MAX · CIK 0001818383 · FY2025 live · 2025-12-31
MediaAlpha, Inc.
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Model
Z″
FY2025
−3.22
Zone
Distress
Prior
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Market DD
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1y PD
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−3.22
Classic Z 1.43
Z″ −3.22 · distress below 1.10, grey to 2.60, safe above.
Z″ factor contributions
X1 Working capital / assets
Short-term liquidity. Carries more weight in Z″ than in classic Z.
0.076.56 × = 0.46X2 Retained earnings / assets
Cushion from years of profits. Share buybacks can push this negative at otherwise healthy firms.
−1.253.26 × = −4.08X3 EBIT / assets
Operating return on assets. Highest weight in Z″.
0.066.72 × = 0.39X4 Book equity / liabilities
Book equity versus the liability stack. Sales / assets is omitted so asset-light names are not punished for turnover.
0.011.05 × = 0.01
Five-year path
Need two annual 10-Ks to draw a path. The desk will pull this issuer’s filings rather than invent a series.
Overview
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MediaAlpha, Inc. is on Z″ at −3.22 (distress) for FY2025, from an SEC 10-K. Retained earnings / assets is the line that sets the print. This is the first live year on the desk. No market tape loaded. Z″ drops sales/assets so asset-light names are not punished for turnover. X4 is book equity on every name.
Book screen Distress; market PD —. Tape not priced — not a single default call.
Market DD · naive Merton
No market tape yet.
Pull a year of closes (Yahoo, Nasdaq if Yahoo is limited) and size equity from Nasdaq cap or EDGAR shares. Distance-to-default and 1-year PD stay blank until then.
Sector peers
Closest Z″ scores · 14th percentile in Industrials.
- HGBLDistressHeritage Global Inc.−3.22
- PSIGDistressPS International Group Ltd.−3.35
- LYFTDistressLyft, Inc.−3.39
- EVHDistressEvolent Health, Inc.−3.00
- SHIMDistressShimmick Corp−2.98
- QNMEDistressQuanome Technologies, Inc.−2.98
- JETMFDistressGlobal Crossing Airlines Group Inc.−2.97
- PPHCDistressPublic Policy Holding Company, Inc.−2.95
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Current assets
$174M
Total assets
$384M
Current liabilities
$148M
Total liabilities
$413M
Working capital
$27M
Retained earnings
−$480M
EBIT
$22M
Total sales
$1.1B
Book equity
$4M
Accession 0001818383-26-000049. Live rank is the latest 10-K on EDGAR (FY2025, period 2025-12-31). Z″ is the live score. View as does not rewrite the live rank. X4 is book equity. Pulled 13 Sept 2026.