Verizon’s stock rises as subscriber surge impresses Wall Street

Verizon’s stock rises as subscriber surge impresses Wall Street Verizon’s stock rises as subscriber surge impresses Wall Street Verizon’s performance on a key measure of subscriber growth was more than double what analysts had expected Verizon easily topped subscriber estimates Monday while raising its full-year expectations. Verizon Communications just posted its best third-quarter performance in years on a key subscriber metric — and more than double what Wall Street was expecting. The telecommunications company reported Monday that during the latest quarter, it added 406,000 net postpaid phone subscribers — or those who pay for service at the end of the billing cycle.

Analysts tracked by FactSet had been projecting 195,000 on average. Copyright ©2026 MarketWatch, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 We stopped helping our neighbors with free home repairs and our friendship cooled.

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