GAIA
Gaia, Inc.
GAIA offers stronger modeled upside, but that advantage does not outweigh its weaker overall profile.
VZ
Verizon Communications Inc.
VZ has the edge over GAIA overall, supported by stronger fundamentals and lower modeled downside.
GAIA Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Under pressure | |
| Under pressure | |
| Weak | |
| Healthy |
GAIA's balance sheet is currently healthy, but its revenue, profitability and cash flow 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.
GAIA PE Valuation
GAIA 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.
GAIA Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses growing | |
| Decline | |
| Strongly weakening | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect GAIA's losses to grow, with revenue declining.
VZ Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Growth | |
| Stable | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
VZ has the edge over GAIA on the outlook, with more favorable earnings and revenue expectations.
GAIA Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$0.31 | -$0.12 |
| Q2 2026 | -$0.24 | -$0.05 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.19 | +$0.02 |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.18 | +$0.04 |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.19 | +$0.08 |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.19 | +$0.06 |
| Q1 2025 | -$0.21 | +$0.03 |
| Q4 2024 | -$0.22 | +$0.02 |
GAIA is still losing money, but far less than before: $0.31 per share over the past year, against $1.01 at its worst in late 2019.
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 GAIA on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
GAIA Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $22M | -12% |
| Q2 2026 | $23.3M | -5.3% |
| Q1 2026 | $24.3M | +2% |
| Q4 2025 | $25.5M | +4.4% |
| Q3 2025 | $25M | +13% |
| Q2 2025 | $24.6M | +12% |
| Q1 2025 | $23.8M | +9.9% |
| Q4 2024 | $24.4M | +18% |
GAIA's revenue grew through 2024 and has held roughly level since: $22M last quarter, down 12% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -13% | -8.4 points |
| Q2 2026 | -14% | -4.9 points |
| Q1 2026 | -5.9% | -1.6 points |
| Q4 2025 | -2.6% | +4.4 points |
| Q3 2025 | -5% | +1.2 points |
| Q2 2025 | -8.9% | +0.2 points |
| Q1 2025 | -4.3% | -0.3 points |
| Q4 2024 | -6.9% | +0.3 points |
GAIA's operating margin was −13% last quarter, down 8.4 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's revenue has held roughly level: $34.3B last quarter, up 1.5% from the same quarter a year ago.
| 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 GAIA on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
GAIA Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$6.1M | -$4.5M |
| Q2 2026 | -$7.9M | -997% |
| Q1 2026 | -$131K | -149% |
| Q4 2025 | $76K | -95% |
| Q3 2025 | -$1.6M | -$649K |
| Q2 2025 | $880K | +$4.4M |
| Q1 2025 | $268K | -94% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.6M | +76% |
GAIA's free cash flow was −$14M over the past year, against $1M the year before.
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 GAIA on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
GAIA Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.2% | +57K shares |
| 1 year | -0.1% | -25K shares |
| 3 years | +18% | +3.9M shares |
| 5 years | +26% | +5.2M shares |
| Available history | +36% | +6.6M shares |
GAIA has 25M diluted shares, about the same as a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | — |
| Q2 2026 | $125,000 |
| Q1 2026 | $57,000 |
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 the edge over GAIA on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $500M |
| Q2 2026 | $1B |
| Q1 2026 | $2.5B |
GAIA Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 0.3x | Very low |
| Q1 2026 | -3.3x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2025 | -2.7x | Net Cash |
| Q3 2025 | -3.8x | Net Cash |
| Q2 2025 | -3.5x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2025 | -2.8x | Net Cash |
| Q4 2024 | -0.0x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2024 | -2.1x | Net Cash |
GAIA has the edge over VZ on leverage, with a lower net debt burden relative to earnings.
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's net debt is about 3.3 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from 2.8 years a year ago.
GAIA Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 30.0 | Oversold |
| Stochastic | 20.5 | Neutral |
GAIA's weekly RSI is 30 (oversold) and its Stochastic is 20 (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).
GAIA PE vs Communication Services Sector
| Metric | GAIA | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 16x | — |
GAIA 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.
GAIA Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $1.35 | 7.4% below |
| 20 week MA | $1.57 | 20% below |
| 50 week MA | $2.47 | 49% below |
| 100 week MA | $3.63 | 66% below |
| 200 week MA | $3.57 | 65% below |
GAIA is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 65% 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 GAIA on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
GAIA Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $8.28 | $9.35 | +13% |
| 2021 | $9.35 | $9.03 | -3.4% |
| 2022 | $9.03 | $2.29 | -75% |
| 2023 | $2.29 | $2.70 | +18% |
| 2024 | $2.70 | $4.44 | +64% |
| 2025 | $4.44 | $3.76 | -15% |
| 2026 YTD | $3.76 | $1.25 | -67% |
GAIA has finished lower in three of the last six years. It's down 67% so far in 2026.
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 the edge over GAIA on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.