RDIB
Reading International, Inc.
RDIB has a slight edge over VZ overall, supported by stronger valuation and stronger fundamentals.
VZ
Verizon Communications Inc.
VZ's outlook is improving, though it still trails on the overall score.
RDIB Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| Weak |
RDIB's revenue is currently healthy, and its profitability and cash flow are stable, but its balance sheet is weak.
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.
RDIB PE Valuation
RDIB 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.
RDIB Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Limited | |
| High |
RDIB has the edge over VZ on the outlook, with more favorable revenue expectations.
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.
RDIB Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | -$0.55 | +$0.20 |
| Q1 2026 | -$0.77 | +$0.43 |
| Q4 2025 | -$0.62 | +$0.96 |
| Q3 2025 | -$0.62 | +$1.41 |
| Q2 2025 | -$0.75 | +$1.17 |
| Q1 2025 | -$1.20 | +$0.27 |
| Q4 2024 | -$1.58 | -$0.20 |
| Q3 2024 | -$2.03 | -$0.61 |
RDIB is still losing money, but far less than before: $0.55 per share over the past year, against $3.18 at its worst in late 2020.
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 RDIB on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
RDIB Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $66.9M | +11% |
| Q1 2026 | $45.1M | +12% |
| Q4 2025 | $50.3M | -14% |
| Q3 2025 | $52.2M | -13% |
| Q2 2025 | $60.4M | +29% |
| Q1 2025 | $40.2M | -11% |
| Q4 2024 | $58.6M | +29% |
| Q3 2024 | $60.1M | -9.7% |
RDIB's revenue has held roughly level: $67M last quarter, up 11% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 11% | +6.4 points |
| Q1 2026 | -8.1% | +9.1 points |
| Q4 2025 | -1.9% | -4.5 points |
| Q3 2025 | -0.6% | -0.1 points |
| Q2 2025 | 4.8% | +21 points |
| Q1 2025 | -17% | -0.4 points |
| Q4 2024 | 2.6% | +18 points |
| Q3 2024 | -0.6% | -2.1 points |
RDIB's operating margin was 11% last quarter, up 6.4 points from the same quarter a year ago, near the top 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 RDIB 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 RDIB on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
RDIB Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | $2.3M | +95% |
| Q1 2026 | -$3M | +$5M |
| Q4 2025 | $4.1M | -41% |
| Q3 2025 | -$246K | +$811K |
| Q2 2025 | $1.2M | +$11.8M |
| Q1 2025 | -$8M | -$3.3M |
| Q4 2024 | $7M | +$8.7M |
| Q3 2024 | -$1.1M | -$738K |
RDIB's free cash flow has turned positive after six years mostly in the red: $3M 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 RDIB on cash flow, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
RDIB Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +5% | +1.1M shares |
| 1 year | +5% | +1.1M shares |
| 3 years | +1.4% | +340K shares |
| 5 years | +6.1% | +1.4M shares |
| Available history | +5.1% | +1.2M shares |
RDIB has 24M diluted shares, up 5% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2020 | $480,000 |
| Q3 2020 | $161,000 |
| Q2 2020 | $318,000 |
| Q1 2020 | $671,000 |
| Q4 2019 | $3.4M |
| Q3 2019 | $5.2M |
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 RDIB on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $500M |
| Q2 2026 | $1B |
| Q1 2026 | $2.5B |
RDIB Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 16.3x | High |
| Q1 2026 | 16.4x | High |
| Q4 2025 | 22.1x | High |
| Q3 2025 | 14.1x | High |
| Q2 2025 | 15.1x | High |
| Q1 2025 | 132.9x | High |
| Q4 2024 | 109.3x | High |
| Q1 2024 | 31.9x | High |
RDIB's net debt is about 16 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from 15 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 RDIB on leverage, with a lower net debt burden relative to earnings.
RDIB Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 51.5 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 18.5 | Oversold |
RDIB's weekly RSI is 51 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 19 (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).
RDIB PE vs Communication Services Sector
| Metric | RDIB | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | N/A | 16x | — |
RDIB 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.
RDIB Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $12.7 | 3.6% below |
| 20 week MA | $11.9 | 2.4% above |
| 50 week MA | $11.0 | 11% above |
| 100 week MA | $10.4 | 18% above |
| 200 week MA | $12.9 | 5.4% below |
RDIB's trend is mixed: it's above three of its five weekly moving averages, and 5.4% 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 RDIB on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
RDIB Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $24.0 | $22.9 | -4.5% |
| 2021 | $22.9 | $24.6 | +7.3% |
| 2022 | $24.6 | $19.9 | -19% |
| 2023 | $19.9 | $14.1 | -29% |
| 2024 | $14.1 | $7.76 | -45% |
| 2025 | $7.76 | $11.5 | +48% |
| 2026 YTD | $11.5 | $12.2 | +5.9% |
RDIB has finished lower in four of the last six years. It's up 5.9% 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 RDIB on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.