ADV
Advantage Solutions Inc.
ADV offers stronger modeled upside, but that advantage does not outweigh its weaker overall profile.
VZ
Verizon Communications Inc.
VZ has the edge over ADV overall, supported by lower modeled downside.
ADV Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Under pressure | |
| Healthy | |
| Weak |
ADV's cash flow is currently healthy, and its revenue is stable, but its profitability and balance sheet are under pressure.
VZ Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Strong | |
| Under pressure |
VZ's profitability and cash flow are currently healthy, and its revenue is stable, but its balance sheet is under pressure.
ADV PE Valuation
ADV has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
VZ PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 8.3x | $32.43 | -30% |
| Forward | 9x | $46.55 | — |
| Fair | 11x | $43.63 | -6.3% |
| Current | 12x | $46.55 | — |
| Expensive | 14x | $56.75 | +22% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
VZ's PE is in its fair range at 12x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 9.0x next year's earnings, in its cheap range.
ADV Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Turning to a loss | |
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect ADV's earnings to decline, with its revenue and profitability holding steady.
VZ Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Growth | |
| Stable | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
VZ has the edge over ADV on the outlook, with more favorable earnings and profitability expectations.
ADV Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$24.65 | -$5.53 |
| Q2 2026 | -$21.17 | +$2.71 |
| Q1 2026 | -$18.67 | +$10.62 |
| Q4 2025 | -$17.54 | +$7.88 |
| Q3 2025 | -$19.12 | -$8.87 |
| Q2 2025 | -$23.88 | -$15.13 |
| Q1 2025 | -$29.29 | -$27.54 |
| Q4 2024 | -$25.42 | -$20.42 |
ADV is still losing money, but far less than before: $24.65 per share over the past year, against $118.00 at its worst in late 2023.
VZ Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $5.19 | +32% |
| Q3 2026 | $3.93 | -16% |
| Q2 2026 | $3.85 | -10% |
| Q1 2026 | $4.11 | -2.1% |
| Q4 2025 | $4.06 | -1.9% |
| Q3 2025 | $4.68 | +103% |
| Q2 2025 | $4.29 | +61% |
| Q1 2025 | $4.20 | +57% |
| Q4 2024 | $4.14 | +51% |
VZ has the edge over ADV on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
ADV Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $913.7M | -0.1% |
| Q2 2026 | $889.5M | +1.8% |
| Q1 2026 | $869.6M | +5.8% |
| Q4 2025 | $932.1M | +4.5% |
| Q3 2025 | $915M | -2.6% |
| Q2 2025 | $873.7M | 0% |
| Q1 2025 | $821.8M | -6.5% |
| Q4 2024 | $892.3M | -17% |
ADV's revenue fell from its 2022 peak and has held roughly level since: $914M last quarter, about level with the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 0.8% | -3.6 points |
| Q2 2026 | 0.2% | -1 points |
| Q1 2026 | 0.5% | +2.3 points |
| Q4 2025 | -17% | +1.7 points |
| Q3 2025 | 4.4% | +4.7 points |
| Q2 2025 | 1.1% | +12 points |
| Q1 2025 | -1.8% | +1.3 points |
| Q4 2024 | -19% | -23 points |
ADV's operating margin was 0.8% last quarter, down 3.6 points from the same quarter a year ago.
VZ Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $34.3B | +1.5% |
| Q2 2026 | $34.3B | -0.7% |
| Q1 2026 | $34.4B | +2.9% |
| Q4 2025 | $36.4B | +2% |
| Q3 2025 | $33.8B | +1.5% |
| Q2 2025 | $34.5B | +5.2% |
| Q1 2025 | $33.5B | +1.5% |
| Q4 2024 | $35.7B | +1.6% |
VZ has the edge over ADV on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 25% | +1.3 points |
| Q2 2026 | 21% | -2.7 points |
| Q1 2026 | 24% | +0.1 points |
| Q4 2025 | 14% | -7.1 points |
| Q3 2025 | 24% | +6.2 points |
| Q2 2025 | 24% | -0.2 points |
| Q1 2025 | 24% | +1 points |
| Q4 2024 | 21% | +19 points |
VZ has the edge over ADV on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
ADV Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $40.6M | -22% |
| Q2 2026 | -$16M | -$5.7M |
| Q1 2026 | $12.3M | +$67.1M |
| Q4 2025 | $67.8M | +33% |
| Q3 2025 | $52.2M | +500% |
| Q2 2025 | -$10.2M | -121% |
| Q1 2025 | -$54.7M | -$30.7M |
| Q4 2024 | $51.2M | +23% |
ADV still generates free cash flow, though less than at its 2025 peak: $105M over the past year.
VZ Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $11.5B | +2.2% |
| Q2 2026 | $10.4B | +16% |
| Q1 2026 | $8B | +2.6% |
| Q4 2025 | $9.1B | -13% |
| Q3 2025 | $11.3B | +14% |
| Q2 2025 | $9B | -5.4% |
| Q1 2025 | $7.8B | +9.9% |
| Q4 2024 | $10.4B | +20% |
VZ has the edge over ADV on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
ADV Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.8% | -100K shares |
| 1 year | -5.7% | -777K shares |
| 3 years | -1.3% | -172K shares |
| 5 years | +0.1% | +11.8K shares |
| Available history | +57% | +4.7M shares |
ADV has the edge over VZ on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $2.3M |
| Q2 2026 | $14.7M |
| Q1 2026 | $2.3M |
| Q4 2025 | — |
| Q3 2025 | — |
| Q2 2025 | — |
| Q1 2025 | $869,000 |
| Q4 2024 | — |
ADV spent $19M buying back its own shares over the past year, more than ten times what it spent the year before.
VZ Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.2% | -10M shares |
| 1 year | -1.7% | -72M shares |
| 3 years | -1.3% | -55M shares |
| 5 years | +0.4% | +17M shares |
| Available history | +0.5% | +21M shares |
VZ has 4.2B diluted shares, down 1.7% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $500M |
| Q2 2026 | $1B |
| Q1 2026 | $2.5B |
ADV Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 25.2x | High |
| Q2 2026 | 16.3x | High |
| Q1 2026 | 14.7x | High |
| Q4 2025 | 18.9x | High |
| Q3 2025 | 21.6x | High |
| Q2 2025 | 60.2x | High |
| Q3 2024 | 11.2x | High |
| Q2 2024 | 10.3x | High |
ADV's net debt is more than 20 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from more than 20 years a year ago.
VZ Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 3.3x | Elevated |
| Q2 2026 | 3.4x | Elevated |
| Q1 2026 | 3.4x | Elevated |
| Q4 2025 | 2.9x | Moderate |
| Q3 2025 | 2.8x | Moderate |
| Q2 2025 | 3.0x | Moderate |
| Q1 2025 | 3.0x | Elevated |
| Q4 2024 | 3.0x | Elevated |
VZ has the edge over ADV on leverage, with a lower net debt burden relative to earnings.
ADV Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 48.9 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 41.3 | Neutral |
ADV's weekly RSI is 49 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 41 (neutral).
VZ Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 50.9 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 44.6 | Neutral |
VZ's weekly RSI is 51 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 45 (neutral).
ADV PE vs Communication Services Sector
| Metric | ADV | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 16x | — |
ADV has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
VZ PE vs Communication Services Sector
| Metric | VZ | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 12x | 16x | 28% below |
| PE % | 58 | 26 | 32 pts above |
VZ is trading at 12x earnings, a 28% discount to the Communication Services sector's median of 16x.
ADV Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $30.5 | 3.2% above |
| 20 week MA | $33.2 | 5.3% below |
| 50 week MA | $29.3 | 7.2% above |
| 100 week MA | $36.4 | 14% below |
| 200 week MA | $56.1 | 44% below |
ADV's trend is mixed: it's above two of its five weekly moving averages, and 44% below its 200-week average.
VZ Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $45.1 | 3.1% above |
| 20 week MA | $46.3 | 0.5% above |
| 50 week MA | $46.1 | 1.1% above |
| 100 week MA | $44.2 | 5.4% above |
| 200 week MA | $41.4 | 12% above |
VZ has the edge over ADV on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
ADV Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $260.0 | $333.5 | +28% |
| 2021 | $333.5 | $195.5 | -41% |
| 2022 | $195.5 | $46.8 | -76% |
| 2023 | $46.8 | $90.5 | +94% |
| 2024 | $90.5 | $74.3 | -18% |
| 2025 | $74.3 | $22.2 | -70% |
| 2026 YTD | $22.2 | $31.4 | +41% |
ADV has the edge over VZ on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.
VZ Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $61.5 | $58.8 | -4.4% |
| 2021 | $58.8 | $52.7 | -10% |
| 2022 | $52.7 | $38.4 | -27% |
| 2023 | $38.4 | $37.7 | -1.8% |
| 2024 | $37.7 | $39.9 | +5.9% |
| 2025 | $39.9 | $40.5 | +1.4% |
| 2026 YTD | $40.5 | $46.6 | +15% |
VZ has finished lower in four of the last six years. It's up 15% so far in 2026.