Stagwell Inc.

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Stagwell Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.9 billion, up 2.39% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+9.83%
EPS
−30.0%
Free cash flow
+243.5%
Total debt
−7.32%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

10.84 0.16 −1.45%
Market cap
$2.7B
P/E
271×
Fwd P/E
44.9×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
0.92
Beneish M
−2.74
Dividend safety
n/a

Stagwell Inc. (STGW) Return on invested capital

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Stagwell Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 3.95%, down 1.0 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (4.97%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.13% (fiscal 2018) to 25.7% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Advertising Agencies industry median of 0.00% and above the Communication Services sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 4.97% 0.81
FY2024 4.16% 1.10
FY2023 3.06% (2.20)
FY2022 5.26% 3.78
FY2021 1.48% (8.90)
FY2020 10.4% 1.96
FY2019 8.42% 8.29
FY2018 0.13% (12.06)
FY2017 12.2% 4.50
FY2016 7.69% (18.03)

Against its own ten years

Low 0.13% High 25.7%
Ten-year median 5.26%
Current reading's percentile 45

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
TTD The Trade Desk compare 33.7%
MGNI Magnite, Inc. compare 9.66%
QNST QuinStreet, Inc. compare 8.36%
DV DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc. compare 7.30%
CRTO Criteo S.A. compare 6.28%
ZD Ziff Davis, Inc. compare 4.71%
STGW Stagwell Inc. 3.95%
WPP WPP PLC compare 0.00%
LFTO Liftoff Mobile, Inc compare 0.00%
Advertising Agencies industry median 0.00%
Communication Services sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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