# Advantage Solutions Inc. (ADV) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NASDAQ, United States. Sector: Communication Services / Diversified Telecommunication Services. Price $31.45, market value $418 million.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): n/a** (negative earnings). Advantage Solutions Inc. reported negative earnings over the last twelve months, so the P/E is not meaningful; use price-to-sales, EV/EBITDA and free-cash-flow yield instead.
- **Price / sales: 0.1×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 0.1×, a low multiple typical of thin-margin businesses or out-of-favour stocks.
- **Price / book: 1.0×**. The shares trade at 1.0× book value; book value is a meaningful part of the valuation.
- **EV / EBITDA: 21.0×**. Enterprise value is 21.0× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed; above 20× is demanding.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 17.2%** (5-yr avg 12.7%). Free cash flow equals 17.2% of the market value, above its five-year average of 12.7%, so the shares are cheaper on cash than they have usually been. Above 5% is generally attractive.

## Profitability
- **Operating margin: -3.2%**. Operating margin is negative: the business loses money before interest and tax.
- **Net margin: -6.4%**. The company reported a net loss over the last twelve months.
- **Return on equity: -41.1%**. Return on equity is negative because earnings are negative.
- **Return on invested capital: -4.6%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is -4.6%: close to or below the cost of capital, so growth may not create value.
- **Return on assets: -9.9%**. Each dollar of assets produces -9.9% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -0.7%** (3-yr -1.0%/yr, 5-yr 2.3%/yr). Revenue fell 0.7% over the last year, against 2.3% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): -15.8%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at -15.8% a year over three years.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 3.02**. Debt is 3.02 times equity, a leveraged balance sheet that needs steady cash flow to service.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: 16.3×**. It would take 16.3 years of operating earnings to repay net borrowings, above the 3× level most lenders treat as comfortable.
- **Altman Z-score: 1.51**. A Z-score of 1.51 is in the distress zone, a signal to examine the balance sheet closely.
- **Piotroski F-score: 4/9**. 4 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend: none**. Advantage Solutions Inc. does not currently pay a dividend.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -27.7%** (YTD 43.0%, 3-mo -18.8%). The shares are down 27.7% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -38.6%** (157.3% above the low). Trading 39% below its 52-week high, deep in a drawdown.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 42**. An RSI of 42 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.61** (volatility 93%). Beta of 0.61 against the S&P 500: the shares move much less than the market.

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