Comscore, Inc.
SCOR Nasdaq Services-Business Services, Nec Financials FY2016βFY2025
What Comscore, Inc. does
No business description yet.
- Legal name
- COMSCORE, INC.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K Β· Mar 26, 2026
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0001158172-26-000009
0001158172
Revenue and margins
Comscore, Inc. had $357M of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 0.4% 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 $21.8M in fiscal 2025, 6.1% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Comscore, Inc. returned β to shareholders in fiscal 2025. The diluted share count rose 5.9%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Comscore, Inc. can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $21.9M | $20.0M | $22.8M | $29.9M | $23.6M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | β | β | $4.0M | $49.9M | $47.1M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | β | β | β | β | 0.8x |
| Debt / equity | β | β | 0.0x | β | 0.4x |
| Current ratio | 0.7x | 0.6x | 0.5x | 0.8x | 0.8x |
| Quick ratio | 0.7x | 0.6x | 0.5x | 0.8x | 0.8x |
| Total assets | $663M | $581M | $491M | $430M | $408M |
| Total liabilities | $252M | $249M | $247M | $231M | $207M |
| Shareholders' equity | $223M | $144M | $56.1M | β$8.3M | $111M |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | β | β | β$18.8M | $20.0M | $23.5M |
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
$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | 2 / 8 | 5 / 8 | 2 / 8 | 4 / 8 | 4 / 8 | 4 / 8 | 3 / 8 | 5 / 9 | 4 / 9 |
| Accruals ratio | β5.5% | β21.0% | β8.8% | β39.9% | β6.9% | β8.9% | β16.3% | β20.2% | β17.0% | β7.8% |
| Altman Z'' | 2.99 | β2.46 | β2.33 | β7.62 | β5.69 | β5.91 | β8.24 | β11.16 | β12.49 | β11.22 |
10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $399M | $404M | $419M | $389M | $356M | $367M | $376M | $371M | $356M | $357M |
| Gross profit | $226M | $210M | $219M | $189M | $175M | $164M | $171M | $166M | $147M | $145M |
| Research and development | $87.0M | $89.0M | $77.0M | $61.8M | $38.7M | $39.1M | $37.0M | $33.7M | $33.1M | $30.2M |
| Operating income | β$132M | β$296M | β$139M | β$310M | β$21.3M | β$28.9M | β$74.9M | β$73.6M | β$59.5M | $4.5M |
| Pretax income | β$121M | β$284M | β$156M | β$340M | β$47.0M | β$49.2M | β$64.8M | β$77.8M | β$59.3M | β$8.1M |
| Income tax | β$4.0M | β$2.7M | $3.7M | β$1.0M | $0.9M | $0.9M | $1.7M | $1.5M | $0.9M | $1.9M |
| Net income | β$117M | β$281M | β$159M | β$339M | β$47.9M | β$50.0M | β$66.6M | β$79.4M | β$60.2M | β$10.0M |
| Net income to common | β | β | β | β$339M | β$47.9M | β$62.7M | β$82.1M | β$95.6M | β$77.8M | $22.6M |
| Diluted EPS | β$2.10 | β$4.90 | β$2.76 | β$5.33 | β$0.67 | β$15.51 | β$17.71 | β$19.88 | β$15.53 | $4.25 |
| Diluted shares | 0.06B | 0.06B | 0.06B | 0.06B | 0.07B | 0.00B | 0.00B | 0.00B | 0.01B | 0.01B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | β$55.9M | β$56.4M | β$72.6M | β$4.6M | $0.7M | $9.9M | $34.9M | $28.9M | $18.1M | $22.7M |
| Capital expenditure | $7.1M | $10.2M | $4.2M | $2.7M | $0.5M | $0.8M | $1.1M | $1.6M | $0.8M | $1.0M |
| Free cash flow | β$63.0M | β$66.6M | β$76.8M | β$7.4M | $0.2M | $9.1M | $33.8M | $27.3M | $17.3M | $21.8M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $25.4M | $23.3M | $17.3M | $12.8M | $14.1M | $15.8M | $16.8M | $19.8M | $22.1M | $23.7M |
| Stock-based compensation | $46.5M | $17.3M | $37.6M | $16.6M | $10.1M | $13.8M | $8.2M | $4.5M | $3.2M | $2.7M |
| Acquisitions | β$37.1M | $0.0M | $0.0M | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share buybacks | $18.3M | $1.5M | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Dividends paid | β | β | β | β | β | $7.9M | β | β | β | β |
| Dividends and buybacks | $18.3M | $1.5M | β | β | β | $7.9M | β | β | β | β |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $113M | $37.9M | $44.1M | $46.6M | $31.1M | $21.9M | $20.0M | $22.8M | $29.9M | $23.6M |
| Total debt | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | $0.0M | $41.2M | $41.5M |
| Finance lease liabilities | β | β | β | $4.3M | $3.1M | $4.3M | $2.9M | $4.0M | $8.7M | $5.6M |
| Current assets | $232M | $180M | $146M | $154M | $137M | $109M | $105M | $98.0M | $108M | $96.3M |
| Current liabilities | $176M | $250M | $169M | $190M | $184M | $165M | $165M | $183M | $131M | $123M |
| Property and equipment, net | $42.0M | $28.9M | $27.3M | $31.7M | $31.0M | β | β | β | β | β |
| Goodwill | $640M | $642M | $641M | $416M | $418M | $436M | $388M | $310M | $246M | $249M |
| Intangible assets | $194M | $160M | $127M | $79.6M | $52.3M | $39.9M | $13.3M | $8.1M | $5.1M | $2.5M |
| Total assets | $1.1B | $1.0B | $954M | $724M | $678M | $663M | $581M | $491M | $430M | $408M |
| Total liabilities | $216M | $366M | $403M | $465M | $449M | $252M | $249M | $247M | $231M | $207M |
| Preferred stock | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Shareholders' equity | $905M | $656M | $552M | $259M | $229M | $223M | $144M | $56.1M | β$8.3M | $111M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 56.7% | 52.0% | 52.3% | 48.6% | 49.2% | 44.7% | 45.5% | 44.6% | 41.4% | 40.5% |
| Operating margin | β33.0% | β73.2% | β33.1% | β79.9% | β6.0% | β7.9% | β19.9% | β19.8% | β16.7% | 1.3% |
| EBITDA margin | β26.6% | β67.4% | β29.0% | β76.6% | β2.0% | β3.6% | β15.4% | β14.5% | β10.5% | 7.9% |
| Net margin | β29.3% | β69.7% | β38.0% | β87.2% | β13.5% | β13.6% | β17.7% | β21.4% | β16.9% | β2.8% |
| FCF margin | β15.8% | β16.5% | β18.3% | β1.9% | 0.1% | 2.5% | 9.0% | 7.4% | 4.9% | 6.1% |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β174.3% | β1,584.0% | 2.8% |
| Return on capital employed | β14.0% | β38.3% | β17.7% | β58.2% | β4.3% | β5.8% | β18.0% | β23.8% | β19.9% | 1.6% |
| Return on equity | β12.9% | β36.0% | β26.4% | β83.6% | β19.6% | β22.1% | β36.2% | β79.3% | β251.9% | β19.4% |
| Return on assets | β10.5% | β26.3% | β16.1% | β40.4% | β6.8% | β7.5% | β10.7% | β14.8% | β13.1% | β2.4% |
| Return on tangible equity | β165.5% | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | 1.0% | 3.9% | β7.4% | β8.4% | 3.1% | 2.6% | β1.3% | β4.1% | 0.4% |
| FCF growth | β | β | β | β | β | 3,672.1% | 273.4% | β19.1% | β36.8% | 26.0% |
| Share count change | β | 3.2% | 0.4% | 10.2% | 11.9% | β94.3% | 14.7% | 3.8% | 4.2% | 5.9% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 0.8x |
| Debt / equity | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | 0.0x | β | 0.4x |
| Current ratio | 1.3x | 0.7x | 0.9x | 0.8x | 0.7x | 0.7x | 0.6x | 0.5x | 0.8x | 0.8x |
| Quick ratio | 1.3x | 0.7x | 0.9x | 0.8x | 0.7x | 0.7x | 0.6x | 0.5x | 0.8x | 0.8x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 1.8% | 2.5% | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 11.6% | 4.3% | 9.0% | 4.3% | 2.8% | 3.8% | 2.2% | 1.2% | 0.9% | 0.7% |
| Payouts / FCF | β | β | β | β | β | 87.3% | β | β | β | β |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | 2.0 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| Altman Z'' | 3.0 | β2.5 | β2.3 | β7.6 | β5.7 | β5.9 | β8.2 | β11.2 | β12.5 | β11.2 |
| Accruals ratio | β5.5% | β21.0% | β8.8% | β39.9% | β6.9% | β8.9% | β16.3% | β20.2% | β17.0% | β7.8% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001158172). 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.