MARKETWISE, INC. (MKTW) Stock Analysis

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MARKETWISE, INC.

MKTW Technology Software (Prepackaged)📄 SEC filings ↗ CUSIP 57064P206
Model suggests significant undervaluation
⚠ Low-confidence DCF estimate
Price vs model IV Well below (87% below model IV) Long-term trend (200d) 19% above 200-day DCF applicability High Risk 28/100 Moderate
▾ What's in the 28/100 risk score? (higher = riskier)
Valuation (price vs model IV) (30%) 10/100 → +3.0
Fundamental health (30%) 37/100 → +11.1
leverage 20/100 · FCF trend 62/100 · DCF applicability 30/100
Smart money (short interest + insider buying) (22%) 41/100 → +9.0
Macro backdrop (VIX, curve, credit, fear/greed + week-over-week momentum) (18%) 28/100 → +5.0
Total28/100

Contributions (weight × component score) sum to the total. This near-term score now includes fundamental health (leverage, FCF trend, DCF applicability). See the Financial Health section for the full balance-sheet read.

💵 Price $19.39 · today 📄 Financials SEC EDGAR · refreshed 2 months ago
📍 START HERE

How to read MKTW

A profitable, cash-generating business — our discounted-cash-flow estimate is the primary lens, cross-checked against what growth the price implies and against peers.

Where to start — the sections that matter most for this stock
  1. 1 The verdict + intrinsic value (our DCF) ↓
    Our estimate of what a share is worth, versus today's price.
  2. 2 Reverse-DCF + the interactive calculator ↓
    See the growth the price assumes, then flex every assumption yourself to pressure-test it.
  3. 3 Football field + peers ↓
    A cross-check across methods and against comparable companies.
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"It's surging — should I chase it?"
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"Is it worth what it costs?"
The valuation trade. Our DCF, the growth the price implies, and a calculator you drive yourself.
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"Is it a cheap bargain?"
The deep-value trade. How far below assets and our value it trades — and whether it's cheap for a reason.
ⓘ Why does MKTW trade at $19.39?

MARKETWISE, INC. has 10.4 million shares outstanding. At $19.39 per share, the market values all outstanding MKTW equity at $201 million. That's market capitalization, not enterprise value — enterprise value also accounts for debt and cash (MKTW carries little or no debt, so the two are close here). The share price by itself tells you almost nothing — a company can pick any share price by splitting or issuing more shares. What matters is the total value (Market Cap?Market Cap — The total dollar value the market is assigning to the entire company.
Why it matters: This is the number that actually matters when comparing companies. Two companies with the same business but different share counts have the same market cap.
Reference: Mega cap >$200B · Large $10–200B · Mid $2–10B · Small $300M–2B · Micro <$300M
Full explanation →) compared to what the business actually produces. This page values MKTW in Per Share?Per Share — A company-level figure divided by total shares — what one share represents.
Why it matters: Per-share metrics are the only way to fairly compare two companies with different share counts.
Full explanation → economics — what each share represents of the underlying business. Play with the share-price calculator on the homepage →

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VALUATION LENS — REVERSE DCF

What growth must the market believe? ?Reverse DCF — Instead of asking "what is this stock worth?", asks "what growth rate is the current market price already assuming?"
Why it matters: It crystallizes the bull thesis as a single number you can argue with. If the market expects 40% growth for 10 years and you do not believe that, the stock is overvalued.
Reference: 10–15% = sustainable for strong companies · 20–25% = exceptional · 30%+ = historically very rare

Traditional DCF asks "what is this stock worth?" Reverse DCF flips it: it treats today's price as correct and solves for the growth rate that justifies it. In plain terms — if our model is right about everything else, the company's cash flow would have to grow (or shrink) by this much every year for the next 10 years for today's price to make sense. If that required growth looks unrealistic, the price is stretched; if it looks easy to beat, the price may be cheap.

To justify today's $19.39 price, MKTW's free cash flow?Free Cash Flow (FCF) — Operating cash flow minus capital spending: cash left after a company covers operating costs, taxes and interest and reinvests in the business — but BEFORE repaying debt principal or paying dividends. The cash actually available to investors.
Why it matters: A company can show big profits on paper while burning through cash. FCF is what actually fills the bank account.
Reference: Healthy mature businesses convert 8–15% of revenue into FCF · Growth companies often negative
Full explanation → must grow at:
-19.7%
10-year flat FCF growth implied by today's price
This is a different figure from the -20.0% in the verdict at the top: that one is the 5-year implied per-share growth on the model's scenario-weighted path, while this is a 10-year flat rate. Different horizon and shape, so a different number — not a contradiction. Both are solved at today's live price.
▾ Exactly how this 10-year figure is computed
Starting FCF/share: $6.02 (TTM)
Forecast length: 10 years, single flat growth rate (no fade)
Terminal growth after year 10: 3.0%
Discount rate: 10.0% (the rate the model used)
Price used: $19.39 — the live price shown on this page (not frozen)
Method: solve for the constant annual growth rate that makes the discounted 10-year FCF stream + terminal value equal today's price.
Priced for decline

Market is pricing in shrinking cash flow — often a sign of undervaluation OR a dying business. Check leverage, the cash-flow trend and the measurable financial-health screens below to tell them apart.

For reference: The market is pricing in a material multi-year contraction in cash flow (≈19.7%/yr) — a significant decline, not a flat business.

The market is pricing in a material multi-year contraction in cash flow (≈19.7%/yr). That points to one of two things: the business is genuinely in decline (so a low price is fair), or the market is overreacting (a bargain). Revenue has actually been growing at 14.0%/yr over the last 4 years — one data point in that debate. The way to tell them apart is the financial-health trend: check leverage, the cash-flow trend and the measurable Piotroski checks below. Strong and improving health behind a "decline" price often signals opportunity; weak and deteriorating health usually means the market is right.
▾ How we computed this · Reality check thresholds · Assumptions
Inputs:
  • Starting FCF/share: $6.02 (TTM)
  • Discount Rate?Discount Rate — The annual return you demand for taking single-stock risk instead of buying a safe Treasury or index fund.
    Why it matters: Higher discount rate = stricter valuation (a stock has to produce more cash to be worth holding). Lower = more generous.
    Reference: 8–12% is standard · 9–10% matches S&P 500 historical return · Below 7% is illogical for single-stock risk
    Full explanation →    : 10.0% — standard 8-12%; 9-10% matches S&P 500 historical return
  • Terminal Growth Rate?Terminal Growth Rate — The growth rate we assume the company holds forever, after the explicit 10-year forecast period ends.
    Why it matters: It anchors the long-tail value. Cannot mathematically exceed long-term GDP growth or the company eventually becomes larger than the global economy.
    Reference: 2–3% (matches long-term US GDP growth) · Above 4% is mathematically problematic
    Full explanation →    : 3.0% — matches long-term GDP growth
  • Forecast horizon: 10 years explicit + terminal perpetuity
Reality-check scale:
≤ 0%Priced for decline — likely undervalued OR dying business
5-12%Reasonable; sustainable for quality businesses
12-18%Demanding — strong execution required
18-25%Exceptional — few companies sustain for a decade
25-35%Heroic — historically very rare
35%+Borderline impossible at scale

Sustaining 30%+ cash-flow growth for a full decade at scale is exceedingly rare — the bar is brutally high.

Use the interactive calculator below to change the discount rate, growth and terminal-growth assumptions and watch the value move.

VALUATION RANGE — CROSS-METHOD CHECK

Football field: where does the price sit?

Different valuation methods produce different fair-value ranges depending on assumptions. Plotting them together lets you see at a glance whether the current price is reasonable across approaches, or only one specific lens.

If FCF grew -5%/yr → 19%/yr (flat 10-yr DCF sweep; model assumes 13.4%)$50$298Our model's scenarios (cons→opt growth, weighted 40/35/25)$126$195Current: $19.39$17$91$165$239$313
The price sits below every model's range — but this looks like the market correctly pricing in an unprofitable latest year, not a free lunch. Read the Financial Health section before treating this as a bargain: cheap stocks are usually cheap for a reason. → Financial Health

Industry multiples sourced from: industry similar to Software. See the Peer Basket section below for the peer comparison and its limited-comparables caveat.

PEER BASKET — LIMITED COMPARABLES

⚠ We found no genuine same-industry (Software (Prepackaged)) comparables at all — fewer than the 4 we require for a reliable median. The 8 names in the table below therefore include 8 broader Technology names marked fallback, whose business models and margins differ — which is why any median below is computed over that wider set, not over true comparables. So we do not derive a peer-implied share value here. Read the multiples as rough context only.

How does MKTW stack up against its closest peers?

Ideally we compare MKTW only to same-industry peers, but too few exist in our universe right now, so the basket below mixes in broader-sector names. Treat the multiples as rough context, not a valuation. For a leveraged business, EV/EBIT and FCF yield (both in the table) are usually more reliable than EV/Sales, because revenue multiples ignore differences in margins and debt.

▾ What's "EV / Sales" in plain English?

EV (Enterprise Value) = market cap + total debt − cash. It's "what you'd pay to buy the entire company outright" — you pay the market cap to shareholders and take over their debt, but you keep their cash. EV is fairer than market cap alone because it includes the debt the new owner inherits.

EV / Sales = EV ÷ annual revenue. So "2.5×" means investors pay $2.50 of enterprise value per $1 of yearly sales. Higher = market is paying more per dollar of sales (usually because they expect future growth or fat margins).

p25 / median / p75 are the 25th, 50th (middle), and 75th percentile of the peers' multiples. Half the peers fall between p25 and p75. The median (p50) is the typical peer — that's the benchmark we compare to.

What peers trade at (p25 / median / p75)
EV / Sales?EV / Sales — For every $1 of yearly revenue, this is how many dollars investors pay to own the whole business (including debt).
Why it matters: Works for pre-profit growth companies where P/E and FCF don't apply. The most apples-to-apples cross-company multiple because it ignores accounting choices.
Reference: 1–3x for mature companies · 4–10x for software/SaaS · 10–20x for hypergrowth · >20x is rare and demanding
Full explanation →		 0.7x / 1.0x / 1.7x
EV / Gross Profit?EV / Gross Profit — Enterprise value divided by gross profit — the multiple paid for what each dollar of sales contributes after direct costs.
Why it matters: More refined than EV/Sales for high-margin businesses (software, marketplaces) where gross margin is the real economic engine.
Reference: 8–15x for SaaS · 15–25x for hypergrowth software · >30x demanding
Full explanation →		 1.9x / 3.9x / 8.3x

Bold middle number = median peer. Half the peers trade above it, half below. Computed over 8 peers (broad — see caveat); implausible multiples excluded.

What MKTW would be worth at the median peer's multiple
We're not showing a peer-implied price for MKTW: with only 0 genuine same-industry comparables, a median built partly from broader-sector names would be misleading. Lean on the DCF and Reverse-DCF above; use the multiples table only as loose context.

⚠️ Important caveat: peer multiples only work if the peers are genuinely comparable. Always check the peer list below — if the auto-picker grabbed micro-caps or unrelated businesses, the comparison is noise. A medical-device giant priced against tiny biotech startups won't produce a useful signal.

▾ View peer list (8)
Ticker Company Industry Mcap EV/Sales EV/GP EV/EBIT FCF Yield
VIOT Viomi Technology Co., Ltd Household Appliances ·fallback $204M 0.6x 2.4x 11.5x 7.0%
ZIP ZIPRECRUITER, INC. Software & IT Services ·fallback $231M 1.7x 1.9x — 9.4%
WATT Energous Corp Communications Equipment ·fallback $154M 27.4x 75.9x — 5.9%
WYY WIDEPOINT CORP IT Services ·fallback $112M 0.7x 5.3x — 4.3%
VLN Valens Semiconductor Ltd. Semiconductors ·fallback $364M 5.2x 8.3x — 0.5%
VUZI Vuzix Corp Communications Equipment ·fallback $383M 60.9x — — 0.0%
XPER Xperi Inc. Software ·fallback $384M 0.9x — — 11.6%
YALA Yalla Group Ltd Software & IT Services ·fallback $393M 1.1x — 3.2x 31.9%
FINANCIAL HEALTH SCREENS

Bankruptcy + quality screens

Cheap stocks can be cheap for a reason. These screens warn when a low valuation comes paired with structural fragility.

Altman Z-Score?Altman Z-Score — A bankruptcy-risk score combining 5 financial ratios into one number. Predictive of bankruptcy within 2 years.
Why it matters: Cheap-looking stocks (low P/E or P/B) often have low Z-scores because the market knows the company is dying. Z-score warns you before you fall into a value trap.
Reference: > 3.0 = safe zone · 1.81–3.0 = grey zone · < 1.81 = distress zone
Full explanation →
-6.33
Distress zone

Distress zone under the classic Altman thresholds — scores here have historically preceded a high rate of financial distress within ~2 years. This is a warning signal, not a direct bankruptcy probability, and its reliability varies by industry. Be very skeptical of any "cheap" valuation on this name.

The classic Z-score was calibrated on manufacturers. It is less reliable for asset-light or non-manufacturing businesses (broadcasters, media, software, services) and not applicable to banks, REITs, or insurers — for those the coefficients and the asset-turnover term distort the result. Read it as one screening input, not a verdict.

Piotroski checks
5 passed · 3 failed · 1 n/a
Partial result, not a standard F-score: 5 of 8 measurable checks passed. 1 of the 9 standard checks couldn't be measured, so this is scored out of 8, not 9 — it isn't comparable to a published F-score.
▾ The checks — what passed, what didn't (and what we couldn't measure)
  • ✗ Positive net income
    Net income -$1,013.3M in the latest year.
    Why this matters: Does the company actually earn a profit? Sustained losses eventually force it to raise money — diluting you — or take on debt.
  • ✓ Positive operating cash flow
    Operating cash flow $62.4M (was $48.4M the prior year).
  • ✓ Cash flow backs up reported profit
    Operating cash flow $62.4M vs net income -$1,013.3M.
  • ✗ Return on assets improving
    Return on assets -229.0% vs -127.7% a year ago.
    Why this matters: Is the company squeezing more profit out of each dollar of assets than last year? Rising = getting more efficient; falling = the opposite.
  • ✓ Debt load (vs assets)
    Long-term debt is 0.0% of assets vs 0.0% a year ago ($0.0M now).
  • ✓ Short-term liquidity (current ratio)
    Current ratio 0.72x vs 0.62x a year ago — below 1.0, a caution flag.
  • ✓ Share count (dilution)
    Share count held roughly flat (10.4M → 10.4M year-over-year).
  • · Pricing power (gross margin) (n/a — data not reported; not scored)
  • ✗ Sales per asset (asset turnover)
    Asset turnover 1.01x vs 1.22x a year ago.
    Why this matters: Asset turnover measures how much revenue each dollar of assets generates. Rising = more productive use of the asset base.

Missing data is never counted as a pass or a fail — it's shown as n/a and excluded from the denominator. Each check compares the company against its own prior year.

⛔ Potential value trap

This stock looks cheap by our DCF (~87% below intrinsic value) but the financial health scores show structural weakness. Many cheap stocks are cheap because the market correctly sees what's coming. Be very skeptical of a "deep value" thesis here without an explicit catalyst.

INTERACTIVE — TWEAK YOUR ASSUMPTIONS

What if you assume different inputs?

Here's where we land — and what happens if you change the assumptions. Drag the sliders to set your own Discount Rate?Discount Rate — The annual return you demand for taking single-stock risk instead of buying a safe Treasury or index fund.
Why it matters: Higher discount rate = stricter valuation (a stock has to produce more cash to be worth holding). Lower = more generous.
Reference: 8–12% is standard · 9–10% matches S&P 500 historical return · Below 7% is illogical for single-stock risk
Full explanation → (the annual return you demand for single-stock risk) and terminal growth; the value updates live so you can see whether the stock looks cheaper or richer. The discount rate starts at 10.0%, the figure our model used for MKTW. Open Advanced to also change beta, growth and the rate path.

Note: at default inputs this calculator mirrors the headline model's three-scenario weighting (conservative/base/optimistic, 40/35/25), so its opening value should land close to the headline intrinsic value of $154.05. A small gap is rounding; a large one would be a data problem — and we check for it below.

Probability-weighted model IV
$154.05
It trades at
$19.39
Margin of safety
87.4%
Price is 87% below model IV — it looks undervalued. Change the assumptions below to see what would justify today's price.
4.5% (risk-free)9-10% normal18% (deep-risk)
0%2-3% (GDP)5% (rarely sustainable)
Flat-path value at your assumptions (single growth path — not the probability-weighted scenario IV)
$154.05
vs today's $19.39
-87.4%

At the default assumptions the flat path lands near our published value of $154.05. Move any slider to recompute it with your own.

For comparison — the FCF growth today's price already assumes
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⚙ Advanced — tinker with every input (beta, growth, rate path, margin → full intrinsic value)
Where the discount rate comes from — discount rate = risk-free + beta × equity-risk-premium
What you'd earn risk-free from government bonds — the floor under every other rate. Slide it down to model the market expecting rate cuts (value rises); up for higher-for-longer.
The extra yearly return investors demand for owning stocks instead of safe bonds — the price of risk. History runs ~4.5–6.5%; we default to 5.5% (slightly conservative). It's an estimate, not a law — lower it if you think equities are less risky than that.
Inflation quietly eats returns: a 9% gain at 3% inflation is only ~6% in real purchasing power. The intrinsic value above is already in today's dollars (a nominal DCF cancels inflation out of both growth and the discount rate), so this doesn't change the value — it shows what's left of your return after the tax.
Higher beta → higher discount rate (sets the rate above). 1.0 = moves with the market.
What you think MKTW can grow FCF for ~5 years, then fades to terminal.
All inputs start at the values our model used.

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    Price$19.39
    Model IV$154.05
    Margin of Safety87.4%
    DCF applicabilityHigh
    ⚠️ Outlier ResultP/IV 0.1x — result dominated by model assumptions or data limits. Treat with caution.
    ⚠️ Outlier result (P/IV 0.1x) — this valuation gap is too extreme to produce reliable growth or return estimates. The model may not suit this company's profile.

    Analysis narrative not yet available for this stock.

    ⚠️ Revenue declining

    As of 2 months ago

    ANATOMY

    Anatomy of a share

    What you're buying per share. Bars are at the same scale so you can see the relative size of revenue, costs, cash flow, and debt — not just read them in a table.

    MKTW MARKETWISE, INC. stock anatomy showing per-share revenue, operating expenses, free cash flow, and debt
    −226.1%
    loss
    Where each $1 of revenue goes
    For every $1 of revenue, MKTW currently loses 226.1¢ — costs exceed sales. A money-losing business can still be a good investment if losses are shrinking toward profitability; check the trend, not just the snapshot.
    Net margin = net income ÷ revenue (most recent fiscal year).
    Plain English: $19/share buys $43.30 of revenue per share per year, generates $97.90 lost per share per year, and $6.02 of free cash flow per share. Each share carries $0.00 of debt.
    What's free cash flow / what do these mean?

    Revenue per share — how much the business earns from customers, divided by the number of shares outstanding. Top of the income statement.

    Earnings per share — profit left after operating costs, interest, and taxes, per share. Two versions appear on this page and are not interchangeable: GAAP diluted EPS uses the company's weighted-average diluted share count during the reporting period (this is the "earnings" in "price-to-earnings"); net income per current share divides annual net income by today's share count. They differ whenever the share count has changed.

    Owner-earnings free cash flow per share — the cash the business produces for shareholders. Savng's owner-earnings FCF subtracts capital expenditures and stock-based compensation from operating cash flow (SBC is a real dilution cost even though it's non-cash). This is deliberately more conservative than "standard" FCF, which subtracts only capital expenditures — so our figure is lower than the headline FCF you'll see elsewhere. FCF funds dividends, buybacks, debt repayment, and acquisitions; a company can report positive earnings yet negative FCF.

    Debt per share — total interest-bearing borrowings divided by shares. High debt-per-share next to thin FCF-per-share is a fragility signal.

    MOMENTUM — WHAT'S GETTING BETTER & WORSE

    The trend, in plain numbers (2022 → 2023)

    Straight from the financial statements — no model, no opinion. For a small or unprofitable company, the direction of these numbers usually tells you more than any single valuation.

    ✅ Improving
    • Free cash flow rose to $62.3M.
    ⚠ Worsening
    • Revenue fell -13% to $448.2M.
    • Still unprofitable at -$1.01B — loss widening.
    WHO

    Management & Leadership

    Information not yet available. Executive data not available from current data sources.
    WHAT

    What They Make

    Company description not yet available.

    Segment revenue breakdown not available from current data sources.
    Market Cap: 200.7MBeta: 1.00
    WHY

    Why Is It Priced Like This?

    Intrinsic Value$154.05
    Discount to IV 87.4%
    Outlier Result P/IV 0.1x — valuation gap too extreme for meaningful implied growth or return estimates.
    Pricing analysis not yet available for this stock.
    Three Scenarios, Weighted
    ScenarioIVvs PriceWeight
    Conservative$126.06550.1%40%
    Base$156.94709.4%35%
    Optimistic$194.77904.5%25%
    Weighted$154.05694.5%100%
    HOW

    Business Model & Valuation

    Business model analysis not yet available for this stock.

    Free Cash Flow DCF High

    Standard FCF DCF: positive free cash flow in a sector suited for cash-flow-based valuation.

    In plain English: we estimate MKTW's value by projecting its owner-earnings free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditure and stock-based compensation) into the future and converting it back to what it's worth today. We start from $6.02 per share, assume it grows 13.4% per year for about 5 years (then gradually fades), and discount everything at 10.0% — the yearly return a buyer should demand for this much risk. After that it's assumed to grow 3.0% per year forever (roughly the long-run pace of the whole economy). A higher discount rate or slower growth means a lower value, and vice-versa — change any of these yourself in the calculator above.
    Owner-earnings FCF / share$6.02
    Growth (g₁) — 5yr13.4%Source: blend(70% revenue cagr, 30% sector)
    Discount Rate (r)10.0%
    Terminal Growth (gT)3.0%
    Show advanced inputs
    RevenueGrowth14.0%
    HistoricalFcfGrowth3.5%
    SectorDefault12.0%
    BestEstimate13.4%
    Methodblend(70% revenue_cagr, 30% sector)
    GrowthBasistotal

    What this model does NOT do: this is a consolidated owner-earnings FCF model. Standalone segment assumptions: none. It does not project product, services and recurring/cloud lines independently; their combined effect is embedded in the historical revenue and cash-flow trend the model extrapolates. The calculator above can only approximate a segment's impact through the single consolidated growth rate — it cannot model any one line separately. For a true segment-level view, build a separate model from the company's segment disclosures.

    WHEN

    Maturity & Competitive Position

    Competitive analysis not yet available for this stock.
    WHERE

    Geography & Markets

    Geographic revenue mix not available from current data sources.
    SIGNALS

    Market Signals

    These are timing signals, not value signals — they describe the stock's recent price behavior, not what the business is worth. Use them for the "the thesis looks good, but is now the moment?" question. Each tile below explains what it's saying.

    Model bullish, tape neutral
    RSI?RSI — Relative Strength Index — a 0-100 momentum gauge. Above 70 = overbought; below 30 = oversold.
    Why it matters: Short-term contrarian indicator. Extreme readings often precede mean reversion, though not always.
    Reference: 30–70 normal · >70 overbought · <30 oversold
    Full explanation →     (14)    49.6NeutralMomentum is balanced — neither overbought nor oversold.
    MACD?MACD — Moving Average Convergence Divergence — compares a fast and a slow price trend to gauge momentum direction.
    Why it matters: When the fast line crosses above the slow line, short-term momentum is turning up; below, turning down. A timing cue, not a value signal.
    Reference: Line above signal = bullish momentum · below = bearish
    Full explanation →    BearishLine below signalThe fast trend is below the slow trend — short-term momentum is currently downward.
    50-Day Average$17.30Price above (+12.1%)Price above its 50-day average = near-term uptrend.
    200-Day Average$16.31Price aboveThe 200-day line is the long-term trend divider — above it is generally considered a bull market for the stock.
    50 vs 200 CrossGolden50-day above 200-dayA "golden cross" — the medium trend has overtaken the long trend (often read as bullish).

    Technicals describe price, not the business. A great company can have a "bearish" tape (a buying chance) and a weak one a "bullish" tape (a trap). Pair these with the valuation and health sections above.

    QUALITY

    Data Quality & Risk Flags (1 notes — click to expand/collapse)
    HIGH Revenue declining
    FINANCIALS

    Financial Statements (5-year tables — click to expand)

    From MARKETWISE, INC.'s SEC filings (EDGAR).

    Income (5yr)

    YearRevenueNet IncomeEPS
    2023448.2M-1.0B$0.73
    2022512.4M-538.4M$0.73
    2021549.2M28.0M$0.73
    2020360.8M—$0.00
    2019265.4M—$0.00

    Cash Flow (5yr)

    YearOperating CFCapEx− SBC & adj.Free Cash Flow
    2023 62.4M 157,000 — 62.3M
    2022 48.4M 290,000 — 48.1M
    2021 63.6M 177,000 — 63.5M
    2020 55.9M — — 55.9M
    2019 54.2M — — 54.2M

    How we define FCF: operating cash flow − capital expenditure − stock-based compensation (owner-earnings basis — SBC is a real cost to shareholders even though it's non-cash). This is the same owner-earnings FCF definition the valuation model uses.

    Balance Sheet

    Total Assets442.5M
    Total Liabilities740.9M
    Equity-21.2M
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    Methodology by Pouyan Golshani, MD — founder of Gighz. Savng was built by a physician for busy professionals: every number on this page comes from SEC filings (EDGAR) and FINRA data through transparent, rules-based models — no analyst opinions, no hidden inputs. How we calculate every number →
    ⚠️ Not investment advice. Automated model outputs, last refreshed May 29, 2026 (the analysis-refresh date, not the latest filing period). All models have blind spots. Full disclaimer →
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