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Fair value pending

Upside to midpoint

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Confidence

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Data quality and model convergence

Market cap

568M

NYSE

Market data

Live price

Current market quote for this ticker.

Current price

MAX

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Latest news · MAX

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Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector context

Where the current metrics sit

Percentiles come from the backend screener cohort cache for the ticker's country and sector.

Forward P/E8.1

P25 9.1P50 13.9P75 26.1

Trailing P/E15.2

P25 9.5P50 16.4P75 38.9

ROEn/a

P25 -39P50 -0.5P75 11.8

ROIC85.4

P25 -10.3P50 2.5P75 10

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Indicator catalog

All MAX market and fundamental indicators

A searchable catalog of the available market, valuation, profitability, growth, balance-sheet, ownership, and analyst metrics for this ticker.

Available fields

236

Groups with data

Currency

USD

Showing 236 of 236 available metrics for this ticker.

Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0001818383
Company name	MediaAlpha, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	58450V104
Employees	147
Employees Change	3%
Employees Change Percent	2.08
Enterprise value	$705.5M
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
Industry	Internet Content & Information
IPO Date	2020-10-28
Isin	US58450V1044
Last refreshed	2026-05-10
Market cap	$568M
Market cap category	Small-Cap
Price	$9.11
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	7,886,360.54x
Sector	Communication Services
Sic	7389
Symbol	MAX
Website	https://www.mediaalpha.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	6.87%
EV Earnings	18.07x
EV Sales Forward	0.54x
EV/EBIT	8.83x
EV/EBITDA	8.59x
EV/FCF	17.63x
EV/Sales	0.61x
FCF yield	7.04%
Forward P/E	8.07x
P/B ratio	259.4x
P/E ratio	15.22x
P/S ratio	0.49x
PS Forward	0.43x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	6.89%
EBITDA Margin	7.09%
FCF margin	3.45%
Gross margin	14.89%
Gross Profit	$172.6M
Gross Profit Growth	6.85%
Gross Profit Growth Q	12.15%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	37.28%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	13.16%
Net Income	$39M
Net Income Growth	147.17%
Net Income Growth Quarters	3%
Net Income Growth Years	3%
Pretax Margin	-7.6%
Profit Margin	3.37%
Profit Per Employee	$265,565
Profitable Years	2
ROA	16.43
Roa5y	1.35
ROCE	31.38
ROIC	85.39
Roic5y	45.26

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr1y	-8.08%
Cagr3y	15%
Cagr5y	-25.9%
EPS Growth	115.9
EPS Growth Quarters	3
EPS Growth Years	3
FCF Growth	-40.82%
FCF Growth3 Y	7.25%
FCF Growth5 Y	3.06%
OCF Growth	-40.58%
OCF Growth3 Y	7.44%
OCF Growth5 Y	3.02%
Revenue Growth	15.66x
Revenue Growth Q	17.29x
Revenue Growth Quarters	1x
Revenue Growth Years	2x
Revenue Growth3 Y	39.38x
Revenue Growth5 Y	12.65x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$3.82
Assets	$367.7M
Cash	$26.1M
Current Assets	$165.2M
Current Liabilities	$113.2M
Debt	$163.5M
Debt EBITDA	$1.96
Debt FCF	$4.09
Equity	$-29.1M
Interest Coverage	7.44
Liabilities	$396.8M
Long Term Assets	$202.5M
Long Term Liabilities	$283.6M
Net Cash	$-137.5M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-24.2
Net Debt EBITDA	$1.67
Net Debt FCF	$3.43
Tangible Book Value	$-48.9M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$-0.9
WACC	9.41

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	1.46
Net Working Capital	$33.2M
Quick ratio	1.41
Working Capital	$52M
Working Capital Turnover	$18.54

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-21.95%
Dividend Yield	0%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
1Y total return	-8.07%
200-day SMA	10.89
3Y total return	52.09%
50-day SMA	9.61
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
5Y total return	-77.65%
All Time High	70.33
All Time High Change	-87.05%
All Time High Date	2021-03-12
All Time Low	5.08
All Time Low Change	79.33%
All Time Low Date	2023-05-04
ATR	0.51
Beta	1.16
Beta1y	1.55
Beta2y	0.95
Ch YTD	-29.65
High	9.3
High52	13.92
High52 Date	2025-12-03
High52ch	-34.55%
Low	8.77
Low52	7.09
Low52 Date	2026-02-17
Low52ch	28.49%
Ma50ch	-5.21%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-16.34%
RSI	45.97
RSI Monthly	41.88
RSI Weekly	42.73
Sharpe ratio	0.02x
Sortino ratio	0.14
Total Return	-21.95%
Tr YTD	-29.65
Tr1m	-4.61%
Tr1w	0.11%
Tr3m	1.79%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	5
Analyst Count Top	1
Analyst Price Target Top	$11.5
Analyst Ratings	Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Hold
Earnings EPS Estimate	$0.32
Earnings Revenue Estimate	297,790,664x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	12.67x
Operating Income	$79.9M
Operating Income Growth	12.85
Operating Income Growth Q	9.62
Operating Income Growth5 Y	48.85
Operating margin	6.89
Price target	$12.9
Price Target Change	$41.6
Price Target Change Top	$26.24

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	30,408,677%
Float Percent	48.77%
Net Borrowing	3,922,000
Shares Insiders	10.7%
Shares Institutions	57.08%
Shares Out	62,350,422
Shares Qo Q	-15.08%
Shares Yo Y	21.95%
Short Float	10.41%
Short Ratio	6.05
Short Shares	5.08

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$9.5M
Average Volume	611,605.3x
Bv Per Share	0.04
CAPEX	$-325,000
Ch1m	-4.61
Ch1w	0.11
Ch1y	-8.07
Ch3m	1.79
Ch3y	52.09
Ch5y	-77.65
Ch6m	-28.61
Change	-1.83%
Change From Open	-0.33
Close	9.28
Days Gap	-1.51
Depreciation Amortization	2,297,000
Dollar Volume	3,901,849.4
Earnings Date	2026-04-29
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$79.9M
EBITDA	$82.2M
EPS	$0.6
F Score	4
FCF	$40M
FCF EV Yield	5.67x
FCF Per Share	$0.64
Financing CF	-77,526,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	2,014
Goodwill	47,739,000
Graham Number	0.68767
Graham Upside	-92.45
Income Tax	$-131.3M
Investing CF	-325,000
Ipr	-52.05
Iprfo	-60.39
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-04-29
Last Report Date	2026-03-31
Last Split Type	Never
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-23
Ma150	10.78
Ma150ch	-15.47%
Ma20	9.53
Ma20ch	-4.41%
Net CF	-37,510,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-08-05
Open	9.14
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	14.19
P OCF Ratio	14.08
Position In Range	64.15
Post Close	9.11
Postmarket Change Percent	-1.98
Postmarket Price	$8.93
Price Date	2026-05-08
Price EBITDA	$6.91
Relative Volume	0.7x
Revenue	1,159,295,000x
SBC By Revenue	2.64x
Share Based Comp	30,566,000
Tax By Revenue	-11.32x
Tr6m	-28.61%
Us State	California
Volume	428,304
Z Score	3.17

Fast facts

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Named kill scenarios are reviewed before any bullish rating can stand.

Moat score

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Business quality stays separate from stock attractiveness.

Forward P/E

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Valuation uses the full report model stack, not a single multiple.

Next action

Research pending

Final action steps are kept in the recommendation tab.

Income

Does MAX pay a dividend?

Capital-return profile for this ticker.

Performance

MAX stock returns vs the market

Total return (incl. dividends) compared to S&P 500.

Ownership

Who owns MAX?

Insider, institutional, and short-interest positioning.

Institutional ownership

+57.1%

Float: +48.8% of shares outstanding

Insider ownership

+10.7%

Stake held by company insiders. Higher generally signals alignment.

Negative means the company is buying back shares.

Technical

MAX momentum and risk profile

RSI, moving-average stack, beta, and risk-adjusted return.

RSI (14)

46.0

Neutral momentum band

Price vs 200-day MA

-16.3%

50/200-day relationship not available

Beta (5Y)

1.16

Moves roughly with the market

Sharpe ratio

0.02

Risk-adjusted return — higher is better; >1.0 is solid.

Peers

MAX vs. sector cohort

Currency-neutral comparison: P/E, P/S, ROIC, 5Y revenue CAGR, and 1Y total return. Market-cap column appears only when every peer reports in the same currency.

Ticker	Name	Market cap	P/E	P/S	ROIC	5Y rev CAGR	1Y total return	Rating
DIS	The Walt Disney Company	187.6B	17.3x	1.9x	9.2%	+10.8%	+7.0%	Halten
GOOGL	Alphabet Inc.	4.9T	30.6x	11.5x	28.3%	+16.5%	+165.7%	Kaufen
META	Meta Platforms Inc.	1.5T	22.2x	7.2x	29.8%	+17.9%	+2.5%	Starker Kauf

Questions

About MAX

Hub-level FAQ points readers to the deeper analysis pages.

What is the current MAX stock rating?

MediaAlpha, Inc. is currently shown with the latest rating in the latest report. The hub links directly to the full analysis surface where the rating, fair-value bridge, risks, and scorecard are documented together.

Where can I read the full MAX analysis?

The full report lives at /stocks/MAX/analysis. The bare ticker page is a product hub that summarizes the latest read and sends readers into the relocated analysis tabs without making the analysis surface depend on the hub.

What fair-value range is used for MAX?

The latest report frames MAX around the latest fair-value range. Treat that range as the entry point, then check the valuation, sensitivity, and bear-case tabs before making an investment decision.

How often is the MAX page updated?

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