Company Analysis

Match Group, Inc. (MTCH)

Nasdaq: MTCH · Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. · Dallas, TX · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade5.1
◀ Past 5.5● Present 5.3▶ Future 4.7

The grade of Match Group, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.1/10
◀ Past5.525% of the headline
● Present5.335% of the headline
▶ Future4.740% of the headline

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

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

5.5/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
2.9/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2020-07-02.

weight 22% of this tense · 28th percentile among 79 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Match Group, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2020-07-02) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
4.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+1.2% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 45th percentile among 70 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Match Group, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $3.1 billion in fiscal 2016 to $3.5 billion in fiscal 2025, up 1.2% a year; it rose in 8 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 48% from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2018; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span1.2%bottom 18% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 45% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 19% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak47.7%bottom 25% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.6/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 3.8% a year. 78% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 5 sales, 3 purchases.

weight 33% of this tense · 86th percentile among 41 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Match Group, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 3.8% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 78% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 5 sales and 3 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-09, buying about $653 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 11% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 16% 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?

5.3/1035% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

Leverage 106%: owes 106¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 60th percentile among 74 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Match Group, Inc.'s shareholders' equity was below zero, so the profit on it is not read, and gross profitability: its products earned about 57 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 106 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 5.9% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 9% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 15% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 13% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
6.6/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 34% of 73 in its family; net margin 17.6%.

weight 33% of this tense · 66th percentile among 73 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Match Group, Inc.'s standing among 73 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $3.5 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 16% by size; a net margin of 17.6% ranks in the top 20%; revenue growth of 3% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 34% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$3.49Btop 16% of its family
  • net margin17.6%top 20% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth3.0%bottom 34% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
2.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 20% of 34 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2025.

weight 22% of this tense · 20th percentile among 34 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Match Group, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Rascoff, Spencer M (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2025-02-10, 1.8 years (bottom 23% of its family); the 17 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 2.6 years (bottom 20%); 15 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 17 people in charge now (bottom 19%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge15 in three years among 17 peoplebottom 19% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed2.6 yearsbottom 20% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record1.8 yearsbottom 23% of its family

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

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.7/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.0/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 50% of 71 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 71 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Match Group, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $1.0 billion against debt of $3.5 billion leaves -56.5% of its assets as net cash, bottom 8% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 29.4% of revenue (top 13%); a gross margin of 72.8% (top 29%); research spending of 12.9% of revenue (bottom 34%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-56.5%bottom 8% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue29.4%top 13% of its family
  • gross margin72.8%top 29% of its family
  • research spending against revenue12.9%bottom 34% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
5.6/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 44% of 70 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 56th percentile among 70 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Match Group, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 3% a year over the last three filed years against 1.2% over all 10, speeding up (top 14% of its family); the newest year grew 0.2% (bottom 26%); research spending grew 10.4% a year (top 39%); capital spending grew 4.9% a year (bottom 48%) (its annual reports). Match Group, Inc. reported 4 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Tinder at $1.9 billion, Hinge at $691 million, Evergreen and Emerging at $608 million, and 1 more. 1 of 4 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 55% of revenue (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+1.9 points a yeartop 14% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth0.2%bottom 26% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending10.4%top 39% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending4.9%bottom 48% of its family

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

Expectations vs reality

as filed
3.5/10

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

bottom 35% of 65 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 35th percentile among 65 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Match Group, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $3.5 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 4% below the $3.6 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 33% of its family); net income of $613 million against a prior three-year average of $521 million (bottom 30%); a net margin of 17.6% against 15.5% before (bottom 41%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-4.0%bottom 33% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+18%bottom 30% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average+2.1 pointsbottom 41% of its family

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

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 MTCH · research, not advice