Many income investors love Verizon Communications (VZ 1.11%) stock. It's easy to see why. After all, the telecom giant pays a juicy forward dividend yield of 6.4% at the current stock price. Verizon has also increased its dividend for 18 consecutive years. The company provided its 2025 second-quarter update on July 21. And income investors now have even more to love about this ultra-high-yield dividend stock. 2 billion more reasons to buy Verizon It might sound a little gimmicky to say that there are now 2 ...