Communication Services
Live Price
Offline$11.88
+8.00% today
1Y Change
+8.49%
Window
Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 26, 2026
Coverage: 249 bars · Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 26, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
MediaAlpha, Inc. (MAX) is a Communication Services stock with a market cap of $490.00M and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $11.88 and up 8.5% across the available one-year price window (Jun 30, 2025 → Jun 26, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +28.8%, EPS growth of +48.4%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue +28.8%, EPS +48.4%, free cash flow +43.1% with operating margin 8.7% and ROIC -18.8%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 13.0 and price/sales 0.4. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a higher-growth but lower-margin setup than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines MAX price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Communication Services peers on this page.
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
Relative Read
MAX is 9.50 pts behind over the shared 1Y window.
MAX had 38.57 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.
MAX beat SPY in 1 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 1.
MAX
+8.49%
Normalized return
SPY
+17.99%
S&P 500
Excess Return
-9.50 pts
Relative to SPY
MAX Max Drawdown
-47.70%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for MAX and SPY.
| Year | MAX | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -0.59% | +6.71% | -7.29 pts | SPY |
| 2025 | +19.00% | +11.19% | +7.80 pts | MAX |
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Dividend Yield
No active yield
Trailing 12M Payout
$0.00
Last Payout
| Ex-Date | Record | Pay | Dividend | Adj | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 2004 | Oct 18, 2004 | — | $5.70 | $5.70 | Special |
| Jul 11, 1997 | Jul 15, 1997 | Aug 1, 1997 | $0.03 | $0.03 | Quarterly |
| Apr 12, 1997 | Apr 15, 1997 | May 1, 1997 | $0.02 | $0.02 | Quarterly |
| Jan 14, 1997 | Jan 15, 1997 | Feb 3, 1997 | $0.02 | $0.02 | Quarterly |
| Oct 16, 1996 | Oct 17, 1996 | Nov 1, 1996 | $0.02 | $0.02 | Quarterly |
| Jul 17, 1996 | Jul 18, 1996 | Aug 1, 1996 | $0.02 | $0.02 | Quarterly |
| Apr 13, 1996 | Apr 16, 1996 | May 1, 1996 | $0.02 | $0.02 | Quarterly |
| Jan 12, 1996 | Jan 16, 1996 | Feb 1, 1996 | $0.01 | $0.01 | Quarterly |
| Oct 17, 1995 | Oct 18, 1995 | Nov 1, 1995 | $0.01 | $0.01 | Quarterly |
| Aug 18, 1995 | Aug 21, 1995 | Sep 1, 1995 | $0.01 | $0.01 | Special |
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