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The cash flow of VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC over the past 10 years
Chart VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC: operating cash flow, capital expenditures, free cash flow, fiscal 2016–2025 Open the chart →In fiscal 2025, the latest fiscal year on file, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC's operating cash flow was $37.14B and its capital expenditures $17.01B, leaving free cash flow of $20.13B. Free cash flow was above zero in all 10 years shown. It ranged from $4.63B in fiscal 2016 to $23.58B in fiscal 2020. Capital expenditures were highest in fiscal 2022, at $23.09B.
Year by year
| Fiscal year | Operating cash flow | Capital expenditures | Free cash flow* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025ended Dec 31, 2025 | $37.14B | $17.01B | $20.13B |
| 2024ended Dec 31, 2024 | $36.91B | $17.09B | $19.82B |
| 2023ended Dec 31, 2023 | $37.48B | $18.77B | $18.71B |
| 2022ended Dec 31, 2022 | $37.14B | $23.09B | $14.05B |
| 2021ended Dec 31, 2021 | $39.54B | $20.29B | $19.25B |
| 2020ended Dec 31, 2020 | $41.77B | $18.19B | $23.58B |
| 2019ended Dec 31, 2019 | $35.75B | $17.94B | $17.81B |
| 2018ended Dec 31, 2018 | $34.34B | $16.66B | $17.68B |
| 2017ended Dec 31, 2017 | $24.32B | $17.25B | $7.07B |
| 2016ended Dec 31, 2016 | $21.69B | $17.06B | $4.63B |
Fiscal years as VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC reports them. * Calculated by us from the company's filed figures; — no figure on file. From SEC filings, updated nightly. How each line is read.
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