When Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) reported its third-quarter financial results before the markets opened on Thursday, the company said that it had $1.01 in earnings per share (EPS) and a $30.94 billion in revenue. The consensus estimates from Thomson Reuters had called for $0.99 in EPS on revenue of $31.09 billion. In the same period of last year, the company posted EPS of $1.04 and $33.16 billion in revenue.