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Communication Services

MediaAlpha, Inc.(MAX)

Live Price

Offline

$11.88

+8.00% today

1Y Change

+8.49%

Window

Jun 30, 2025 โ†’ Jun 26, 2026

Market Cap
$490.00M
Revenue Growth
+28.8%
EPS Growth
+48.4%
Dividend Yield
0.0%

Coverage: 249 bars ยท Jun 30, 2025 โ†’ Jun 26, 2026

Research Briefing

A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.

Decision context

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 โ†’ 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

MAX vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs

Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.

Shared 1Y chart + MAX history table

Relative Read

MAX trails SPY

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

MAXSPY

Calendar-Year Returns

Uses the longest available daily history for MAX and SPY.

YearMAXSPYExcessLeader
2026-0.59%+6.71%-7.29 ptsSPY
2025+19.00%+11.19%+7.80 ptsMAX

Earnings Reports

๐Ÿ“… Last reportedApr 29, 2026
PeriodB/MEPSEPS ฮ”RevenueRev ฮ”Report
โ€”
Apr 29, 26
โ€”
Est 0.25
โ€”
โ€”
Est 298912.8B
โ€”
Apr 29
โ€”
Feb 23, 26
โœ“
0.50
Est 0.25
+100.0%
291155.0B
Est 295017.6B
-1.3%
Feb 23
โ€”
Oct 29, 25
โœ“
0.26
Est 0.21
+23.8%
306514.0B
Est 296420.6B
+3.4%
Oct 29
โ€”
Aug 6, 25
โœ“
0.17
Est 0.16
+6.3%
251622.0B
Est 248801.2B
+1.1%
Aug 6
โ€”
Apr 30, 25
โœ—
0.15
Est 0.17
-11.8%
264309.0B
Est 235987.8B
+12.0%
Apr 30
โ€”
Feb 24, 25
โœ—
0.08
Est 0.24
-66.7%
300648.0B
Est 289378.8B
+3.9%
Feb 24
โ€”
Oct 30, 24
โœ“
0.17
Est 0.13
+30.8%
259133.0B
Est 276639.8B
-6.3%
Oct 30
โ€”
Jul 31, 24
โœ“
0.07
Est 0.01
+976.9%
178274.0B
Est 151420.0B
+17.7%
Jul 31
โ€”
May 1, 24
โœ“
-0.02
Est -0.11
+81.8%
126649.0B
Est 111165.2B
+13.9%
May 1
โ€”
Feb 20, 24
โœ“
-0.05
Est -0.21
+76.2%
117174.0B
Est 113161.8B
+3.5%
Feb 20
โ€”
Nov 1, 23
โœ“
-0.29
Est -0.34
+14.7%
74573.0B
Est 70052.3B
+6.5%
Nov 1
โ€”
Aug 2, 23
โœ“
-0.32
Est -0.35
+8.6%
84772.0B
Est 78851.0B
+7.5%
Aug 2
โ€”
May 4, 23
โ€”
-0.23
Est -0.23
0.0%
111630.0B
Est 111381.9B
+0.2%
May 4
โ€”
Feb 23, 23
โœ“
-0.20
Est -0.21
+4.8%
124007.0B
Est 115504.7B
+7.4%
Feb 23
โ€”
Nov 3, 22
โœ—
-0.34
Est -0.32
-6.3%
89017.0B
Est 80025.1B
+11.2%
Nov 3
โ€”
Aug 4, 22
โœ—
-0.22
Est -0.21
-4.8%
103449.0B
Est 114054.7B
-9.3%
Aug 4
โ€”
May 5, 22
โœ—
-0.17
Est -0.10
-70.0%
142599.0B
Est 140726.0B
+1.3%
May 5
โ€”
Feb 24, 22
โœ—
-0.10
Est -0.06
-73.3%
161584.0B
Est 151938.5B
+6.3%
Feb 24
โ€”
Nov 10, 21
โœ—
-0.06
Est -0.00
-1566.7%
152749.0B
Est 549896.4B
-72.2%
Nov 10
โ€”
Aug 12, 21
โœ—
-0.01
Est -0.00
-177.0%
157353.0B
Est 157353.0B
0.0%
Aug 12
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