Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: VZ stock price vs M: inconclusive — current versus $35.88 implied using P/E multiple.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at M's multiple
Implied fair value · at VZ's multiple
Needs VZ P/E.
Snapshot Sep 10, 2026, 4:00 PM ET
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth edge
Reported gross margin
Operating income + D&A
Lower is better
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
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Trendline
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Price framework
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Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
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Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
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Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
Balance sheet health
Inspect reported liquidity and leverage alongside historical financial-health checks.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Not enough data to score either balance sheet.
Cash excludes investments. EBITDA is an operating-income-plus-D&A proxy. Missing borrowing categories remain unavailable; select a value to inspect its inputs.
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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LLM-powered synthesis
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If you believe VZ can sustain its 21.2% operating margin and 2.5% revenue growth without leverage becoming a bigger drag, then a cautious long bias is reasonable because the current price is only modestly below the P/E-derived implied value and VZ's fundamentals are materially stronger than M's.
On the provided P/E basis, VZ's current price of $46.81 is 7.2% below the implied price of $43.43, suggesting only a modest discount rather than a deep mispricing. Relative multiples are mixed: VZ trades at 11.5x P/E and 1.4x P/S versus M at 10.7x P/E and 0.3x P/S, so VZ is not obviously cheaper on every basis despite its superior scale and profitability.
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