GSAT
Globalstar, Inc.
GSAT has the edge over VZ overall, supported by stronger fundamentals and stronger valuation.
VZ
Verizon Communications Inc.
VZ has lower modeled downside risk, despite its lower overall score.
GSAT Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Under pressure | |
| Healthy | |
| Strong |
GSAT's cash flow and balance sheet are currently healthy, and its revenue is stable, but its profitability is 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.
GSAT PE Valuation
GSAT 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.
GSAT Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Growth | |
| -- | |
| Limited | |
| -- |
Analysts expect GSAT's losses to shrink, with revenue growing.
VZ Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Growth | |
| Stable | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect VZ's earnings to grow and its profitability to improve, with its revenue holding steady.
GSAT Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$0.64 | -$0.18 |
| Q2 2026 | -$0.51 | -$0.06 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.15 | +$0.58 |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.15 | +$0.57 |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.46 | +$0.14 |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.45 | +$0.15 |
| Q1 2025 | -$0.73 | -$0.28 |
| Q4 2024 | -$0.72 | -$0.42 |
GSAT is still losing money, but far less than before: $0.64 per share over the past year, against $2.10 at its worst in late 2022.
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 GSAT on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
GSAT Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $70.9M | -4% |
| Q2 2026 | $64.8M | -3.5% |
| Q1 2026 | $70.1M | +17% |
| Q4 2025 | $72M | +18% |
| Q3 2025 | $73.8M | +2.1% |
| Q2 2025 | $67.1M | +11% |
| Q1 2025 | $60M | +6.3% |
| Q4 2024 | $61.2M | +17% |
GSAT's revenue is growing: $71M last quarter, down 4% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 11% | -3 points |
| Q2 2026 | -7.4% | -17 points |
| Q1 2026 | 12% | +26 points |
| Q4 2025 | -0.5% | +6.4 points |
| Q3 2025 | 14% | +0.7 points |
| Q2 2025 | 9.2% | +12 points |
| Q1 2025 | -14% | -5.8 points |
| Q4 2024 | -7% | +16 points |
GSAT's operating margin was 11% last quarter, down 3 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 GSAT on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
GSAT Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $136.1M | -42% |
| Q2 2026 | $123M | -21% |
| Q1 2026 | $33.7M | -34% |
| Q4 2025 | $174.6M | -49% |
| Q3 2025 | $234.6M | +652% |
| Q2 2025 | $156.2M | +362% |
| Q1 2025 | $50.7M | +82% |
| Q4 2024 | $339.5M | +8745% |
GSAT still generates free cash flow, though less than at its 2024 peak: $467M 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's free cash flow has been positive every quarter for seven years: $39B over the past year, up 1.5% from the year before.
GSAT Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.4% | +459K shares |
| 1 year | +2.3% | +2.9M shares |
| 3 years | +5.9% | +7.2M shares |
| 5 years | +8.4% | +10M shares |
| Available history | +34% | +32.7M shares |
GSAT has 130M diluted shares, up 2.3% from a year ago.
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 GSAT on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $500M |
| Q2 2026 | $1B |
| Q1 2026 | $2.5B |
GSAT Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 0.3x | Very low |
| Q2 2026 | -0.6x | Net Cash |
| Q1 2026 | 1.1x | Healthy |
| Q4 2025 | 0.4x | Very low |
| Q3 2025 | 1.7x | Healthy |
| Q2 2025 | 2.0x | Healthy |
| Q1 2025 | 3.1x | Elevated |
| Q4 2024 | 1.4x | Healthy |
GSAT 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.
GSAT Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 69.4 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 76.4 | Neutral |
GSAT's weekly RSI is 69 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 76 (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).
GSAT PE vs Communication Services Sector
GSAT 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.
GSAT Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $83.5 | 3.3% above |
| 20 week MA | $82.4 | 4.7% above |
| 50 week MA | $75.0 | 15% above |
| 100 week MA | $52.2 | 65% above |
| 200 week MA | $36.1 | 139% above |
GSAT is in an uptrend: it's above all five of its weekly moving averages, and 139% above 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 is in an uptrend: it's above all five of its weekly moving averages, and 12% above its 200-week average.
GSAT Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $7.44 | $5.69 | -24% |
| 2021 | $5.69 | $18.8 | +230% |
| 2022 | $18.8 | $19.4 | +3.2% |
| 2023 | $19.4 | $29.1 | +50% |
| 2024 | $29.1 | $32.3 | +11% |
| 2025 | $32.3 | $62.9 | +95% |
| 2026 YTD | $62.9 | $86.2 | +37% |
GSAT 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.