MarketWise (MKTW) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

MarketWise, Inc. operates a content and technology multi-brand platform for self-directed investors in the United States and Internationally. Its platform includes subscription businesses that provides financial research, software, education, and tools to navigate the financial markets. The company offers various investment strategies, such as value investing, income, growth, commodities, cryptocurrencies, venture, crowdfunded investing, biotechnology, mutual funds, options, and trading; investment research product portfolio through a range of media, including desktops, laptops, tablets, and mobile; and financial newsletters. It provides a suite of stock research tools and portfolio management services under the Chaikin Analytics brand; portfolio management software tools under the TradeSmith brand name; and database of accounting-based financial summaries under the Altimetry brand. In addition, 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 headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $17.20 to $17.96
• 50-Day Range: $13.67 to $20.68
• 52-Week Range: $13.49 to $21.74
• Volume: 2,804 shs
• Average Volume: 21,528 shs
• Market Capitalization: $270.79 million
• P/E Ratio: 10.50
• Dividend Yield: 5.77%
• Price Target: $20.00
• Consensus Rating: Hold

MarketWise Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

MarketWise scored higher than 94% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 41st out of 300 stocks in the business services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

MarketWise has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

MarketWise has a consensus price target of $20.00, representing about 14.0% upside from its current price of $17.55.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

MarketWise has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 93.29%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for MarketWise are expected to grow by 93.29% in the coming year, from $1.64 to $3.17 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of MarketWise is 10.64, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.18.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of MarketWise is 10.64, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Business Services sector average P/E ratio of about 29.35.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.25% of the float of MarketWise has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

MarketWise has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 0.72, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in MarketWise has recently increased by 19.86%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

MarketWise is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 5.69%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

MarketWise has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of MarketWise is 60.61%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, MarketWise will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.55% next year. This indicates that MarketWise will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.65

News Sentiment

MarketWise has a news sentiment score of 1.65. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.74 average news sentiment score of Business Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for MarketWise this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net $2,136,771.00 in company stock, which represents 0.7790% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, MarketWise insiders have bought 566.53% more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $2,513,938.00 in company stock and sold $377,167.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

29.95% of the stock of MarketWise is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

23.04% of the stock of MarketWise is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 3/31 Dividend: 3/18/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 3/31 Dividend: 3/18/2026
• Dividend Payable: 3/31/2026
• Last Earnings: 5/07/2026
• Record date for 6/25 Dividend: 5/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/25 Dividend: 5/15/2026
• Today: 5/29/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/25/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 8/06/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Business Services
• Industry: Technology Services
• Sub-Industry: Publishing
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:MKTW
• CIK: 1805651
• Web: www.marketwise.com
• Phone: 888-261-2693
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 800
• Year Founded: 1999

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for MarketWise: $20.00
• High Price Target: $20.00
• Low Price Target: $20.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +15.4%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.65
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 10.50
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.56
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $5.62 million
• Net Margins: 1.29%
• Pretax Margin: 14.99%
• Return on Equity: -1.86%
• Return on Assets: 1.99%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 0.49
• Quick Ratio: 0.49

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $328.12 million
• Price / Sales: 0.83
• Cash Flow: $0.50 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 34.47
• Book Value: ($14.52) per share
• Price / Book: -1.19

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 15,630,000
• Free Float: 10,946,000
• Market Cap: $270.79 million
• Optionable: No Data
• Beta: 0.25