MediaAlpha (MAX) Gross Margin (2019 - 2026)

MediaAlpha (MAX) reported Gross Margin of 98.28% for Q1 2026, up 8253.0% year-over-year from 1.18% in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from 98.29% in Q4 2025.

MediaAlpha (MAX) Gross Margin (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

MediaAlpha (MAX) has 8 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 98.28% in Q1 2026.

  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 98.28%, up 8253.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 57.96% (down 394.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 98.11%, up 97.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin was little changed at 98.28% in Q1 2026 per MAX's latest filing, from 98.29% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Gross Margin peaked at 306.71% in Q4 2022 and troughed at 14.16% in Q3 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 90.02% and a median of 93.73% in 2023 frame the typical range for Gross Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Gross Margin surged 21047 bps in 2022, then slumped 17367 bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 306.71% in 2022, then fell by 11 bps to 271.64% in 2023, then tumbled by 64 bps to 97.97% in 2024, then rose by 0 bps to 98.29% in 2025, then slipped by 0 bps to 98.28% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows MAX's Gross Margin at 98.28% in Q1 2026, 98.29% in Q4 2025, and 14.16% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Nebius 1,913,603.98 Bn 1,913,603.98 Bn 295.20 Mn 73.98%
2 Alphabet 4,425.33 Bn 4,209.71 Bn 102.29 Bn 93.08%
3 Meta Platforms 1,502.66 Bn 1,421.48 Bn 46.09 Bn 81.85%
4 Spotify Technology 119.69 Bn 109.44 Bn 1.75 Bn 32.98%
5 Reddit 33.22 Bn 30.45 Bn 511.94 Mn 77.17%
6 Pinterest 13.64 Bn 12.34 Bn 768.96 Mn 76.32%
7 Kanzhun 13.02 Bn 10.92 Bn 255.62 Bn 85.23%
8 Snap 9.72 Bn 6.90 Bn 1.29 Bn 84.37%
9 Zillow 8.26 Bn 7.48 Bn 519.00 Mn 73.31%
10 MediaAlpha 506.52 Mn 449.46 Mn 304.68 Mn 98.28%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 98.28%
Dec 31, 2025 98.29%
Sep 30, 2025 14.16%
Jun 30, 2025 14.98%
Mar 31, 2025 15.75%
Dec 31, 2024 97.97%
Sep 30, 2024 97.49%
Jun 30, 2024 17.77%
Mar 31, 2024 95.42%
Dec 31, 2023 271.64%
Sep 30, 2023 91.82%
Jun 30, 2023 92.09%
Mar 31, 2023 93.73%
Dec 31, 2022 306.71%
Sep 30, 2022 14.24%
Jun 30, 2022 15.01%
Mar 31, 2022 94.93%
Dec 31, 2021 96.23%
Sep 30, 2021 16.15%
Jun 30, 2021 15.92%