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Stagwell Inc (STGW)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Stagwell Inc. The latest annual period is FY2025. The latest reported quarter is Q2 FY2026. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Stagwell Inc

Stagwell Inc is a global marketing services company that uses artificial intelligence and technology to deliver creative marketing solutions. It offers services including marketing, digital transformation, media, commerce, communications, and software and data tools through its proprietary Marketing Cloud. The company serves more than 4,500 clients worldwide, including large multinational brands, helping them with digital marketing and AI-driven solutions.

Snapshot

Revenue
$2.91B
Revenue growth (YoY)
2.4%
Net income
$29.1M
Diluted EPS
Gross margin
36.5%
Operating margin
5.5%
Net margin
1.0%
FCF margin
8.5%
ROE
3.7%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
145.7×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$2.14B
Long-term debt / equity
1.71×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2025, the latest annual period (ended December 31, 2025). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Stagwell

  • Revenue grew 2.4% to $2.9B in FY2025, slower than the 12.4% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 5.5% in FY2025, +2.4 pp against 3.0% in FY2021.
  • Most recent quarter Q2 FY2026: revenue $786M, up 11.2% from Q2 FY2025.
  • Free cash flow was $247M in FY2025, 8.5% of revenue.
  • Net income rose more than tenfold to $29M in FY2025.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Stagwell’s fundamentals sit among the 216 Communication Services companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin36.5%
35th percentile of 105
Operating margin5.5%
60th percentile of 185
Net margin1.0%
54th percentile of 191
FCF margin8.5%
61st percentile of 164
Revenue growth (YoY)+2.4%
47th percentile of 209
ROE3.7%
60th percentile of 165
P/E145.7×
93rd percentile of 95
Long-term debt / equity1.71×
72nd percentile of 101
Short interest4.54d
62nd percentile of 216

Stagwell’s P/E of 145.7 ranks in the 93rd percentile of the 95 peers with a meaningful P/E.

No reported insider purchases (code P) in the last 90 days; 1 insider sale totaling $524,520. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 3 quant / multi-strat books among the superinvestors we track; no conviction manager currently reports a position.

Conviction investors
0
+3 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
2
1 new, 1 added
Reduced / exited
1
0 trimmed, 1 exited
Combined position
$7.3M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$5.6M758.5KAdded
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$1.3M178.1KNew
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$378,72951.0KHeld

No longer held by: Citadel Advisors (as of Q2 2026)

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
0
code P
Bought (90d)
code P value
Sells (90d)
1
$525K
Reported activity
Net selling
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-07-31
filed 2026-08-04
Lanuto Frank PSee RemarksSell62.0K$8.46$525K
2026-05-13
Penn Mark JefferyChief Executive OfficerBuy20.0K$5.88$118K
2026-05-04
filed 2026-05-05
Gross Bradley J.DirectorSell2.2M$6.04$13.1M

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
8.5M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
-7.6%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
4.54
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
1.9M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-148.5M-7.6%4.54
2026-07-319.2M+12.5%7.89
2026-07-158.2M-10.7%5.90
2026-06-309.2M+0.5%5.47
2026-06-159.1M-7.2%6.93
2026-05-299.8M-2.6%5.66
2026-05-1510.1M+0.2%6.96
2026-04-3010.1M-8.9%7.03

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Revenue$2.91B$2.84B$2.53B$2.69B$1.47B
Gross profit$1.06B$998.2M$906.0M$1.01B$562.5M
Operating income$159.0M$133.1M$90.5M$159.2M$44.7M
Net income$29.1M$2.3M$134,000$19.9M$21.0M
Diluted EPS

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Operating cash flow$291.0M$142.9M$81.0M$347.6M$200.9M
Capital expenditure$43.7M$18.9M$14.2M$22.7M$8.8M
Free cash flow$247.3M$123.9M$66.8M$324.9M$192.1M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q2 FY2026$786.3M11.2%$-8.1M
Q1 FY2026$704.1M8.0%$-13.0M
Q4 FY2025$807.4M2.4%$12.7M$0.05
Q3 FY2025$743.0M4.5%$24.6M
Q2 FY2025$706.8M5.3%$-5.3M
Q1 FY2025$651.7M-2.7%$-2.9M
Q4 FY2024$788.7M20.4%$3.2M
Q3 FY2024$711.3M15.2%$3.3M

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNasdaq
SectorCommunication Services
SIC industryServices-Advertising Agencies
Latest annual periodFY2025 (ended December 31, 2025)
Latest reported quarterQ2 FY2026 (ended June 30, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2012
SEC CIK876883

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-03-13
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10-Q2026-07-31
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10-Q2026-05-01
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8-K2026-08-04
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8-K2026-08-03
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8-K2026-07-30
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8-K2026-06-12
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.