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MarketWise, Inc. (MKTW)

Financial Services | Financial Data & Stock Exchanges | Baltimore, United States | NasdaqGM
18.91 USD -0.05 (-0.237%) ⇩ (Oct. 15, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★☆☆☆☆Dividends:★☆☆☆☆
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 7:34 a.m. EDT

The investment case here is fundamentally broken despite the attractive headline yield. The company is hemorrhaging value, having lost over 90% of its worth over the last five years, with four consecutive years of negative annual returns. While the most recent year showed a rebound, the underlying business is deteriorating sharply, evidenced by a 5.2% drop in revenue, negative operating margins, and a massive payout ratio exceeding 100%, meaning the company is paying out more than it earns. This unsustainable dividend policy, combined with a negative book value and an ongoing legal investigation, suggests the payout is likely being funded by capital erosion rather than genuine cash flow. The recent price action shows some minor stabilization, but the structural damage to the balance sheet and the lack of sustainable growth make this a dangerous hold rather than a value opportunity.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.064268
AutoETS0.064766
AutoARIMA0.066366
AutoTheta0.075231

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 36%
H-stat 5.11
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.155
Excess Kurtosis -0.96
Attribute Value
Sector Financial Services
Ex Dividend Date 2026-08-18
Last Dividend Date 2026-08-18
Revenue per Share 126.621
Market Cap 52,810,164
Trailing P/E 21.49
Forward P/E 94.55
Beta 0.16
Profit Margins 0.70%
Website https://www.marketwise.com

Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
2.39% 10.84% 10.91% —
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-08-19 0.45 2.392345
2026-05-15 0.45 2.683363
2026-03-18 0.45 3.291880
2025-11-14 0.40 2.475248
2025-08-15 0.40 2.173913
2025-05-15 0.30 1.811594
2025-03-18 0.20 1.923077
2025-01-29 0.60 5.059022
2024-11-25 0.20 1.937985
2024-08-15 0.20 1.123596
2024-05-14 0.20 0.632911
2024-03-14 0.20 0.529101
2023-12-21 0.20 0.325733
2023-11-09 3.00 6.382979
2023-09-01 0.20 0.653595
2023-05-31 0.20 0.442478
Additional Data
dividendYield 6.1
exDividendDate 2026-08-19
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.9
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.047480874
lastDividendValue 0.45
lastDividendDate 2026-08-19
dividendDate 2026-09-30

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.30904698
Address1 1,125 North Charles Street
All Time High 339.38
All Time Low 9.075
Ask 26.43
Ask Size 2
Audit Risk 6
Average Analyst Rating 3.0 - Hold
Average Daily Volume10 Day 18,210
Average Daily Volume3 Month 18,285
Average Volume 18,285
Average Volume10Days 18,210
Beta 0.157
Bid 15.12
Bid Size 2
Board Risk 8
Book Value -12.543
City Baltimore
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 10
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 18.91
Current Ratio 0.352
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,790,726,400
Day High 19.545
Day Low 18.86
Display Name MarketWise
Dividend Date 1,790,726,400
Dividend Yield 6.1
Earnings Timestamp End 1,772,744,400
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,772,744,400
Ebitda 28,040,000
Ebitda Margins 0.08831
Enterprise To Ebitda -7.432
Enterprise To Revenue -0.656
Enterprise Value -208,387,840
Eps Forward 0.2
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 0.88
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,787,097,600
Exchange NGM
Exchange Data Delayed By 15
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 18.9254
Fifty Day Average Change -0.015399933
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.0008137177
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 30.904697
Fifty Two Week High 22.83
Fifty Two Week High Change -3.92
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.1717039
Fifty Two Week Low 13.49
Fifty Two Week Low Change 5.42
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.40177912
Fifty Two Week Range 13.49 - 22.83
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,600,090,200,000
Float Shares 1,757,174
Forward Eps 0.2
Forward P E 94.549995
Free Cashflow 42,029,248
Full Exchange Name NasdaqGM
Full Time Employees 451
Fullday Change -0.09499931
Fullday Change Percent -0.5011834
Fullday Price 18.91
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,790,812,800
Gross Margins 0.86017
Gross Profits 273,104,992
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.26926002
Held Percent Institutions 0.31311
Implied Shares Outstanding 2,792,711
Industry Financial Data & Stock Exchanges
Industry Disp Financial Data & Stock Exchanges
Industry Key financial-data-stock-exchanges
Ipo Expected Date 2,021-07-22
Is Earnings Date Estimate 1
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,787,097,600
Last Dividend Value 0.45
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 1,743,638,400
Last Split Factor 1:20
Long Business Summary MarketWise, Inc. operates a content and technology multi-brand platform for self-directed investors in the United States and Internationally. Its platform provides financial research, software, education, and tools to navigate the financial markets through subscription businesses. The company also offers various investment strategies, such as value investing, income, growth, commodities, cryptocurrencies, venture, crowdfunded investing, biotechnology, mutual funds, options, and trading; and investment research product portfolio through a range of media, including desktops, laptops, tablets, and mobile. In addition, it provides a diversified product portfolio for various financial research products under the Stansberry Research, Chaikin Analytics, Brownstone Research, InvestorPlace, Altimetry, Wide Moat Research, Brownstone Research, The Opportunistic Trader, and TradeSmith brand names. Further, the company develops screeners, monitors, portfolio management tools, and proprietary indicators that produce a composite score to rank publicly traded companies. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Baltimore, Maryland.
Long Name MarketWise, Inc.
Market us_market
Market Cap 52,810,164
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_706201714
Most Recent Quarter 1,782,777,600
Net Income To Common 2,231,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 52,391,258
Number Of Analyst Opinions 3
Open 19.18
Operating Cashflow 46,729,000
Operating Margins -0.05614
Overall Risk 10
Payout Ratio 1.0227
Phone 888 261 2693
Previous Close 18.955
Price Hint 2
Price To Book -1.5076138
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 0.16633017
Profit Margins 0.00703
Quick Ratio 0.148
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key hold
Recommendation Mean 3.0
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.0450001
Regular Market Change Percent -0.237405
Regular Market Day High 19.545
Regular Market Day Low 18.86
Regular Market Day Range 18.86 - 19.545
Regular Market Open 19.18
Regular Market Previous Close 18.955
Regular Market Price 18.91
Regular Market Time 1,792,094,401
Regular Market Volume 10,178
Return On Assets 0.084989995
Revenue Growth -0.052
Revenue Per Share 126.621
Sand P52 Week Change 0.16207206
Sector Financial Services
Sector Disp Financial Services
Sector Key financial-services
Share Holder Rights Risk 8
Shares Outstanding 2,792,711
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.0225
Shares Short 62,885
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,788,134,400
Shares Short Prior Month 65,196
Short Name MarketWise, Inc.
Short Percent Of Float 0.025799999
Short Ratio 2.21
Source Interval 15
State MD
Symbol MKTW
Target High Price 28.0
Target Low Price 20.0
Target Mean Price 23.75667
Target Median Price 23.27
Total Cash 32,914,000
Total Cash Per Share 11.786
Total Debt 5,536,000
Total Revenue 317,502,016
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.9
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.047480874
Trailing Eps 0.88
Trailing P E 21.488636
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 17.4211
Two Hundred Day Average Change 1.4888992
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.08546528
Type Disp Equity
Volume 10,178
Website https://www.marketwise.com
Zip 21,201