Screener / SEC EDGAR /CIK 0000732712 /10-K filed Feb 17, 2026, compared with Feb 12, 2025 /Numbers from the XBRL of the 10-Ks
Communication peers:
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Verizon VZ

Headquarters
New York, NY
Next results
around Jan 29, 2027
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VZ among Communication peers

Six ratios from the latest 10-K. Each corner is the share of 18 peers the company is above, not a score.

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Revenue growth: 2.5%, above 28% of 18 peers (their median 7.7%) REVENUE GROWTH 2.5% · above 28% Operating margin: 20.9%, above 62% of 16 peers (their median 18.4%) OPERATING MARGIN 20.9% · above 62% Net margin: 11.8%, above 67% of 18 peers (their median 9.0%) NET MARGIN 11.8% · above 67% Return on capital: 8.3%, above 23% of 13 peers (their median 9.5%) RETURN ON CAPITAL 8.3% · above 23%
VZ Peer median Below the median

What changed

13 new risk paragraphs. 10-K filed Feb 17, 2026 against Feb 12, 2025.

Each row opens the detail with the quote and the filing. A row is a change worth reading, not a verdict.

Accounting checks

11 checks on the latest 10-K. Checks, not verdicts.

How it works

0facts worth reading about all 11 checks found nothing to note

  • Receivables +3.8% vs revenue +2.5% (+1.3 pts)
  • Cash from operations $37.1B vs net income $17.2B (FY ending Dec 31, 2025)
  • Inventory +8.6% vs revenue +2.5% (+6.1 pts)
8 more checks with nothing to note
  • Same auditor in both 10-Ks: Ernst & Young LLP
  • No statement of substantial doubt about going concern
  • No 8-K item 4.02 in the last 2 years
  • No NT 10-K or NT 10-Q in the last 2 years
  • The same matters as last year: Valuation of Employee Benefit Obligations
  • No sentence in the 10-K concludes that controls were not effective because of a material weakness
  • No 8-K item 2.06 in the last 2 years
  • No 8-K item 1.03 in the last 2 years

In their words

13 paragraphs in Risk Factors that were not in the 10-K filed Feb 12, 2025. Quoted as filed.

All 13 new paragraphs
  1. Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Feb 12, 2025 10-K, ITEM 1A
    During the course of 2025, the U.S. government announced tariffs on goods imported from various countries to the U.S. Countries subject to such tariffs have imposed or may in the future impose reciprocal or retaliatory tariffs and other trade measures. New or increased tariffs and other trade restrictions could adversely affect our cost…
  2. Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Feb 12, 2025 10-K, ITEM 1A
    Cyberattacks, including through the use of ransomware and other forms of malware, distributed denial of services attacks, credential harvesting, social engineering and other means for obtaining unauthorized access to or disrupting the operation of our
  3. Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Feb 12, 2025 10-K, ITEM 1A
    The rapid evolution and increased adoption of artificial intelligence technologies may intensify our cybersecurity risks by increasing the frequency and severity of cyberattacks against us or other companies and by making cyberattacks more difficult to detect, contain or mitigate.
  4. Item 1A · new paragraph · not in the 10-K filed Feb 12, 2025 10-K, ITEM 1A
    Our long-term success depends on our ability to implement business transformation initiatives and achieve their anticipated benefits. We have been and will be undertaking various business transformation initiatives intended to reduce costs, drive efficiencies, streamline our operations, enhance customer experience, and improve our…

New risk paragraphs, against peers

Latest 10-K of each, Communication companies closest in revenue

Paragraphs in Risk Factors with nothing like them in the company's 10-K the year before. A count of text, not of risk.

Financial performance

Last 4 fiscal years · 10-K XBRL

All years
MetricFY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue$136.8B$134.0B$134.8B$138.2B
Net income$21.3B$11.6B$17.5B$17.2B
Operating cash flow$37.1B$37.5B$36.9B$37.1B

Revenue, FY2016 to FY2025

Ten fiscal years, each from its own 10-K · XBRL · USD

$138.2B ▲ 2.5% in FY2025

FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Every number, year by year

Recent filings

2 filings in the last 30 days · SEC EDGAR

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About the company

Verizon, New York, NY · from the 10-K filed Feb 17, 2026

Verizon Communications Inc. (the Company) is a holding company that, acting through its subsidiaries (together with the Company, collectively, Verizon), is one of the world’s leading providers of communications, technology, information and streaming products and services to consumers, businesses and government entities. With a presence around the world, we offer data, video and voice services and solutions on our networks and platforms that are designed to meet customers’ demand for mobility, reliable network connectivity and security.

Headquarters
New York, NY
Country
United States
Reports in
USD
Listed on
NYSE
Fiscal year ends
December 31
Last results
Oct 26, 2026
Incorporated in
DE

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Sources

The 10-K filed Feb 17, 2026 (open at SEC), compared with the 10-K filed Feb 12, 2025. Numbers from the XBRL of the 10-Ks; filings from SEC EDGAR.

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