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MediaAlpha, Inc.

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Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
Revenue$1.11B$864.7M$388.1M$459.1M$645.3M$584.8M
Operating income$22.1M$42.7M−$39.9M−$35.4M$2.1M$19.5M
Net income$25.6M$16.6M−$40.4M−$57.7M−$5.3M−$4.4M
Total assets$383.8M$262.4M$153.9M$170.1M$289.8M$210.3M
Total liabilities$413.0M$308.7M$248.3M$256.2M$351.4M$315.5M
Equity$4.2M$2.4M−$10.3M−$16.0M−$4.3M−$33.8M
EPS (diluted)$0.39$0.31$-0.89$-1.37$-0.19$-0.14
Shares out.66.8M53.0M45.6M41.9M61.3M32.1M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2025
Operating margin
2.0%
Net margin
2.3%
Return on equity
615.9%
Return on assets
6.7%
Return on capital (ROCE)
9.4%
Liabilities / assets
107.6%
Debt / equity
99.28×
Book value / share
$0.06
Revenue growth (YoY)
28.8%
Net income growth (YoY)
54.1%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2025
Altman Z″ (distress)
-3.22distress
Accruals / assets
10.4%clean
Piotroski F-Score
5/9mixed

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
83
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 100Catalyst 67Earnings quality 100Financial strength 50

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

1 severe1 warning5 good
  • Altman Z″ in the distress zone
  • High leverage (liabilities > 70% of assets)
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Strong return on equity (>15%)
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 20263.3M5.4+4.9%
Apr 30, 20263.1M4.5-1.6%
Apr 15, 20263.2M7.1-2.1%
Mar 31, 20263.2M5.5-0.9%
Mar 13, 20263.3M3.7-9.9%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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