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Sep 30, 2022

Verizon Q3 2022 Earnings Report

Verizon's Q3 2022 results reflected revenue growth momentum and sequential improvement in Consumer postpaid phone gross additions. Business reported its fifth consecutive quarter with over 150,000 postpaid phone net additions.

Key Takeaways

Verizon reported a 4.0% increase in total revenue to $34.2 billion in Q3 2022. EPS was $1.17, and adjusted EPS was $1.32. The company saw growth in wireless service revenue and broadband net additions.

Total revenue increased by 4.0 percent year over year to $34.2 billion.

Wireless service revenue increased by 10.0 percent year over year.

Total broadband net additions were 377,000, including 342,000 fixed wireless net additions.

Business reported 360,000 wireless retail postpaid net additions.

Total Revenue
$34.2B
Previous year: $32.9B
+4.0%
EPS
$1.32
Previous year: $1.41
-6.4%
Fios internet net adds
272K
Business postpaid adds
360K
Previous year: 276K
+30.4%
Postpaid upgrades
91.48M
Previous year: 90.92M
+0.6%
Gross Profit
$19.6B
Previous year: $19.4B
+1.3%
Cash and Equivalents
$2.08B
Previous year: $9.94B
-79.0%
Free Cash Flow
$12.4B
Total Assets
$375B
Previous year: $353B
+6.1%

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Forward Guidance

Verizon continues to expect the following results for full-year 2022:

Positive Outlook

  • Reported wireless service revenue growth of 8.5 to 9.5 percent.
  • Reported service and other revenue growth of minus 1 percent to flat.
  • Adjusted EBITDA growth of minus 1.5 percent to flat.
  • Adjusted EPS of $5.10 to $5.25.
  • Adjusted effective income tax rate in the range of 23 percent to 25 percent.

Challenges Ahead

  • Capital spending, excluding C-Band, in the range of $16.5 billion to $17.5 billion.
  • Additional expenditures related to the deployment of the company's C-Band 5G network are expected to be in the range of $5 billion to $6 billion.