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Employees: 73,000
Size Advantage Solutions (ADV) is a United States Communication Services company (Advertising/Marketing Services) with a market value of $405M, the 2850th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $31.57 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 20.6%, against -15.1% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 8th lowest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 2.2% over the last twelve months (peer median -4.2%); the operating margin is 2.4% (peer median 0.0%).
Valuation It trades at 0.5× enterprise value to sales against a peer median of 2.7× (4th cheapest of 21).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 11% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +2%, so the hurdle is +9 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 3.8 points below its cost of capital (7.6% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 4.4% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 3 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.61B | $3.54B | $3.57B | $3.90B | $4.05B |
| Revenue growth | — | -1% | -9% | -4% | — |
| Gross profit | $278M | $292M | $303M | $276M | $323M |
| EBITDA | $292M | $259M | $207M | $317M | $411M |
| Net income | -$276M | -$228M | -$422M | -$44.3M | -$1.38B |
| Free cash flow | $56.2M | $8.62M | $37.8M | $187M | $80.8M |
| Capital expenditure | $56.5M | $52.9M | $55.3M | $41.6M | $40.5M |
| Total debt | $1.53B | $1.70B | $1.73B | $1.90B | $2.11B |
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| Measure | ADV | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +3.2% | -1.1% | 9th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -20.6% | -15.1% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -33.5% | -36.9% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +2.2% | -4.2% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 2.4% | 0.0% | 9th highest of 20 |
| EV / Sales | 0.5× | 2.7× | 4th cheapest of 21 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 11.2% | 6.8% | 5th most demanding of 13 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +2.3% | +11.2% | 4th lowest of 13 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +8.9 pp | -3.9 pp | 6th most demanding of 13 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -3.8 pp | -6.3 pp | 10th highest of 20 |
| EV / EBITDA | 6.2× | 6.6× | 3rd cheapest of 8 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.9× | 0.9× | most indebted of 9 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | EV / Sales | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advantage Solutions ADV | United States | $405M | -21% | +2% | 2% | 0.5× | 11.2% | +2.3% |
| Boston Omaha BOC | United States | $410M | +20% | -2% | -5% | 4.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Rego Interactive 2422.HK | Hong Kong | $443M | +105% | +96% | -5% | 6.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Adventure ADV.MI | Italy | $368M | -79% | +36% | -6% | 18.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Simei Media 002712.SZ | China | $454M | +7% | +14% | 0% | 0.4× | 32.2% | +14.2% |
| Next 15 NFG.L | United Kingdom | $458M | +23% | -14% | 8% | 0.7× | 8.4% | +13.8% |
| Jiayun Technology 300242.SZ | China | $355M | -20% | -59% | -4% | 2.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Qinghai Spring Medicinal Resources Technology 600381.SS | China | $345M | +12% | -11% | -44% | 8.6× | n/a | n/a |
| S4 Capital SFOR.L | United Kingdom | $343M | -6% | -6% | 5% | 0.5× | -7.2% | +17.1% |
| INNOCEAN Worldwide 214320.KS | South Korea | $518M | -11% | +2% | 8% | 0.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Xi'An Global Printing 002799.SZ | China | $305M | -26% | -23% | 1% | 2.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Beijing Yuanlong Yato Culture Dissemination 002878.SZ | China | $557M | -27% | -21% | -2% | 1.5× | -2.9% | +8.6% |
| Septeni 4293.T | Japan | $585M | +7% | +8% | 17% | 2.4× | -2.7% | +11.1% |
| VECTOR 6058.T | Japan | $605M | +64% | +9% | 16% | 1.3× | -3.9% | +11.3% |
| oOh media OML.AX | Australia | $611M | +28% | +2% | 15% | 2.9× | 7.8% | +10.1% |
| Shanxi Kexin Development 600234.SS | China | $649M | -32% | -23% | -11% | 12.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Chengdu B-Ray Media 600880.SS | China | $672M | -20% | -33% | -35% | 9.8× | 57.3% | -2.9% |
| New Huadu Technology Co., Ltd.Class A 002264.SZ | China | $676M | -23% | +8% | 5% | 1.2× | 5.7% | -9.3% |
| Guangdong Insight Brand Marketing 300781.SZ | China | $683M | -19% | -29% | n/a | 6.7× | 31.8% | +14.4% |
| QITIAN Technology 300061.SZ | China | $699M | -21% | -18% | -22% | 13.1× | 49.7% | -22.3% |
| GMO internet,Inc 4784.T | Japan | $724M | -34% | +81% | 12% | 1.2× | -11.2% | +17.9% |