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Profile - Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ)
As of 31-Aug-2001
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Recent Events
Aug  1Dividend payment of $0.385
Location
1095 Avenue of the Americas, 36th Floor
New York, NY 10036
Phone: (212) 395-2121
Fax: (212) 921-2971
Email: kevin.r.tarrant@verizon.com
Employees (last reported count): 260,000
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 ·Sector: Services
 ·Industry: Communications Services
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Ownership
·Insider and 5%+ Owners: 1%
·Over the last 6 months:
 · 4 insider sells; 107.0K shares
  (0.4% of insider shares)
·Institutional: 46% (46% of float)
(2,687 institutions)
·Net Inst. Buying: 55.5M shares (+4.27%)
(prior quarter to latest quarter)
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Business Summary
Verizon Communications Inc. provides communications services. The Company has four reportable segments, which it operates and manages as strategic business units and organizes by products and services. Domestic wireline communications services principally represent the Company's 16 operating telephone subsidiaries that provide local telephone services in over 30 states. Domestic wireless products and services include cellular, Personal Communications Services, paging services and equipment sales. The Company's International segment includes international wireline and wireless communications operations, investments and management contracts in the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Pacific. Through its Information Services segment, the Company provides print and online directory publishing and content for communications products and services.
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Financial Summary
Verizon, formed by the merger of Bell Atlantic and GTE, is one of the world's leading providers of high-growth communication services. For the six months ended 6/30/01, operating revenues rose 6% to $33.18 billion. Net income before extraordinary items, acc't change and applicable to Common fell 89% to $733 million. Results reflect strong demand for data transport and long distance services, offset by the write-down charges for investments, merger transactions and market adjustment.
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Officers[Insider Trade Data]
FY2000 Compensation
PayExer

Charles Lee, 61
Chairman, Co-CEO
$15.1M$1.6M
Ivan Seidenberg, 54
Pres, Co-CEO
15.7M--  
Frederic Salerno, 57
Vice Chairman, CFO
9.0M--  
Lawrence Babbio, Jr., 56
Pres and Vice Chairman, Telecom
9.6M7.4M
Dennis Strigl, 54
Exec. VP and Pres - Domestic Wireless
9.0M98K
Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-2000 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year.
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Statistics at a Glance -- NYSE:VZAs of 31-Aug-2001
Price and Volume
52-Week Low
on 21-Sep-2000
$41.00 
Recent Price$50.00 
52-Week High
on 7-Dec-2000
$59.375
Beta0.61 
Daily Volume (3-month avg)4.41M
Daily Volume (10-day avg)4.11M
Stock Performance
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52-Week Change+13.5%
52-Week Change
relative to S&P500
+52.2%
Share-Related Items
Market Capitalization$135.5B
Shares Outstanding2.71B
Float2.68B
Dividends & Splits
Annual Dividend (indicated)$1.54 
Dividend Yield3.08%
Last Splitnone 
Per-Share Data
Book Value (mrq)$12.88 
Earnings (ttm)$1.86 
Earnings (mrq)-$0.38 
Sales (ttm)$24.47 
Cash (mrq)$1.26 
Valuation Ratios
Price/Book (mrq)3.88 
Price/Earnings (ttm)26.90 
Price/Sales (ttm)2.04 
Income Statements
Sales (ttm)$66.5B
EBITDA (ttm)$28.9B
Income available to common (ttm)$5.07B
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm)8.4%
Operating Margin (ttm)23.6%
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year EndsDec 31
Most recent quarter30-June-2001
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm)3.38%
Return on Equity (ttm)14.59%
Financial Strength
Current Ratio (mrq)0.62 
Debt/Equity (mrq)1.86 
Total Cash (mrq)$3.41B
Short Interest
As of 8-Aug-2001
Shares Short25.2M
Percent of Float0.9%
Shares Short
(Prior Month)
28.3M
Short Ratio5.18 
Daily Volume4.87M
See Profile Help for a description of each item above;   K = thousands;   M = millions;   B = billions;   mrq = most-recent quarter;   ttm = trailing twelve months;   (as of 30-June-2001)

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