Stocks · Communication Services · Advertising Agencies
Advantage Solutions Inc. ADV
$27.64 +1.51% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $367.5M
High risk
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 19.7× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- Operating margin widened to 2.1% from -4.8% a year earlier.
- The stock is 41% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Communication Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 38%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 26%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 39%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 48%
- Gross marginBottom 3%
- Operating marginBottom 35%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 26%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 4%
- Interest coverBottom 37%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 10%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 13%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 36%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 5%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 33%
- 6-month returnTop 22%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 32%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 36%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 45%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 9%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 18%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 16%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 31%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 9%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 42%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 4%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 1.8% | 2.2% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 12.8% | 9.1% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -4.8% | 2.1% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -1.5% | 1.9% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 2.2% | 1.8% | ↑ | Bottom 38% |
| Gross margin | 9.1% | 12.8% | ↓ | Bottom 3% |
| Operating margin | 2.1% | -4.8% | ↑ | Bottom 35% |
| Net margin | -7.6% | -8.7% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 1.9% | -1.5% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 3.5% | — | Bottom 48% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -1.0% | — | Bottom 26% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -15.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -7.9 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 19.74×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 0.5×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 4.16%
- Shareholder yield
- 4.16%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 0 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $34.00
- Target vs current price
- +23.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 3
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 33%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | -1025.6% | -20.9% | -27.6% | -21.8% | — |
| May 6, 2026 | -1342.3% | +15.3% | -7.5% | -4.6% | +3.9% |
| Mar 3, 2026 | -599.8% | -0.6% | +14.3% | +99.1% | +183.0% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | -53.4% | -2.4% | +5.7% | -21.6% | -20.5% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -126.2% | +22.4% | +38.8% | +29.9% | -3.0% |
| May 12, 2025 | -383.3% | -17.7% | -14.3% | -2.7% | -8.8% |
| Mar 7, 2025 | -33.3% | -8.9% | -30.5% | -44.5% | -51.3% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -72.7% | +11.3% | -2.1% | +3.0% | -18.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | -$4.84 | -$0.43 | -1025.6% | $889.5M |
| May 6, 2026 | -$5.48 | -$0.38 | -1342.3% | $869.6M |
| Mar 3, 2026 | -$12.49 | $2.50 | -599.8% | $932.1M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $2.75 | $5.90 | -53.4% | $915.0M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -$0.75 | $2.86 | -126.2% | $873.7M |
| May 12, 2025 | -$4.25 | $1.50 | -383.3% | $821.8M |
| Mar 7, 2025 | $2.00 | $3.00 | -33.3% | $892.3M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.75 | $2.75 | -72.7% | $939.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / EBITDA | 24.8× | — | — | Bottom 36% |
| EV / Sales | 0.50× | — | — | Top 5% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 19.03% | — | — | Top 13% |
| Earnings yield | -77.17% | — | — | Bottom 10% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 15.1× – 51.9× since Dec 31, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -9.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -16.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -6.2%
- RSI (14)
- 34.9
- Relative volume
- 0.76×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 98.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 84th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.05
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.17
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -41.0%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -89.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 2020 | Feb 24, 2026 | -96.3% | 1297 days | Not yet recovered |
| Sep 28, 2020 | Nov 4, 2020 | -19.8% | 27 days | 7 days (Nov 13, 2020) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $367.5M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$21.33
- Revenue (TTM)
- $3.61B
- 52-week range
- $12.23 – $47.45
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.60B | $3.65B | $3.90B | $3.57B | $3.54B |
| Gross profit | $638.2M | $472.8M | $485.1M | $507.3M | $494.3M |
| Operating income | $230.0M | -$1.49B | $46.6M | -$295.0M | $16.0M |
| Net income | $54.5M | -$1.38B | -$63.3M | -$327.0M | -$227.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.25 | -$108.25 | -$5.00 | -$25.50 | -$17.50 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $939.3M | $892.3M | $821.8M | $873.7M | $915.0M | $932.1M | $869.6M | $889.5M |
| Net income | -$42.8M | -$177.9M | -$56.1M | -$30.4M | $20.6M | -$161.7M | -$71.8M | -$62.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$3.25 | -$13.75 | -$4.25 | -$2.35 | $1.51 | -$12.50 | -$5.49 | -$4.85 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $126.0M | $104.7M | $228.5M | $93.1M | $61.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$31.2M | -$33.0M | -$41.6M | -$55.3M | -$6.5M |
| Free cash flow | $94.8M | $71.7M | $186.9M | $37.8M | $55.1M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$11.8M | $3.3M | -$4.1M | -$31.8M | $969,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $102.3M
- Total assets
- $2.54B
- Total liabilities
- $2.14B
- Total debt
- $1.54B
- Net debt
- $1.44B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $401.8M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 574,328
- Days to cover
- 11.81
- Change vs previous report
- -0.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Mar 27, 2026
- 1-for-25
- Sep 5, 2014
- 20-for-1