INUV
Inuvo, Inc.
INUV offers stronger modeled upside, but that advantage does not outweigh its weaker overall profile.
VZ
Verizon Communications Inc.
VZ has the edge over INUV overall, supported by stronger fundamentals and lower modeled downside.
INUV Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Weak | |
| Weak | |
| Weak | |
| Unavailable |
INUV's revenue, profitability and cash flow are currently weak. There isn't enough data to rate its balance sheet.
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.
INUV PE Valuation
INUV 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.
INUV Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Decline | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect INUV's losses to shrink, with revenue declining. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
VZ Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Strongly improving | |
| Growth | |
| Stable | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
VZ has the edge over INUV on the outlook, with more favorable revenue expectations.
INUV Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | -$0.29 | +$0.01 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.12 | +$0.18 |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.35 | +$0.05 |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.32 | +$0.21 |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.30 | +$0.23 |
| Q1 2025 | -$0.30 | +$0.39 |
| Q4 2024 | -$0.40 | +$0.39 |
| Q3 2024 | -$0.53 | +$0.44 |
INUV is still losing money, but far less than before: $0.29 per share over the past year, against $1.90 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 INUV on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
INUV Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $7.5M | -67% |
| Q1 2026 | $7.9M | -70% |
| Q4 2025 | $14.3M | -46% |
| Q3 2025 | $22.6M | +0.9% |
| Q2 2025 | $22.7M | +25% |
| Q1 2025 | $26.7M | +57% |
| Q4 2024 | $26.2M | +26% |
| Q3 2024 | $22.4M | -9% |
INUV's revenue has slid since its 2025 peak: $8M last quarter, down 67% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | -40% | -31 points |
| Q1 2026 | -49% | -42 points |
| Q4 2025 | -8.5% | -9.3 points |
| Q3 2025 | -7.4% | +1.3 points |
| Q2 2025 | -9% | +0.3 points |
| Q1 2025 | -6.6% | +5.6 points |
| Q4 2024 | 0.8% | +13 points |
| Q3 2024 | -8.7% | -3.8 points |
INUV's operating margin was −40% last quarter, down 31 points from the same quarter a year ago, near the bottom of its range since 2019.
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 INUV 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 INUV on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
INUV Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | -$2.5M | -$2.3M |
| Q1 2026 | $1.2M | +$2M |
| Q4 2025 | -$339.9K | -$222.2K |
| Q3 2025 | -$2M | -437% |
| Q2 2025 | -$263.1K | +$3.2K |
| Q1 2025 | -$818.6K | +$1M |
| Q4 2024 | -$117.7K | +$2.4M |
| Q3 2024 | $584K | -70% |
INUV has burned cash in most quarters: −$4M over the past year, against −$615,394 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 INUV on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
INUV Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.4% | -65.1K shares |
| 1 year | +2.7% | +384K shares |
| 3 years | +17% | +2.1M shares |
| 5 years | +27% | +3.2M shares |
| Available history | +191% | +9.7M shares |
INUV has 15M diluted shares, up 2.7% 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 INUV on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $500M |
| Q2 2026 | $1B |
| Q1 2026 | $2.5B |
INUV Net Leverage
INUV's operating earnings (EBITDA) were negative over the past year, so its debt can't be measured against them.
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.
INUV Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 22.8 | Oversold |
| Stochastic | 1.4 | Oversold |
INUV's weekly RSI is 23 (oversold) and its Stochastic is 1 (oversold).
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).
INUV PE vs Communication Services Sector
INUV 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.
INUV Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $0.47 | 17% below |
| 20 week MA | $0.71 | 45% below |
| 50 week MA | $1.56 | 75% below |
| 100 week MA | $2.81 | 86% below |
| 200 week MA | $2.91 | 87% below |
INUV is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 87% 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 INUV on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
INUV Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $2.83 | $4.70 | +66% |
| 2021 | $4.70 | $5.30 | +13% |
| 2022 | $5.30 | $2.45 | -54% |
| 2023 | $2.45 | $4.25 | +73% |
| 2024 | $4.25 | $4.90 | +15% |
| 2025 | $4.90 | $2.61 | -47% |
| 2026 YTD | $2.61 | $0.39 | -85% |
INUV is down 85% so far in 2026, after finishing higher in four of the previous six years.
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 INUV on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.