Advantage Solutions Inc.
ADV Nasdaq Services-Business Services, Nec Financials FY2018βFY2025
What Advantage Solutions Inc. does
No business description yet.
- Legal name
- Advantage Solutions Inc.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K Β· Mar 3, 2026
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0001193125-26-088543
0001776661
Revenue and margins
Advantage Solutions Inc. had $3.5B of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 0.7% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was $55.1M in fiscal 2025, 1.6% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Advantage Solutions Inc. returned $0.9M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 2% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 0.9%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Advantage Solutions Inc. can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $165M | $118M | $121M | $205M | $241M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $2.1B | $2.1B | $1.9B | $1.7B | $1.7B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.1x | β | 7.0x | β | 19.1x |
| Debt / equity | 0.8x | 1.8x | 1.7x | 2.3x | 3.0x |
| Interest coverage | 1.7x | β14.3x | 0.3x | β2.0x | β0.9x |
| Current ratio | 1.7x | 1.9x | 1.9x | 2.0x | 2.2x |
| Quick ratio | 1.7x | 1.9x | 1.9x | 2.0x | 2.2x |
| Total assets | $5.9B | $4.3B | $3.8B | $3.1B | $2.8B |
| Total liabilities | $3.3B | $3.0B | $2.7B | $2.4B | $2.2B |
| Shareholders' equity | $2.5B | $1.1B | $1.1B | $749M | $554M |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | $1.9B | $2.0B | $1.8B | $1.5B | $1.4B |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
β
$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | β / 4 | 3 / 8 | 7 / 8 | 5 / 8 | 4 / 8 | 5 / 8 | 5 / 8 |
| Accruals ratio | β | β2.9% | β8.8% | β1.2% | β29.4% | β7.3% | β12.2% | β9.8% |
| Altman Z'' | β | 0.69 | 0.71 | 1.09 | β2.83 | β0.66 | β2.13 | β2.13 |
8 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||
| Revenue | $3.7B | $3.8B | $3.2B | $3.6B | $3.6B | $3.9B | $3.6B | $3.5B |
| Operating income | β$1.1B | $214M | $67.0M | $230M | β$1.5B | $46.6M | β$295M | β$126M |
| Interest expense | $230M | $232M | $234M | $138M | $104M | $166M | $147M | $139M |
| Pretax income | β$1.3B | β$18.4M | β$180M | $91.2M | β$1.6B | β$119M | β$441M | β$265M |
| Income tax | β$168M | $1.4M | β$5.3M | $33.6M | β$158M | β$37.6M | β$62.8M | β$37.6M |
| Net income | β$1.2B | β$21.2M | β$176M | $54.5M | β$1.4B | β$63.3M | β$327M | β$228M |
| Diluted EPS | β$5.68 | β$0.10 | β$0.79 | $0.17 | β$4.33 | β$0.20 | β | β |
| Diluted shares | 0.20B | 0.20B | 0.22B | 0.32B | 0.32B | 0.32B | 0.32B | 0.32B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||
| Cash from operations | $126M | $151M | $346M | $126M | $105M | $228M | $93.1M | $61.5M |
| Capital expenditure | $47.2M | $52.4M | $30.9M | $31.2M | $12.4M | $20.7M | $7.8M | $6.5M |
| Free cash flow | $79.2M | $98.9M | $315M | $94.8M | $92.4M | $208M | $85.3M | $55.1M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $225M | $233M | $239M | $240M | $216M | $209M | $205M | $202M |
| Stock-based compensation | β$7.9M | $1.3M | $89.8M | β$15.0M | β$6.9M | β$2.5M | $0.7M | β$1.5M |
| Acquisitions | $186M | $10.6M | $68.1M | $42.7M | $74.2M | $0.0M | $0.0M | β |
| Share buybacks | β | $0.0M | $0.0M | $12.6M | $0.0M | $6.4M | $34.1M | $0.9M |
| Dividends and buybacks | β | $0.0M | $0.0M | $12.6M | $0.0M | $6.4M | $34.1M | $0.9M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $142M | $184M | $204M | $165M | $118M | $121M | $205M | $241M |
| Total debt | β | $3.2B | $2.2B | $2.1B | $2.1B | $1.9B | $1.7B | $1.7B |
| Deposits | β | $8.7M | $10.7M | $13.6M | $16.5M | $15.5M | $12.9M | $18.7M |
| Current assets | β | $952M | $900M | $1.1B | $1.2B | $1.0B | $911M | $973M |
| Current liabilities | β | $518M | $575M | $646M | $601M | $541M | $460M | $433M |
| Property and equipment, net | β | $115M | $80.0M | $63.7M | $70.9M | $64.7M | $97.8M | $116M |
| Goodwill | $2.1B | $2.1B | $2.2B | $2.2B | $725M | $710M | $477M | $439M |
| Intangible assets | β | $2.6B | $2.5B | $2.3B | $1.9B | $1.6B | $1.3B | $994M |
| Total assets | β | $6.0B | $5.8B | $5.9B | $4.3B | $3.8B | $3.1B | $2.8B |
| Total liabilities | β | $4.3B | $3.3B | $3.3B | $3.0B | $2.7B | $2.4B | $2.2B |
| Preferred stock | β | β | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.7B | $1.6B | $2.4B | $2.5B | $1.1B | $1.1B | $749M | $554M |
| Margins | ||||||||
| Operating margin | β29.4% | 5.6% | 2.1% | 6.4% | β41.0% | 1.2% | β8.3% | β3.6% |
| EBITDA margin | β23.3% | 11.8% | 9.7% | 13.0% | β35.0% | 6.5% | β2.5% | 2.1% |
| Net margin | β31.2% | β0.6% | β5.6% | 1.5% | β37.9% | β1.6% | β9.2% | β6.4% |
| FCF margin | 2.1% | 2.6% | 10.0% | 2.6% | 2.5% | 5.3% | 2.4% | 1.6% |
| Returns | ||||||||
| Return on capital | β | 3.7% | 1.2% | 3.4% | β38.3% | 1.3% | β10.3% | β5.0% |
| Return on capital employed | β | 3.9% | 1.3% | 4.4% | β40.8% | 1.4% | β11.1% | β5.4% |
| Return on equity | β69.3% | β1.3% | β8.8% | 2.2% | β76.5% | β5.7% | β35.3% | β35.0% |
| Return on assets | β | β0.4% | β3.0% | 0.9% | β27.3% | β1.6% | β9.5% | β7.7% |
| Growth | ||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | 2.1% | β16.6% | 14.2% | 1.2% | 7.0% | β8.6% | β0.7% |
| Net income growth | β | β | β | β | β2,633.3% | β | β | β |
| EPS growth | β | β | β | β | β2,647.1% | β | β | β |
| FCF growth | β | 24.9% | 218.2% | β69.9% | β2.6% | 125.0% | β59.0% | β35.4% |
| Share count change | β | 0.0% | 9.6% | 43.8% | β0.7% | 1.6% | β0.7% | 0.9% |
| Financial health | ||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | β | 6.8x | 6.4x | 4.1x | β | 7.0x | β | 19.1x |
| Debt / equity | β | 2.0x | 0.9x | 0.8x | 1.8x | 1.7x | 2.3x | 3.0x |
| Interest coverage | β4.7x | 0.9x | 0.3x | 1.7x | β14.3x | 0.3x | β2.0x | β0.9x |
| Current ratio | β | 1.8x | 1.6x | 1.7x | 1.9x | 1.9x | 2.0x | 2.2x |
| Quick ratio | β | 1.8x | 1.6x | 1.7x | 1.9x | 1.9x | 2.0x | 2.2x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 1.3% | 1.4% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Stock comp / revenue | β0.2% | 0.0% | 2.8% | β0.4% | β0.2% | β0.1% | 0.0% | β0.0% |
| Payouts / FCF | β | 0.0% | 0.0% | 13.3% | 0.0% | 3.1% | 40.0% | 1.6% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | β | 3.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Altman Z'' | β | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.1 | β2.8 | β0.7 | β2.1 | β2.1 |
| Accruals ratio | β | β2.9% | β8.8% | β1.2% | β29.4% | β7.3% | β12.2% | β9.8% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001776661). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.