Growth Metrics

MediaAlpha (MAX) Share-based Compensation (2019 - 2025)

MediaAlpha (MAX) has disclosed Share-based Compensation for 6 consecutive years, with $7.5 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Share-based Compensation fell 1.28% to $7.5 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $30.3 million, a 11.01% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at $30.3 million, down 11.01% from a year prior.
  • Share-based Compensation was $7.5 million for Q4 2025 at MediaAlpha, down from $7.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Share-based Compensation ranged from a high of $15.8 million in Q2 2022 to a low of $7.0 million in Q1 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $11.1 million and a median of $10.9 million in 2021 define the central range for Share-based Compensation.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Share-based Compensation was 10573.64% in 2021; the steepest drop was 46.08% in 2021.
  • MediaAlpha's Share-based Compensation stood at $12.4 million in 2021, then rose by 15.04% to $14.3 million in 2022, then plummeted by 34.22% to $9.4 million in 2023, then decreased by 18.63% to $7.6 million in 2024, then dropped by 1.28% to $7.5 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MAX's Share-based Compensation are $7.5 million (Q4 2025), $7.7 million (Q3 2025), and $8.1 million (Q2 2025).