ADV Communication Services

Advantage Solutions Inc.

$29.15-9.02%

Price as of close on Nov 3, 2026 · Financials updated Oct 6, 2026

Basics

Sector: Communication Services
Industry: Advertising Agencies
Country: United States
Market cap: 387.6M USD
Enterprise value: 1.9B USD
Full-time employees: 16,000

Overall health

Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers
Drawback: higher risk than most peers: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 2.19 vs a peer median of 0.65) and more debt relative to equity (3.94× vs a peer median of 0.37×)higher risk: bigger price swings (beta 2.19 vs peers 0.65) and more debt vs equity (3.94× vs peers 0.37×)
About average: growth and valuation

Ranks #391 of 454 communication services companies (bottom 15%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Valuation signals disagree. Cheaper than 92% of peers on free cash flow, but only 0% on earnings.
Relative to its free cash flow, Advantage Solutions looks cheaper than 92% of peers; relative to its earnings, cheaper than only 0%. The valuation score blends the two, so look at which measure fits this business best.
Not profitable yet. Reported a loss in the 12 months to June 2026.
Advantage Solutions reported a net loss over the last twelve months, so earnings-based measures can't show it as cheap.
More volatile share price. Beta 2.19: tends to move more than the market.
Advantage Solutions's shares have swung more with the market than most peers' (beta 2.19, above the market's 1.0).

StockQuotient Score

29/ 100

Oct 5 30 → Nov 4 29 (-1)

Valuation

Is the price right?

51/100

Moderate▼ 2 since Oct 27 close

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: ▲ Stronger

Share count down 3.6%

Valuation also moves with the share price every day.

Why it changed since the Oct 27, 2026 close: Score 53 → 51

Share price +1.9%-1
Peer companies moved-1

Each step re-scores the company against its peers as they were on Oct 28, 2026; the parts add up to the change. Price effects on EBITDA yield are approximate.

Why

Mixed versus peers:

▲ FCF yield
▼ Earnings yield
▼ EBITDA yield

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Sector-normalized EBITDA, earnings, and free cash flow yields.

Earnings yield-73.8%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Negative (a loss or cash outflow), so it counts as zero whatever the share price30% base weight · Z-score -1.00Sector median: 0.0294 · MAD: 0.0294

EBITDA yield4.7%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value50% base weight · Z-score -0.59Sector median: 0.0857 · MAD: 0.0649

Free cash flow yield31.1%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026 · operating cash flow − capital spendingReported value20% base weight · Z-score 4.00Sector median: 0.0740 · MAD: 0.0593

Other data (not scored)

Book yield107.5%

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.4780 · MAD: 0.3375

Growth

Is it growing?

43/100

Moderate

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Held back by:

▼ 3-yr revenue

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Revenue and earnings-per-share growth over one year, and revenue growth over three years.

Earnings per share growthUnavailable

Still loss-making, but the loss per share narrowed33% base weight · Z-score 0.24Sector median: 0.0878 · MAD: 0.3126

3-year revenue growth-0.3%

SEC filings · 3 years to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.49Sector median: 0.0303 · MAD: 0.0683

Revenue growth2.2%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.10Sector median: 0.0299 · MAD: 0.0720

Profitability

Does it earn well?

11/100

Weak

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ ROA
▼ ROIC
▼ Operating margin

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Return on invested capital, operating margin, and return on assets.

Operating margin-3.2%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.44Sector median: 0.0818 · MAD: 0.0789

Return on assets-10.9%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -3.61Sector median: 0.0272 · MAD: 0.0318

Return on invested capital-4.9%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Reported value33% base weight · Z-score -1.54Sector median: 0.0598 · MAD: 0.0706

Other data (not scored)

Gross margin13.5%

Yahoo Finance fallback · SEC figure unavailable or out of date · trailing 12 monthsReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.4656 · MAD: 0.1827

Return on equity-68.6%

SEC filings · 12 months to Jun 2026Outlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentileInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0529 · MAD: 0.1007

Risk

Debt, liquidity, price swings

Higher

Higher relative risk

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Since last quarter: No major change

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Beta
▼ Debt / equity

Compare with peers

Behind the score

Relative to sector peers: 0 = lower relative risk · 1 = moderate · 2 = higher. Based on leverage, beta and liquidity.

Beta2.19

Yahoo Finance · 5-year monthly beta vs the marketOutlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentile33% base weight · Z-score -3.41Sector median: 0.6525 · MAD: 0.2880

Current ratio1.79×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported value33% base weight · Z-score 0.59Sector median: 1.3848 · MAD: 0.6948

Debt / equity3.94×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported value33% base weight · Z-score -10.72Sector median: 0.3697 · MAD: 0.3335

Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.

Questions investors ask about Advantage Solutions

Is Advantage Solutions getting weaker?: Its latest SEC filing (Aug 5, 2026) got stronger: share count down 3.6%. Its overall score is unchanged at 29/100 since Oct 28, 2026.
How is Advantage Solutions valued vs its peers?: Priced about in line with its peers. Valuation scores 51/100 against 512 communication services peers. Free cash flow yield 31.1% vs a peer median of 7.4% (stronger than 92% of peers).Free cash flow yield 31.1% vs peers 7.4% (stronger than 92% of peers). Earnings yield -73.8% vs a peer median of 2.9% (weaker than 100% of peers).Earnings yield -73.8% vs peers 2.9% (weaker than 100% of peers).
Is Advantage Solutions growing?: At about the same pace as its peers. Growth scores 43/100 against 512 communication services peers. 3-year revenue growth -0.3% vs a peer median of 3.0% (weaker than 66% of peers).3-year revenue growth -0.3% vs peers 3.0% (weaker than 66% of peers).
How profitable is Advantage Solutions?: Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 11/100 against 512 communication services peers. Return on assets -10.9% vs a peer median of 2.7% (weaker than 100% of peers).Return on assets -10.9% vs peers 2.7% (weaker than 100% of peers).
How risky is Advantage Solutions?: Higher risk relative to 512 communication services peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Current ratio 1.79× vs a peer median of 1.38× (stronger than 61% of peers).Current ratio 1.79× vs peers 1.38× (stronger than 61% of peers). Beta 2.19 vs a peer median of 0.65 (weaker than 100% of peers).Beta 2.19 vs peers 0.65 (weaker than 100% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Latest filing: what changed

Quarter ended Jun 30, 2026 · filed Aug 5, 2026 · compared with the quarter ended Mar 31, 2026

Got stronger

Share count down 3.6%

Worth watching: Advantage Solutions is in the bottom fifth of its sector on profitability. From 2021 to 2025, 63% of companies in that position posted a loss over the following year, against 4% for the top fifth.

	Previous quarter	Latest quarter	Change
Revenue (12 months)	3.6B USD	3.6B USD	+0.4%
Net income (12 months)	−243.4M USD	−275.7M USD	+13.3%
Operating margin	-3.0%	-3.2%	−0.2 pts
Free cash flow (12 months)	122.1M USD	116.4M USD	−4.7%
Debt	1.6B USD	1.6B USD	−0.4%
Cash	143.9M USD	102.3M USD	−28.9%
Shares outstanding	13.3M	12.8M	−3.6%

From the company’s own SEC filings, as filed. Twelve-month figures roll forward one quarter at a time.

Industry valuation context

Sector: Communication Services · 67 companies

Valuations in Communication Services are within their usual range since 2016.

46% of months since 2016 were valued lower than now.
22% of companies are in the most expensive fifth of their own price-to-sales history.
Over 24 months, company values +13% and earnings +11% (medians): earnings grew faster than prices.
Median price-to-sales is −6% vs the whole market, against a usual −7%.

2016Shaded: most expensive fifth of its range2026

Shown for Communication Services: too few Advertising Agencies companies have a long enough history of their own.

Financials

Fiscal years from SEC annual filings · change vs the prior year

Key ratios	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	Change
Operating margin	6.4%	-41.0%	1.2%	-8.3%	-3.6%	▲ 4.7 pts
Net margin	1.5%	-37.9%	-1.6%	-9.2%	-6.4%	▲ 2.7 pts
Return on assets (ROA)	0.9%	-32.4%	-1.7%	-10.5%	-8.2%	▲ 2.4 pts
Return on equity (ROE)	2.2%	-122.8%	-5.7%	-43.7%	-41.1%	▲ 2.6 pts
Free cash flow margin	2.6%	2.5%	5.3%	2.4%	1.6%	▼ 0.8 pts
Current ratio	1.71×	1.93×	1.87×	1.98×	2.25×	▲ 14%
Debt to equity	0.84×	1.85×	1.72×	2.30×	3.05×	▲ 33%
Interest coverage	1.67×	-14.30×	0.28×	-2.01×	-0.91×	▲ 55%

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Bringing the fundamentals into focus…

Overall health

Drawback: less profitable than most peersless profitable than peers

Drawback: higher risk than most peers: its share price swings more than most peers’ (beta 2.19 vs a peer median of 0.65) and more debt relative to equity (3.94× vs a peer median of 0.37×)higher risk: bigger price swings (beta 2.19 vs peers 0.65) and more debt vs equity (3.94× vs peers 0.37×)

About average: growth and valuation

Ranks #391 of 454 communication services companies (bottom 15%)

See how it ranks against its peers

Worth knowing

Valuation signals disagree. Cheaper than 92% of peers on free cash flow, but only 0% on earnings.

Relative to its free cash flow, Advantage Solutions looks cheaper than 92% of peers; relative to its earnings, cheaper than only 0%. The valuation score blends the two, so look at which measure fits this business best.

Not profitable yet. Reported a loss in the 12 months to June 2026.

Advantage Solutions reported a net loss over the last twelve months, so earnings-based measures can't show it as cheap.

More volatile share price. Beta 2.19: tends to move more than the market.

Advantage Solutions's shares have swung more with the market than most peers' (beta 2.19, above the market's 1.0).

Questions investors ask about Advantage Solutions

Is Advantage Solutions getting weaker?

Its latest SEC filing (Aug 5, 2026) got stronger: share count down 3.6%. Its overall score is unchanged at 29/100 since Oct 28, 2026.

How is Advantage Solutions valued vs its peers?

Priced about in line with its peers. Valuation scores 51/100 against 512 communication services peers. Free cash flow yield 31.1% vs a peer median of 7.4% (stronger than 92% of peers).Free cash flow yield 31.1% vs peers 7.4% (stronger than 92% of peers). Earnings yield -73.8% vs a peer median of 2.9% (weaker than 100% of peers).Earnings yield -73.8% vs peers 2.9% (weaker than 100% of peers).

Is Advantage Solutions growing?

At about the same pace as its peers. Growth scores 43/100 against 512 communication services peers. 3-year revenue growth -0.3% vs a peer median of 3.0% (weaker than 66% of peers).3-year revenue growth -0.3% vs peers 3.0% (weaker than 66% of peers).

How profitable is Advantage Solutions?

Less profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 11/100 against 512 communication services peers. Return on assets -10.9% vs a peer median of 2.7% (weaker than 100% of peers).Return on assets -10.9% vs peers 2.7% (weaker than 100% of peers).

How risky is Advantage Solutions?

Higher risk relative to 512 communication services peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. Current ratio 1.79× vs a peer median of 1.38× (stronger than 61% of peers).Current ratio 1.79× vs peers 1.38× (stronger than 61% of peers). Beta 2.19 vs a peer median of 0.65 (weaker than 100% of peers).Beta 2.19 vs peers 0.65 (weaker than 100% of peers). A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Previous quarter

Latest quarter

Change

Revenue (12 months)

3.6B USD

3.6B USD

+0.4%

Net income (12 months)

−243.4M USD

−275.7M USD

+13.3%

Operating margin

-3.0%

-3.2%

−0.2 pts

Free cash flow (12 months)

122.1M USD

116.4M USD

−4.7%

Debt

1.6B USD

1.6B USD

−0.4%

Cash

143.9M USD

102.3M USD

−28.9%

Shares outstanding

13.3M

12.8M

−3.6%

Key ratios

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

FY 2024

FY 2025

Change

Operating margin

6.4%

-41.0%

1.2%

-8.3%

-3.6%

▲ 4.7 pts

Net margin

1.5%

-37.9%

-1.6%

-9.2%

-6.4%

▲ 2.7 pts

Return on assets (ROA)

0.9%

-32.4%

-1.7%

-10.5%

-8.2%

▲ 2.4 pts

Return on equity (ROE)

2.2%

-122.8%

-5.7%

-43.7%

-41.1%

▲ 2.6 pts

Free cash flow margin

2.6%

2.5%

5.3%

2.4%

1.6%

▼ 0.8 pts

Current ratio

1.71×

1.93×

1.87×

1.98×

2.25×

▲ 14%

Debt to equity

0.84×

1.85×

1.72×

2.30×

3.05×

▲ 33%

Interest coverage

1.67×

-14.30×

0.28×

-2.01×

-0.91×

▲ 55%