All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
All nine metrics read as filed from the record.
What did they actually do?
Has it survived what it has been through?
4 warning events since 2017; the latest 2023-03-21.
From the record
Stagwell Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 4 warning events of 2 kinds: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2023-03-21); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 2 times, the latest 2022-03-17) (its current reports).
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What has it actually done, year after year?
+8.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 7 of 10.
From the record
Stagwell Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $1.4 billion in fiscal 2016 to $2.9 billion in fiscal 2025, up 8.6% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 41% from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 7 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How has it treated the people who own it?
Share count grew 30.8% a year. 91% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 3 sales, 1 purchases.
From the record
Over the 4 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Stagwell Inc.'s diluted share count grew about 30.8% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 91% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 3 sales and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-11-04, buying about $118 thousand (their Form 4 filings).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they doing right now?
Is it financially healthy right now?
ROE 4%: 4¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 82%: owes 82¢ per asset dollar.
From the record
Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Stagwell Inc. earned about 4 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 25 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 82 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count grew 128.5% over the year (the filed statements).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
How strong is its position in its industry?
top 26% of 10 in its family; net margin 1%.
From the record
Stagwell Inc.'s standing among 10 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $2.9 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 19% by size; a net margin of 1% ranks in the top 15%; revenue growth of 2.7% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 45% (its annual reports).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are the people in charge doing?
top 37% of 5 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2019.
From the record
Stagwell Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Penn, Mark Jeffery (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2019-03-26, 7.6 years (top 30% of its family); the 14 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6 years (top 50%); 7 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 14 people in charge now (top 30%; 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
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What are they set up to do next?
How much room does it have to grow?
bottom 49% of 10 in its family for room to expand.
From the record
Stagwell Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $105 million against debt of $1.3 billion leaves -29% of its assets as net cash, bottom 17% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 8.5% of revenue (top 45%); a gross margin of 36.5% (top 25%) (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
What could actually drive growth from here?
top 50% of 10 in its family for growth drivers.
From the record
Stagwell Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 2.7% a year over the last three filed years against 8.6% over all 10, slowing (bottom 15% of its family); the newest year grew 2.4% (top 45%); capital spending grew 24.5% a year (top 19%) (its annual reports). Stagwell Inc. reported 5 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Marketing Services at $1.1 billion, Media Commerce at $691 million, Communications at $593 million, and 2 more. 3 of 5 grew in the latest filed year, and the largest line is 39% of revenue (its annual report).
What it rests on
A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.
Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?
top 43% of 9 in its family for expectations against reality.
From the record
Stagwell Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $2.9 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 0.4% below the $2.9 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 28% of its family); net income of $29 million against a prior three-year average of $7 million (top 6%); a net margin of 1% against 0.3% before (top 50%) (its annual reports).
What it rests on
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