Company Analysis

MNTN, Inc. (MNTN)

NYSE: MNTN · Services-Advertising · Austin, TX · filing with the SEC since 2021
Grade6.3
◀ Past 5.5● Present 6.9▶ Future 6.2
4 est.

The grade of MNTN, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.3/10
◀ Past5.530% of the headline
● Present6.940% of the headline
▶ Future6.230% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 5 read as filed from the record and 4 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.5/1030% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
8.7/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2021.

weight 33% of this tense · 87th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

MNTN, Inc.'s filings since 2021 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

SI estimate
4.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

SI estimate 4.5/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 45% of this tense · 50th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Fewer than three filed years of revenue on file, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 14 members with one.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than three filed years of revenue on file.
How it was reasoned
family median, 14 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: MNTN, Inc.'s track record is put at 4.5 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because fewer than three filed years of revenue on file, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 14 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
2.7/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count grew 268.8% a year. 10% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 3 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 27th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the fiscal year to 2025-12-31, MNTN, Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 268.8% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 10% of its operating cash flow over 2 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 3 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-07 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearsbottom 3% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.9/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
5.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE -2%: lost 2¢ per shareholder dollar. Leverage 19%: owes 19¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 58th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, MNTN, Inc. lost about 2 cents for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 59 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 19 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 268.5% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 17% of its family
  • return on equitytop 37% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 29% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforebottom 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 35% of 15 in its family; net margin -2.2%.

weight 45% of this tense · 65th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

MNTN, Inc.'s standing among 15 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $290 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 32% by size; a net margin of -2.2% ranks in the top 43%; revenue growth of 28.6% a year over the last 1 filed years ranks in the top 30% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$290Mtop 32% of its family
  • net margin-2.2%top 43% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth28.6%top 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate
9.6/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 9.6/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 95th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the top 5% of 12 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2025-05-22 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 1.5 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
What the record cannot read
The record of its people begins on 2025-05-22 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 1.5 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned
one part: officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge, the one part on file, ranked among 12 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: MNTN, Inc.'s leadership is put at 9.6 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, officer and director changes on Form 8-K over three years, against the people in charge, which ranks in the top 5% of 12 in its family; the record of its people begins on 2025-05-22 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 1.5 years and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.2/1030% of the headline grade · 1 of 3 filed, 2 estimated

Room to expand

as filed
7.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 21% of 15 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 79th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

MNTN, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $210 million against no long-term debt tagged leaves 55.6% of its assets as net cash, top 10% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 19.5% of revenue (top 10%); a gross margin of 77.2% (top 37%); research spending of 17% of revenue (top 28%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets55.6%top 10% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue19.5%top 10% of its family
  • gross margin77.2%top 37% of its family
  • research spending against revenue17.0%top 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

SI estimate
5.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

SI estimate 5.5/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 45% of this tense · 50th percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
The record does not carry three filed years of revenue and two of the four parts: acceleration, the newest year's growth, the growth of research and of capital spending, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 14 members with one.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry three filed years of revenue and two of the four parts: acceleration, the newest year's growth, the growth of research and of capital spending.
How it was reasoned
family median, 14 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: MNTN, Inc.'s growth drivers is put at 5.5 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because the record does not carry three filed years of revenue and two of the four parts: acceleration, the newest year's growth, the growth of research and of capital spending, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 14 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

Expectations vs reality

SI estimate
4.9/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

SI estimate 4.9/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 12 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
The record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 12 members with one.
What the record cannot read
The record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change.
How it was reasoned
family median, 12 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: MNTN, Inc.'s expectations vs reality is put at 4.9 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because the record does not carry four filed years of revenue and two of the three parts: revenue against the prior pace, earnings against the prior average, the margin change, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 12 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton MNTN · research, not advice