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VZ

US92343V1044

Integrated Telecommunications Services

Market Closed - Nyse Other stock markets 21:00:01 26/04/2024 BST			5-day change	1st Jan Change
39.68 ^USD	+1.17%		-2.00%	+5.25%

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Valuation

Fiscal Period: December	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Capitalization ¹	253,937	243,113	218,116	165,473	158,495	167,023	-	-
Enterprise Value (EV) ¹	362,832	350,004	373,506	313,507	307,104	309,962	301,490	294,876
P/E ratio	13.2 x	13.7 x	9.77 x	7.79 x	13.7 x	8.85 x	8.52 x	8.09 x
Yield	3.97%	4.23%	4.88%	4.9%	6.99%	6.77%	6.9%	7%
Capitalization / Revenue	1.93 x	1.89 x	1.63 x	1.21 x	1.18 x	1.24 x	1.22 x	1.2 x
EV / Revenue	2.75 x	2.73 x	2.8 x	2.29 x	2.29 x	2.3 x	2.2 x	2.12 x
EV / EBITDA	7.69 x	7.44 x	7.72 x	6.55 x	6.43 x	6.36 x	6.07 x	5.83 x
EV / FCF	20.4 x	14.8 x	19.4 x	22.3 x	16.4 x	16.5 x	15.5 x	14.7 x
FCF Yield	4.91%	6.74%	5.15%	4.48%	6.09%	6.07%	6.44%	6.79%
Price to Book	4.14 x	3.58 x	2.62 x	1.82 x	1.64 x	1.67 x	1.55 x	1.44 x
Nbr of stocks (in thousands)	4,135,784	4,138,094	4,197,774	4,199,817	4,204,102	4,209,255	-	-
Reference price ²	61.40	58.75	51.96	39.40	37.70	39.68	39.68	39.68
Announcement Date	30/01/20	26/01/21	25/01/22	24/01/23	23/01/24	-	-	-

¹USD in Million²USD

Estimates

Income Statement Evolution (Annual data)

Fiscal Period: December	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Net sales ¹	131,868	128,292	133,613	136,835	133,974	135,012	137,025	139,189
EBITDA ¹	47,189	47,060	48,380	47,870	47,789	48,739	49,664	50,616
EBIT ¹	30,378	28,798	32,448	30,467	22,877	30,995	31,855	32,641
Operating Margin	23.04%	22.45%	24.29%	22.27%	17.08%	22.96%	23.25%	23.45%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) ¹	22,733	23,967	29,420	28,271	16,987	24,951	25,799	26,680
Net income ¹	19,265	17,801	22,065	21,256	11,614	18,778	19,441	20,223
Net margin	14.61%	13.88%	16.51%	15.53%	8.67%	13.91%	14.19%	14.53%
EPS ²	4.650	4.300	5.320	5.060	2.750	4.482	4.660	4.904
Free Cash Flow ¹	17,807	23,600	19,253	14,054	18,708	18,824	19,430	20,030
FCF margin	13.5%	18.4%	14.41%	10.27%	13.96%	13.94%	14.18%	14.39%
FCF Conversion (EBITDA)	37.74%	50.15%	39.8%	29.36%	39.15%	38.62%	39.12%	39.57%
FCF Conversion (Net income)	92.43%	132.58%	87.26%	66.12%	161.08%	100.25%	99.94%	99.05%
Dividend per Share ²	2.435	2.485	2.535	1.932	2.635	2.685	2.736	2.778
Announcement Date	30/01/20	26/01/21	25/01/22	24/01/23	23/01/24	-	-	-

¹USD in Million²USD

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Income Statement Evolution (Quarterly data)

Fiscal Period: December	2021 Q4	2022 Q1	2022 Q2	2022 Q3	2022 Q4	2023 Q1	2023 Q2	2023 Q3	2023 Q4	2024 Q1	2024 Q2	2024 Q3	2024 Q4	2025 Q1	2025 Q2
Net sales ¹	34,067	33,554	33,789	34,241	35,251	32,912	32,596	33,336	35,130	32,981	32,996	33,604	35,249	33,446	33,486
EBITDA ¹	11,765	12,032	11,873	12,218	11,747	11,902	11,971	12,238	11,678	12,072	12,291	12,463	11,997	12,287	12,241
EBIT ¹	7,608	7,796	7,552	7,894	7,225	7,584	7,220	7,473	600	7,521	7,885	8,038	7,546	7,896	7,825
Operating Margin	22.33%	23.23%	22.35%	23.05%	20.5%	23.04%	22.15%	22.42%	1.71%	22.8%	23.9%	23.92%	21.41%	23.61%	23.37%
Earnings before Tax (EBT) ¹	6,144	6,083	6,857	6,520	8,811	6,500	6,112	6,192	-1,817	6,075	6,375	6,604	6,065	6,360	6,512
Net income ¹	4,613	4,580	5,199	4,900	6,577	4,909	4,648	4,762	-2,705	4,602	4,806	4,925	4,540	4,756	4,781
Net margin	13.54%	13.65%	15.39%	14.31%	18.66%	14.92%	14.26%	14.28%	-7.7%	13.95%	14.57%	14.66%	12.88%	14.22%	14.28%
EPS ²	1.110	1.090	1.240	1.170	1.560	1.170	1.100	1.130	-0.6400	1.090	1.141	1.177	1.081	1.132	1.153
Dividend per Share ²	0.6400	0.6400	0.6400	0.6525	0.6525	0.6525	0.6525	0.6650	0.6650	0.6650	0.6700	0.6817	0.6817	0.6848	0.6848
Announcement Date	25/01/22	22/04/22	22/07/22	21/10/22	24/01/23	25/04/23	25/07/23	24/10/23	23/01/24	22/04/24	-	-	-	-	-

¹USD in Million²USD

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Balance Sheet Analysis

Fiscal Period: December	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Net Debt ¹	108,895	106,891	155,390	148,034	148,609	142,939	134,467	127,853
Net Cash position ¹	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Leverage (Debt/EBITDA)	2.308 x	2.271 x	3.212 x	3.092 x	3.11 x	2.933 x	2.708 x	2.526 x
Free Cash Flow ¹	17,807	23,600	19,253	14,054	18,708	18,824	19,430	20,030
ROE (net income / shareholders' equity)	33.6%	31.4%	29.9%	25.2%	21.6%	19.6%	18.7%	18.2%
ROA (Net income/ Total Assets)	6.92%	5.85%	6.56%	5.83%	5.23%	4.98%	5.1%	5.16%
Assets ¹	278,279	304,103	336,613	364,479	222,146	376,987	381,313	391,903
Book Value Per Share ²	14.80	16.40	19.80	21.70	23.00	23.80	25.60	27.60
Cash Flow per Share ²	8.630	10.10	9.530	8.830	8.900	8.400	8.580	8.740
Capex ¹	17,939	18,200	20,286	23,087	18,767	17,287	17,381	17,554
Capex / Sales	13.6%	14.19%	15.18%	16.87%	14.01%	12.8%	12.68%	12.61%
Announcement Date	30/01/20	26/01/21	25/01/22	24/01/23	23/01/24	-	-	-

¹USD in Million²USD

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Last Close Price

39.68 USD

Average target price

45.44 USD

Spread / Average Target

+14.50%

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