Marchex, Inc. (MCHX)Communication Services | Advertising Agencies | Seattle, United States | NasdaqGS
1.84 USD
+0.03
(1.657%)
⇧
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 1.83 -0.01 (-0.011%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 5:09 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 3:48 a.m. EDT
The investment case for Marchex is fundamentally broken by deteriorating business quality and a history of value traps. Despite a 'strong buy' analyst recommendation based on a single optimistic view of a potential acquisition, the company is bleeding value: revenue contracted by 5.6% last year, profitability is nonexistent with negative operating margins and a trailing EPS of -$0.13, and the stock has lost over 31% of its value over the past nine years. The recent news of a merger seeking shareholder approval highlights the desperation to find a lifeline rather than organic growth. With no dividend to provide income and a balance sheet showing negative free cash flow, there is no margin of safety here. The technicals show the stock hovering near multi-year lows, but without a turnaround in fundamentals, this remains a speculative gamble on a takeover rather than a sound investment. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.061648 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.070090 |
| AutoETS | 0.070090 |
| MSTL | 0.070302 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 46% |
| H-stat | 0.26 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.186 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.30 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Ex Dividend Date | 2018-03-06 |
| Last Dividend Date | 2018-03-06 |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 1.681 |
| Revenue per Share | 0.999 |
| Market Cap | 81,581,712 |
| Forward P/E | 11.50 |
| Beta | 1.86 |
| Profit Margins | -12.44% |
| Website | https://www.marchex.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 3:48 a.m. EDT: Options activity is virtually dormant with negligible open interest and volume across all expirations. The lack of positioning suggests a complete absence of speculative capital flow, indicating the market views the security as illiquid or irrelevant for directional bets.
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-03-07 | 0.500 | 17.730497 |
| 2015-05-05 | 0.020 | 0.479616 |
| 2015-02-04 | 0.020 | 0.500000 |
| 2014-11-05 | 0.020 | 0.527704 |
| 2014-08-01 | 0.020 | 0.179533 |
| 2014-05-01 | 0.020 | 0.205761 |
| 2014-02-05 | 0.020 | 0.223464 |
| 2012-12-14 | 0.140 | 3.389830 |
| 2012-10-31 | 0.035 | 0.855746 |
| 2012-08-14 | 0.015 | 0.480769 |
| 2012-08-01 | 0.020 | 0.609756 |
| 2012-05-02 | 0.020 | 0.584795 |
| 2012-02-01 | 0.020 | 0.441501 |
| 2011-11-02 | 0.020 | 0.231214 |
| 2011-08-03 | 0.020 | 0.241255 |
| 2011-05-04 | 0.020 | 0.304878 |
| 2011-02-02 | 0.020 | 0.204082 |
| 2010-11-03 | 0.020 | 0.317460 |
| 2010-08-04 | 0.020 | 0.422833 |
| 2010-05-03 | 0.020 | 0.367647 |
| 2010-02-02 | 0.020 | 0.366300 |
| 2009-11-04 | 0.020 | 0.442478 |
| 2009-08-05 | 0.020 | 0.487805 |
| 2009-04-30 | 0.020 | 0.442478 |
| 2009-02-04 | 0.020 | 0.380228 |
| 2008-11-04 | 0.020 | 0.267738 |
| 2008-07-31 | 0.020 | 0.172117 |
| 2008-04-30 | 0.020 | 0.193611 |
| 2008-01-31 | 0.020 | 0.251889 |
| 2007-10-31 | 0.020 | 0.177148 |
| 2007-08-01 | 0.020 | 0.150489 |
| 2007-05-02 | 0.020 | 0.155885 |
| 2007-01-31 | 0.020 | 0.164339 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.0812183 |
| Address1 | 1,200 5th Avenue |
| Address2 | Suite 1300 |
| All Time High | 26.4 |
| All Time Low | 1.1 |
| Ask | 2.3 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.0 - Strong Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 16,730 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 20,796 |
| Average Volume | 20,796 |
| Average Volume10Days | 16,730 |
| Beta | 1.862 |
| Bid | 1.31 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Book Value | 0.655 |
| City | Seattle |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 1.84 |
| Current Ratio | 2.293 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 2.0 |
| Day Low | 1.7999 |
| Debt To Equity | 1.681 |
| Display Name | Marchex |
| Dividend Date | 1,521,590,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,568,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,568,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,564,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,794,513,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,794,513,600 |
| Ebitda | -1,603,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.03645 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -46.069 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.679 |
| Enterprise Value | 73,848,800 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.04 |
| Eps Forward | 0.16 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.13 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Ex Dividend Date | 1,520,380,800 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 1.7318 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.10820007 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.06247839 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -8.12183 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 2.04 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.19999993 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.09803918 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 1.32 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.52 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.39393938 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 1.32 - 2.04 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,080,743,400,000 |
| Five Year Avg Dividend Yield | 1.58 |
| Float Shares | 17,677,428 |
| Forward Eps | 0.16 |
| Forward P E | 11.5 |
| Free Cashflow | 1,018,875 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 139 |
| Fullday Change | 0.0300001 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 1.65746 |
| Fullday Price | 1.8293 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.61209 |
| Gross Profits | 26,921,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.0865 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.63441 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 44,337,890 |
| Industry | Advertising Agencies |
| Industry Disp | Advertising Agencies |
| Industry Key | advertising-agencies |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Dividend Date | 1,520,380,800 |
| Last Dividend Value | 0.5 |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Marchex, Inc., a conversation intelligence company, provides conversational analytics and related solutions in the United States, Canada, and internationally. Its products include Marketing Edge that identifies which campaigns and channels are driving inbound conversations, evaluates what happens during those conversations, and closes the sales loop by connecting converted sales to marketing driven leads; Sonar Business Text Messaging, an artificial intelligence (AI) powered intelligent workflow enabled mobile messaging solution that enables operations, sales, and marketing teams to communicate personally with field staff, prospects, and customers; and Marchex Platform Services, a robust API-based conversation intelligence product that allows executives, sales, customer engagement, and marketing teams to apply Marchex AI to most any calls, regardless of communication platform, to identify actionable insights from conversations with their customers. The company also provides Spotlight, an AI conversation analytics product for multi-location businesses; Engage, a solution that provides locations with applications to enhance their overall performance; Call Summary and Sentiment Suite, are capabilities powered by generative AI that analyze and generate summaries of consumer-to-business calls; and AI for Industry Solution, provides automatic lead qualification, identifying high value leads with industry specific indicators to target the most valuable opportunities, and improved attribution, allowing businesses to segment audiences and improve automated bidding using attributes such as product/service, lead outcome, lead value, and topics. Marchex, Inc. was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. |
| Long Name | Marchex, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 81,581,712 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_8163421 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -5,470,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 80,694,959 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 1 |
| Open | 1.82 |
| Operating Cashflow | -752,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.02236 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 21.93 |
| Phone | 206 331 3300 |
| Post Market Change | -0.010699987 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.58152103 |
| Post Market Price | 1.8293 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,951,386 |
| Previous Close | 1.81 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 46.0 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 2.8091605 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 1.8548887 |
| Profit Margins | -0.12437 |
| Quick Ratio | 2.04 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | strong_buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.0 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.0300001 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 1.65746 |
| Regular Market Day High | 2.0 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 1.7999 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 1.7999 - 2.0 |
| Regular Market Open | 1.82 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 1.81 |
| Regular Market Price | 1.84 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 53,414 |
| Return On Assets | -0.059109997 |
| Return On Equity | -0.17913 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.056 |
| Revenue Per Share | 0.999 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Sector Disp | Communication Services |
| Sector Key | communication-services |
| Shares Outstanding | 39,676,963 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.001 |
| Shares Short | 44,393 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 46,214 |
| Short Name | Marchex, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.002 |
| Short Ratio | 1.91 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | WA |
| Symbol | MCHX |
| Target High Price | 4.0 |
| Target Low Price | 4.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 4.0 |
| Target Median Price | 4.0 |
| Total Cash | 8,151,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.184 |
| Total Debt | 488,000 |
| Total Revenue | 43,982,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.13 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 1.6334 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 0.20660007 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.12648468 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 53,414 |
| Website | https://www.marchex.com |
| Zip | 98,101 |