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VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC (VZ)

Every FINRA and SEC series the site collects for VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC: short interest with days to cover, daily short sale volume, fails to deliver and Form 4 insider trades. Listed on NYSE.

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76.4M

Short interest

settlement 2026-08-14

3.7

Days to cover

-8.4% vs prior

51.0%

Short share of volume

2026-09-11

764

Fails to deliver

settlement 2026-08-14

-$164K

Insider flow, 90 days

0 buys, 3 sells

As of 2026-09-11.

Short interest

FINRA, twice a month; the last 12 months shown, all 48 settlements in the JSON

As of 14 August 2026, short interest in VZ is 76,354,402 shares, down 9,325,915 shares over the last month. Over the last 48 readings it ranged from 45,950,335 shares (30 August 2024) to 148,344,833 shares (13 February 2026). At the reported average volume of 20.5M shares a day that is 3.7 days to cover.

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SettlementShares shortChangeAvg daily volumeDays to cover
2026-08-1476,354,402-8.4%20,507,6413.72
2026-07-3183,388,266-2.7%28,432,7712.93
2026-07-1585,680,317-9.8%35,055,5862.44
2026-06-3094,985,050+5.6%35,973,3162.64
2026-06-1589,914,318+3.8%23,241,2333.87
2026-05-2986,615,694-1.0%21,839,5233.97
2026-05-1587,476,337-0.6%19,065,7664.59
2026-04-3088,027,837-1.9%26,206,5253.36
2026-04-1589,726,814+1.5%26,973,2543.33
2026-03-3188,438,006-7.2%29,074,6703.04
2026-03-1395,282,309-16.0%24,795,1093.84
2026-02-27113,473,590-23.5%26,623,5134.26
2026-02-13148,344,833+34.8%44,617,7153.32
2026-01-30110,059,370-8.7%37,105,5172.97
2026-01-15120,595,282+1.5%31,446,5173.83
2025-12-31118,765,170+0.7%20,706,7825.74
2025-12-15117,969,960+3.2%26,447,5024.46
2025-11-28114,325,367+10.7%25,120,8094.55
2025-11-14103,245,865+1.5%28,123,5413.67
2025-10-31101,722,175+4.3%34,823,6452.92
2025-10-1597,515,795+11.3%31,367,5833.11
2025-09-3087,625,884-5.7%18,586,1444.71
2025-09-1592,919,127+3.6%17,578,5385.29
2025-08-2989,688,125+4.2%15,864,0505.65

Daily short volume

FINRA Reg SHO, last 60 sessions. JSON

As of 11 September 2026, the short share of VZ volume is 51.0%, up 17.7 points over the last five sessions. Over the last 52 readings it ranged from 27.0% (31 August 2026) to 65.9% (3 August 2026). The latest reading is 9.1 points above the 30-session average of 41.9%, on 6.4M shares reported.

DateShort volumeTotal volumeShort shareExempt
2026-09-113.3M6.4M51.0%24,950
2026-09-102.0M5.4M37.6%2,682
2026-09-093.1M8.0M39.0%7,774
2026-09-082.3M5.5M41.9%10,125
2026-09-042.0M5.2M37.5%30,344
2026-09-032.3M6.9M33.3%50,788
2026-09-022.3M6.7M35.1%11,182
2026-09-012.2M8.0M27.4%69,980
2026-08-311.7M6.3M27.0%21,239
2026-08-281.9M6.2M31.3%16,166
2026-08-272.0M6.0M32.7%26,552
2026-08-263.3M9.3M35.1%34,587
2026-08-252.0M7.5M27.1%45,271
2026-08-243.2M6.6M48.5%29,372
2026-08-211.5M4.7M32.3%24,478
2026-08-202.5M5.0M50.8%29,198
2026-08-192.4M6.4M37.5%75,089
2026-08-181.7M4.3M38.5%22,419
2026-08-172.1M4.9M42.9%11,475
2026-08-141.7M4.1M41.7%7,599
2026-08-132.1M6.1M35.1%32,974
2026-08-121.9M4.5M42.9%3,338
2026-08-112.2M4.3M51.2%17,043
2026-08-103.1M6.0M51.0%14,450
2026-08-072.6M5.8M45.1%11,378
2026-08-063.2M7.3M43.5%6,021
2026-08-057.2M12.3M58.3%14,264
2026-08-044.1M7.8M53.2%8,778
2026-08-034.7M7.1M65.9%6,539
2026-07-315.0M7.8M64.2%12,030

Fails to deliver

SEC, by settlement date. JSON

As of 14 August 2026, the fails-to-deliver balance in VZ is 764 shares, down 48,284 shares over the last settlement date. Over the last 52 readings it ranged from 11 shares (29 July 2026) to 376,239 shares (16 June 2026). The latest reading sits at the bottom of that range.

SettlementShares failedPriceValue
2026-08-14764$48.22$37K
2026-08-1049,048$47.06$2.3M
2026-08-0729,310$46.99$1.4M
2026-08-0664,352$46.47$3.0M
2026-08-03600$46.81$28K
2026-07-301,979$47.22$93K
2026-07-2911$48.19$530
2026-07-27200$46.38$9K
2026-07-24182$43.82$8K
2026-07-2188$43.50$4K
2026-07-2018,804$43.59$820K
2026-07-16548$42.83$23K
2026-07-13900$42.12$38K
2026-07-104,181$42.24$177K
2026-07-01120,723$42.34$5.1M
2026-06-307,673$44.10$338K
2026-06-29444$46.54$21K
2026-06-269,357$46.07$431K
2026-06-25491$45.68$22K
2026-06-2299,577$45.37$4.5M
2026-06-1712,284$46.73$574K
2026-06-16376,239$47.07$17.7M
2026-06-15300$48.11$14K
2026-06-01365$47.81$17K
2026-04-3036,228$46.61$1.7M
2026-04-292,526$47.24$119K
2026-04-2299,938$46.27$4.6M
2026-04-20500$46.55$23K
2026-04-1619$45.03$856
2026-04-1533$45.48$2K

Insider trades

SEC Form 4, newest first. JSON

Insiders at VZ reported 3 open-market sells worth $164K in the last 90 days and no open-market buys. Sells alone are a weak signal; insiders sell for tax, diversification and estate reasons all the time. Latest filing: Malady Kyle (EVP and Group CEO-VZ Business) on 2026-09-01.

DateInsiderTitleTypeSharesPriceValueOwned after
2026-09-01Malady KyleEVP and Group CEO-VZ BusinessSell1K$50.50$56K108K
2026-08-25Malady KyleEVP and Group CEO-VZ BusinessSell1K$50.06$55K109K
2026-08-18Malady KyleEVP and Group CEO-VZ BusinessSell1K$48.68$54K110K
2026-05-29Hammock SamanthaEVP &amp; Chief HR OfficerSell73K$47.83$3.5M16K
2026-03-02Stillwell Mary-LeeSVP and ControllerSell9K$50.00$428K44K
2026-02-24Vestberg Hans Erikn/aSell13K$49.61$620K13K
2026-02-24Vestberg Hans Erikn/aSell200K$49.61$9.9M145K
2026-02-02Russo Joseph J.EVP&amp;Pres-Global Networks&amp;TechSell10K$44.88$430K44K
2025-08-18Vestberg Hans ErikChairman and CEOGift16K$0.00$026K
2025-08-18Vestberg Hans ErikChairman and CEOGift32K$0.00$0346K

Form 4 filings are due within two business days of the trade. Insiders sell for many reasons that say nothing about the company; open-market buys are the rarer, stronger signal.

Planned sales (Form 144)

Newest first. JSON

4 Form 144 notices on file for VZ worth $219K at the prices reported; 4 in the last 90 days worth $219K. Latest: Malady Kyle filed on 2026-09-08 to sell 1,100 shares ($55K) from 2026-09-08.

FiledSellerSharesMarket valueOf outstandingSale fromBroker
2026-09-08Malady KyleOfficer1K$55K0.000%2026-09-08Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
2026-09-01Malady KyleOfficer1K$56K0.000%2026-09-01Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
2026-08-25Malady KyleOfficer1K$55K0.000%2026-08-25Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
2026-08-18Malady KyleOfficer1K$54K0.000%2026-08-18Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC

13F holders

Tracked managers holding VZ at their latest 13F. JSON

9 of the 30 tracked managers held VZ at their latest 13F, $1.53B in total at quarter-end prices. Citadel Advisors is the largest at $672.0M (0.1% of its portfolio) as of 2026-06-30. Over the prior quarter 2 added shares and 6 cut.

FundQuarterSharesValueOf portfolioChange in shares
Citadel Advisors2026-06-3015.9M$672.0M0.08%-2.0M
AQR Capital Management2026-06-308.5M$360.3M0.13%-140K
Millennium Management2026-06-305.4M$227.8M0.08%-2.7M
Point72 Asset Management2026-06-303.5M$147.1M0.16%+940K
D. E. Shaw & Co.2026-06-301.9M$79.3M0.04%-632K
Bridgewater Associates2026-06-30980K$41.5M0.17%+546K
Fisher Asset Management2026-06-3075K$3.2M0.00%-4K
Soros Fund Management2026-06-3043K$1.8M0.02%0
Two Sigma Investments2026-06-306K$233K0.00%-14K

Only the 30 tracked managers on the funds hub; a 13F reports long positions in US listed stock at quarter end, 45 days late, and says nothing about shorts or positions sold since.

Federal contracts

Largest actions mapped to VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC and its subsidiaries. JSON

16 contract actions on file for VZ: $146.9M obligated in the last 90 days and $146.9M in the last 12 months across 9 awarding agencies. The largest was $84.1M from the Department of Health and Human Services on 2026-09-08 (hhs enterprise infrastructure solutions (eis) task order). Only actions large enough to reach the daily top list are counted, and agencies report with a lag.

Action dateAgencyAmountTypeDescription
2026-09-09Department of the TreasuryInternal Revenue Service$40.2Mmod P00099delivery orderTOLL FREE CONTACT CENTER SERVICES ENTERPRISE INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS. EXERCISE OF OPTION YEAR 7.USAspending
2026-09-08Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$84.1Mmod P00082delivery orderHHS ENTERPRISE INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS (EIS) TASK ORDERUSAspending
2026-09-04Department of Homeland SecurityU.S. Coast Guard$560Kmod P00008delivery orderUPDATE EIS VOICE CONTRACT LINE-ITEM NUMBERS (CLINS) AND SUB-ELEMENTS TO THE PRICING WORKBOOK (SEE ATTACHMENT IV).USAspending
2026-09-04Nuclear Regulatory CommissionNuclear Regulatory Commission$489Kmod P00036delivery orderEIS TO# 1 - VOICE, DATA, UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER SERVICESUSAspending
2026-09-02Department of CommerceOffice of the Secretary$980Kmod P26028delivery orderTELECOMMUNICATION SERVICESUSAspending
2026-09-02Department of CommerceOffice of the Secretary$727Kmod P26020delivery orderTELECOMMUNICATION SERVICESUSAspending
2026-08-31Department of EducationDepartment of Education$1.5Mmod P00030delivery orderEXERCISE OPTION YEAR FOUR AND INCREMENTALLY FUND $1,504,308.13 TO COVER 9/1/26- 10/31/26 UNDER EDAR CLAUSE 3452.232-72 - LIMITATION OF GOVERNMENT'S OBLIGATION.USAspending
2026-08-27Department of CommerceU.S. Patent and Trademark Office$1.3Mmod P26010delivery orderTELECOM: GSA EIS NEW AND RENEW SERVICES - EXERCISE OPTION YEAR FOUR (4).USAspending
2026-08-20Department of Homeland SecurityU.S. Coast Guard$2.3Mmod P00001delivery orderTHE USCG REQUIRES CONTINUED, UNINTERRUPTED SERVICE AND SUPPORT OF THE EXISTING CIRCUITS TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT STATE OF DATA CIRCUITS, EQUIPMENT, CONFIGURATIONS, AND MANAGED SERVICES UNTIL THE TRANSITION OF THESE CIRCUITS IS COMPLETED.USAspending
2026-08-06Department of the TreasuryInternal Revenue Service$1.7Mmod P00096delivery orderTOLL FREE CONTACT CENTER SERVICES ENTERPRISE INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS; FUNDING MODIFICATION.USAspending
2026-08-04National Labor Relations BoardNational Labor Relations Board$944Kmod P00016delivery orderTELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES CONSOLIDATED WAN SERVICES-THE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION TO EXERCISE OPTION PERIOD TWOUSAspending
2026-08-04Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$383Kmod P00081delivery orderHHS ENTERPRISE INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS (EIS) TASK ORDERUSAspending
2026-08-03Department of DefenseDefense Information Systems Agency$8.4Mmod P00008definitive contractINCREMENTAL FUNDING FOR OY2.USAspending
2026-07-15Department of EnergyDepartment of Energy$405Kmod P00114delivery orderTHE PURPOSE OF THIS MODIFICATION IS TO INCREMENTALLY FUND TO CLIN 50002, UPDATE THE COR, INVOICE APPROVING OFFICIAL AND PROGRAM OFFICIAL TO SONYA OWENS-COBBLAH AND ASSIGN TIMOTHY W. JACKSON AS ALTERNATE CONTRACTING OFFICER.USAspending
2026-07-02Department of Health and Human ServicesOffice of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$791Kmod P00080delivery orderHHS ENTERPRISE INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS (EIS) TASK ORDERUSAspending
2026-06-24Department of CommerceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$2.1Mmod P26028delivery orderMODIFICATION TO ADD FUNDING AND SERVICE CLINS TO THE TASK ORDER. NWS EIS TASK ORDERUSAspending

What this page is

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC in the regulatory record

Regulators publish company data in separate files that never sit next to each other: FINRA's twice-monthly short interest, its daily short sale volume, the SEC's fails-to-deliver counts, and each insider's Form 4. A company page pulls every series the site collects for one ticker onto one URL, keyed by the SEC's own ticker list, so the short position, the daily flow, the settlement fails and what insiders are doing can be read together.

Each section has its own history table, a summary sentence built from the rows (last value, change, range with dates) and its own JSON and CSV links. Nothing on the page is written by a model; the sentences change only when the data does. A page exists only for companies with data in at least two series, and every section says when its source last updated.

This page follows VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC (VZ), SEC CIK 732712, listed on NYSE. The cross-market tables live on the short interest and insider transactions hubs.

Source and method

Short interest
FINRA consolidated short interestTwice a month, about eight business days after settlement. Latest 2026-08-14.JSON and CSV
Daily short volume
FINRA Reg SHO daily filesEvery trading day, loaded the following morning. Latest 2026-09-11.JSON and CSV
Fails to deliver
SEC fails-to-deliver dataTwice a month, a few weeks after the half month ends. Latest 2026-08-14.JSON and CSV
Planned sales
SEC EDGAR Form 144EDGAR read every 30 minutes; a notice is filed on or before the sell order. Latest 2026-09-08.JSON and CSV
13F holders
SEC EDGAR Form 13F-HRQuarterly, filed within 45 days of quarter end; 30 tracked managers. Latest 2026-06-30.JSON and CSV
Federal contracts
USAspending.govDaily read of the largest actions per day; agencies report with up to a 90-day lag. Latest 2026-09-09.JSON and CSV
Insider trades
SEC EDGAR Form 4EDGAR read every 30 minutes; filings are due two business days after the trade. Latest 2026-09-01.JSON and CSV
Company record
EDGAR filing index for CIK 732712Ticker, name and exchange from the SEC's company list, refreshed weekly.
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Data checks. Every dataset is checked against its source once a day. This dataset passed the last run, 13 Sep 05:40 UTC.

How to read it

  • Read the position against the flow: rising short interest with a high daily short share is new shorting; rising short interest with a normal short share is old shorts holding on.
  • Insider buys next to a crowded short are the combination that has historically preceded squeezes; insider sells next to a crowded short are common and mean little.
  • Fails to deliver matter relative to the float, not in absolute shares; a million failed shares in a mega cap is noise.

Analysis of what the data shows, not advice. XOOMAR does not recommend buying, selling or holding anything.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much of VZ is sold short?
76,354,402 shares were held short at the 2026-08-14 settlement, 3.7 days of average volume. FINRA publishes the next count about eight business days after the 15th and the last business day of the month.
What is VZ's daily short volume?
On 2026-09-11, 3,285,826 of the 6,442,655 VZ shares reported to FINRA were sold short, 51.0% of the day's reported volume. Short volume is a flow for one day, not a position.
Does VZ have fails to deliver?
The SEC's latest file shows 764 VZ shares failed to deliver at settlement 2026-08-14. Fails are reported per settlement date and published twice a month with a lag.
Are VZ insiders buying or selling?
Insiders at VZ reported 3 open-market sells worth $164K in the last 90 days and no open-market buys. Sells alone are a weak signal; insiders sell for tax, diversification and estate reasons all the time. Latest filing: Malady Kyle (EVP and Group CEO-VZ Business) on 2026-09-01.
Have VZ insiders filed to sell?
4 Form 144 notices on file for VZ worth $219K at the prices reported; 4 in the last 90 days worth $219K. Latest: Malady Kyle filed on 2026-09-08 to sell 1,100 shares ($55K) from 2026-09-08.
Which funds hold VZ?
9 of the 30 tracked managers held VZ at their latest 13F, $1.53B in total at quarter-end prices. Citadel Advisors is the largest at $672.0M (0.1% of its portfolio) as of 2026-06-30. Over the prior quarter 2 added shares and 6 cut.
How much federal contract money did VZ receive?
$146.9M was obligated to VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC and its mapped subsidiaries in the last 90 days and $146.9M in the last 12 months, counting only the largest daily actions on USAspending. Obligations are not revenue; they are spent over each contract's life.

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