Tuesday, January 24, 2017 9:22:06 AM
[24/7 Wall St.]
Chris Lange
24/7 Wall St.January 24, 2017
Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) reported its fourth-quarter financial results before the markets opened on Tuesday. The company posted $0.86 in earnings per share (EPS) on $32.34 billion in revenue. The consensus estimates from Thomson Reuters called for EPS of $0.89 and $32.08 in revenue. The same period of last year reportedly had $0.89 in EPS and revenue of $34.25 billion.
During the fourth quarter, Verizon reported 591,000 retail postpaid net additions. At year-end 2016, Verizon had 114.2 million retail connections, a 1.9% year-over-year increase. Verizon's retail postpaid connections base grew 2.1% to 108.8 million, and retail prepaid connections totaled 5.4 million.
As for the Wireline segment, the company added a net of 68,000 Fios Internet connections and 21,000 Fios Video connections. Customer demand for Custom TV continues to remain strong. At year-end, Verizon had 5.7 million Fios Internet connections and 4.7 million Fios Video connections.
In terms of guidance, the company expects to see 2017 consolidated revenues on an organic basis to be fairly consistent with 2016, as well as full-year 2017 EPS trends to be similar to consolidated revenue trends. The consensus estimates are $4.01 in EPS and $126.3 billion in revenue for 2017.
Also looking ahead, Verizon expects its acquisition of XO Communications to close in first-quarter 2017 and its sale of data centers to Equinix to close in second-quarter 2017. Regarding the Yahoo acquisition, Verizon continues to work with Yahoo to assess the impact of data breaches.
Lowell McAdam, chairman and CEO of Verizon, commented:
We are positioning Verizon for future growth and continued sustainable shareholder value. In the fourth quarter we expanded our customer base in highly competitive wireless and broadband markets. This capped a year in which we delivered solid results and returned value to shareholders, including $9.3 billion in dividends. We enter 2017 with confidence, based on our investments in next-generation networks and the new capabilities we have acquired. Our goal is to continue to earn our customers' loyalty every day in a rapidly expanding mobile-first digital world.
Shares of Verizon closed Monday at $52.41, with a consensus analyst price target of $53.68 and a 52-week trading range of $46.01 to $56.95. Following the release of the earnings report, the stock was down nearly 3% at $50.93 in early trading indications Tuesday.http://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-verizon-earnings-fell-short-135005515.html
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