KUST
Kustom Entertainment, Inc.
There isn't enough reported data to score KUST yet.
VZ
Verizon Communications Inc.
VZ's fundamentals are mixed: it turned 28% of its revenue into free cash flow, but its operating margin fell 2 points to 21%. At 12x earnings, it's trading in line with its usual 11x. Analysts expect earnings growth.
KUST Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Unavailable | |
| Under pressure | |
| Unavailable | |
| Unavailable |
KUST's profitability is currently under pressure. There isn't enough data to rate its revenue, cash flow and 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.
KUST PE Valuation
KUST 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.
KUST Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses growing | |
| Strong growth | |
| -- | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect KUST's losses to grow, 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.
KUST Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | -$45,570.00 | +$1,961,430.00 |
| Q2 2025 | -$318,481.50 | +$1,811,518.50 |
| Q1 2025 | -$840,000.00 | +$1,671,000.00 |
| Q4 2024 | -$1,674,000.00 | +$1,092,000.00 |
| Q3 2024 | -$2,007,000.00 | +$2,451,000.00 |
| Q2 2024 | -$2,130,000.00 | +$2,172,000.00 |
| Q1 2024 | -$2,511,000.00 | +$1,008,000.00 |
| Q4 2023 | -$2,766,000.00 | +$867,000.00 |
VZ has the stronger earnings trend. Trailing diluted EPS is down 102% for KUST versus VZ down 16%.
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's earnings per share have fallen from their peak: $3.93 over the past year, against $5.34 in late 2021.
KUST Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $2.7M | -40% |
| Q2 2026 | $5.4M | -4.5% |
| Q1 2026 | $4.3M | -3.6% |
| Q3 2025 | $4.5M | +12% |
| Q2 2025 | $5.6M | +0.3% |
| Q1 2025 | $4.5M | -19% |
| Q4 2024 | $4.5M | -25% |
| Q3 2024 | $4.1M | -36% |
VZ has the stronger quarterly revenue trend. Revenue is down 52% for KUST versus up 1.5% for VZ.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -93% | -20 points |
| Q2 2026 | -53% | -31 points |
| Q1 2026 | -30% | -24 points |
| Q3 2025 | -25% | +158 points |
| Q2 2025 | -73% | -3 points |
| Q1 2025 | -22% | +44 points |
| Q4 2024 | -6% | +95 points |
| Q3 2024 | -182% | -101 points |
KUST's operating margin was −93% last quarter, down 20 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 KUST on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
KUST Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$1.1M | -$710.2K |
| Q2 2026 | -$2.7M | +$382.8K |
| Q1 2026 | -$1.3M | +$4.5M |
| Q3 2025 | -$395.1K | +$282.1K |
| Q2 2025 | -$3.1M | -$576.8K |
| Q1 2025 | -$5.8M | -$4.9M |
| Q4 2024 | -$1M | +$3M |
| Q3 2024 | -$677.3K | +$2.1M |
KUST has the stronger cash trend. Its trailing FCF is up 61% versus its history, compared with VZ at up 2.6%.
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.
KUST Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +619% | +71.3K shares |
| 1 year | +689775% | +82.8K shares |
| 3 years | +1034713% | +82.8K shares |
| 5 years | +2069525% | +82.8K shares |
| Available history | +4139150% | +82.8K shares |
KUST has 82,785 diluted shares, up 689775% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | — |
| Q3 2022 | — |
| Q2 2022 | $2M |
| Q1 2022 | $2.1M |
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 KUST on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $500M |
| Q2 2026 | $1B |
| Q1 2026 | $2.5B |
KUST Net Leverage
KUST'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.
KUST Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 21.0 | Oversold |
| Stochastic | 1.7 | Oversold |
KUST's weekly RSI is 21 (oversold) and its Stochastic is 2 (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).
KUST PE vs Communication Services Sector
KUST 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.
KUST Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $3.89 | 19% below |
| 20 week MA | $7.76 | 59% below |
| 50 week MA | $41.7 | 92% below |
VZ has stronger trend alignment. KUST is above 0 of 3 weekly averages versus VZ above 5 of 5.
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.
KUST Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $640.5 | $110.5 | -83% |
| 2026 YTD | $110.5 | $3.17 | -97% |
KUST has finished every year since 2025 lower, and it's down 97% 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 KUST on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.