Stocks · Communication Services · Advertising Agencies
Marchex, Inc. MCHX
$1.29 +0.00% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $57.2M
Expensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Nov 12, 2026
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Three things to know
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $44.0M, down 7.5% from a year earlier.
- Over the past year the stock returned -25.4%, behind the S&P 500 by 40.5 percentage points.
- The company holds net cash of $7.7M (cash above total debt).
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 13%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 17%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 42%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 11%
- Gross marginTop 34%
- Operating marginBottom 13%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 31%
- Interest coverBottom 3%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 27%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 15%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 17%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 27%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 50%
- 6-month returnBottom 25%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 33%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 40%
- 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 BuyTop 48%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 25%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 30%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 39%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -6.9% | -7.5% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 64.5% | 61.2% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | -10.1% | -8.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | -3.3% | -3.4% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -7.5% | -6.9% | ↓ | Bottom 13% |
| Gross margin | 61.2% | 64.5% | ↓ | Top 34% |
| Operating margin | -8.3% | -10.1% | ↑ | Bottom 13% |
| Net margin | -12.4% | -9.8% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | -3.4% | -3.3% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -12.1% | — | Bottom 11% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -4.5% | — | Bottom 17% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -12.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 5.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +2.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- Net cash
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -61.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.41%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.41%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +1.0%
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 13, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 1 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.8%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Analysts with a rating
- 9
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 56%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | -150.0% | +0.6% | +2.9% | -8.6% | — |
| May 13, 2026 | -200.0% | +0.6% | +4.4% | -6.3% | +13.2% |
| Mar 25, 2026 | -300.0% | +4.2% | +8.4% | +21.0% | +2.1% |
| Nov 13, 2025 | -300.0% | -3.7% | -9.4% | +2.5% | +1.9% |
| Aug 12, 2025 | +300.0% | +3.0% | +0.5% | +1.5% | -12.2% |
| May 13, 2025 | -100.0% | -1.4% | +17.0% | +35.4% | +44.2% |
| Mar 6, 2025 | -50.0% | +0.0% | +1.5% | -22.4% | -18.4% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | -100.0% | +3.4% | +1.1% | +4.5% | +10.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2026 | -$0.01 | $0.02 | -150.0% | $11.0M |
| May 13, 2026 | -$0.03 | -$0.01 | -200.0% | $10.6M |
| Mar 25, 2026 | -$0.04 | -$0.01 | -300.0% | $10.8M |
| Nov 13, 2025 | -$0.02 | $0.01 | -300.0% | $11.5M |
| Aug 12, 2025 | $0.02 | -$0.01 | +300.0% | $11.7M |
| May 13, 2025 | -$0.04 | -$0.02 | -100.0% | $11.4M |
| Mar 6, 2025 | -$0.03 | -$0.02 | -50.0% | $11.9M |
| Oct 31, 2024 | -$0.01 | -$0.01 | -100.0% | $12.6M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 32.3× | — | — | — |
| EV / Sales | 1.13× | — | — | Top 27% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | -2.61% | — | — | Bottom 15% |
| Earnings yield | -9.12% | — | — | Bottom 27% |
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)
- -7.9%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -20.5%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -20.2%
- RSI (14)
- 35.5
- Relative volume
- 0.35×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 63.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 79th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.07
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.34
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -34.8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -44.1%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2021 | Feb 23, 2024 | -66.1% | 757 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 9, 2020 | Oct 29, 2020 | -22.2% | 14 days | 18 days (Nov 24, 2020) |
| Dec 8, 2020 | Dec 30, 2020 | -21.6% | 15 days | 12 days (Jan 19, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $57.2M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.12
- Revenue (TTM)
- $44.0M
- 52-week range
- $1.15 – $2.04
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $53.5M | $52.2M | $49.9M | $48.1M | $45.4M |
| Gross profit | $31.8M | $31.7M | $29.3M | $30.9M | $28.7M |
| Operating income | -$11.8M | -$8.1M | -$9.6M | -$4.4M | -$4.4M |
| Net income | -$4.4M | -$8.2M | -$9.9M | -$4.9M | -$5.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.10 | -$0.19 | -$0.23 | -$0.11 | -$0.11 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $12.6M | $11.9M | $11.4M | $11.7M | $11.5M | $10.8M | $10.6M | $11.0M |
| Net income | -$831,000 | -$1.9M | -$2.0M | $85,000 | -$1.0M | -$2.3M | -$1.7M | -$408,000 |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.02 | -$0.04 | -$0.05 | $0.00 | -$0.02 | -$0.05 | -$0.04 | -$0.01 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | -$6.3M | -$2.3M | -$4.4M | -$1.1M | -$1.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$1.4M | -$2.9M | -$1.4M | -$429,000 | -$36,000 |
| Free cash flow | -$7.7M | -$5.2M | -$5.8M | -$1.5M | -$1.4M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $528,000 | $40,000 | $25,000 | $3,000 | $300,000 |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $8.2M
- Total assets
- $37.6M
- Total liabilities
- $8.6M
- Total debt
- $488,000
- Net debt
- -$7.7M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $29.0M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 13, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 2018 | $0.50 | Mar 21, 2018 |
| May 5, 2015 | $0.02 | May 18, 2015 |
| Feb 4, 2015 | $0.02 | Feb 17, 2015 |
| Nov 5, 2014 | $0.02 | Nov 18, 2014 |
| Aug 1, 2014 | $0.02 | Aug 15, 2014 |
| May 1, 2014 | $0.02 | May 15, 2014 |
| Feb 5, 2014 | $0.02 | Feb 18, 2014 |
| Dec 14, 2012 | $0.14 | Dec 31, 2012 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 66,288
- Days to cover
- 1.83
- Change vs previous report
- +131.9%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.