1.8 | -1.0 |
| 2012 | -4.9 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 7.0 | 3.1 | 6.7 | 2.7 | -4.9 | 6.1 | -1.0 | -1.2 | -1.9 |
| 2011 | 0.9 | 3.6 | 4.4 | -0.7 | -2.3 | 0.8 | -4.0 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 6.3 |
| 2010 | -9.9 | -1.7 | 7.2 | -5.4 | -4.8 | 1.8 | 12.6 | 1.6 | 10.4 | 1.1 | -1.4 | 11.8 |
| 2009 | -10.6 | -4.5 | 5.8 | 1.9 | -3.6 | 5.0 | 6.0 | -3.2 | -2.5 | -0.7 | 6.3 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | -10.2 | -6.5 | 0.4 | 7.3 | -0.0 | -8.0 | -2.7 | 3.2 | -8.6 | -6.0 | 10.0 | 3.8 |
| 2007 | 4.6 | -2.9 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 14.0 | -5.4 | 4.5 | -1.7 | 5.7 | 5.0 | -6.2 | 1.1 |
| 2006 | 6.5 | 6.4 | 1.1 | -1.9 | -5.5 | 7.3 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 0.7 | -2.0 | 6.6 |
| 2005 | -11.3 | 1.1 | -1.3 | 2.0 | -1.2 | -2.4 | 0.2 | -4.4 | -0.1 | -2.4 | 1.5 | -5.8 |
| 2004 | 6.2 | 4.0 | -4.7 | 4.3 | -8.4 | 4.7 | 7.6 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 5.5 | -1.8 |
| 2003 | -0.3 | -9.7 | 2.2 | 6.9 | 1.3 | 4.2 | -10.4 | 0.9 | -8.2 | 4.8 | -2.3 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | -1.6 | 1.0 | -1.5 | -12.3 | 7.2 | -6.6 | -17.0 | -6.1 | -11.5 | 39.3 | 10.9 | -7.5 |
| 2001 | 10.4 | -9.9 | -0.4 | 12.6 | -0.4 | -2.5 | 1.9 | -7.7 | 8.2 | -7.3 | -5.6 | 1.0 |
| 2000 | 1.3 | -21.0 | 24.9 | -1.2 | -11.9 | -3.9 | -7.2 | -6.9 | 11.3 | 20.3 | -2.8 | -10.8 |
| 1999 | 11.9 | -4.0 | -10.3 | 12.3 | -5.0 | 19.4 | -1.5 | -4.2 | 9.8 | -3.0 | -1.8 | -3.5 |
| 1998 | 2.6 | -3.0 | 13.9 | -7.8 | -2.1 | -0.4 | 0.2 | -2.7 | 9.8 | 10.6 | 4.6 | -2.9 |
| 1997 | 5.0 | 2.8 | -12.1 | 12.9 | 3.3 | 8.4 | -4.4 | -0.3 | 11.1 | 0.4 | 11.6 | 2.0 |
| 1996 | 4.0 | -4.0 | -6.4 | 6.3 | -4.0 | 2.2 | -6.2 | -4.9 | 6.4 | 1.8 | 4.4 | 3.0 |
| 1995 | 10.6 | -1.1 | -1.4 | 4.7 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 4.7 | -0.8 | 6.2 |
| 1994 | -3.1 | -3.5 | -5.5 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 4.9 | 2.4 | -3.3 | -3.2 | 0.1 | -4.3 | -0.8 |
| 1993 | 2.0 | 7.8 | 0.7 | -7.2 | 5.6 | 9.4 | 1.4 | 7.8 | -0.6 | -0.2 | -5.7 | -1.3 |
| 1992 | -3.1 | -5.7 | -4.6 | 8.6 | -2.8 | 3.2 | 8.3 | 2.1 | 0.5 | -1.0 | -1.3 | 9.0 |
| 1991 | -8.5 | 1.0 | 4.8 | -1.5 | -5.8 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 4.2 | -8.8 | 4.8 | -3.5 | 6.3 |
| 1990 | -11.3 | -8.1 | 5.0 | 0.3 | 11.5 | -4.8 | 0.7 | -13.4 | 10.5 | 11.9 | 4.1 | -1.4 |
| 1989 | 5.5 | -2.5 | 4.3 | 10.9 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 11.0 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 0.7 | 8.0 |
| 1988 | 11.9 | -0.7 | -7.1 | 1.9 | 6.7 | 1.4 | -1.0 | -3.3 | 6.2 | 2.3 | -3.9 | 2.0 |
| 1987 | 10.6 | -3.0 | -5.5 | -2.2 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 10.6 | 2.7 | -5.9 | -9.2 | 0.6 |
| 1986 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 9.9 | 2.6 | 6.7 | 3.5 | 5.8 | 2.7 | -13.6 | 3.9 | 3.4 | -1.1 |
| 1985 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 3.3 | -4.5 | 3.0 | -3.8 | 5.7 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| 1984 | 13.2 | -4.2 | 1.8 | -2.1 | -0.9 | 1.8 | 7.2 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 4.3 |
| 1983 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | -5.7 | -1.5 |
| Avg | 1.6 | -1.2 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | -0.4 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 1.0 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +1.6% | -1.2% | +1.2% | +1.6% | +0.1% | +1.3% | +0.7% | -0.4% | +1.0% | +2.7% | +1.2% | +1.0% |
| Win rate | 60%/43 | 47%/43 | 60%/43 | 58%/43 | 42%/43 | 63%/43 | 64%/42 | 50%/42 | 57%/42 | 64%/42 | 53%/43 | 56%/43 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-56.8%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±6.1%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
56%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+39.26%
2002-10
Worst month
-20.99%
2000-02
Longest streaks
13▲ / 7▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About Verizon
Verizon turns eyeballs into earnings — with price receipts on this site going back to 1983. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (1983) would be about $4,405 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was October 2002 at +39.26%; its worst, February 2000 at -20.99%.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.