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Just reported
Q3 2026 results
From Stagwell's results release of October 29, 2026; its quarterly report has since been filed.
Revenue
Actual
$816M
+9.8% y/y
+3.8% q/qGuided
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No guide given
Operating income, GAAP
Actual
$48.1M
-21% y/y
+316% q/qGuided
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No guide given
Set against the company's own guidance and the same quarter a year earlier, not analysts' estimates, which we do not hold. Adjusted figures are the company's own non-GAAP measures, as stated in the release.
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How it makes money
- Marketing Services: creative campaigns, consumer research, live experiences, and social media work31%
- Communications: public relations, corporate communications, and political advocacy26%
- Media & Commerce: media buying, commerce support, and customer relationship work22%
- Digital Transformation: website, digital product, and technology design and implementation16%
- The Marketing Cloud: research, communications-monitoring, and media technology tools7%
Shares of revenue are estimates for three months ended September 30, 2026, high confidence, not figures from a filing.
Competes with
What it sells4
The Machine
An artificial intelligence system designed to help marketing teams and agencies carry out work using automated software assistants.
Marketing Cloud research tools
Tools for running surveys and analyzing customer responses, including surveys drafted with generative artificial intelligence.
Unicepta communications-monitoring tools
Software that gathers news, social media, print, and broadcast coverage so organizations can track and analyze what is being said about them.
Marketing Cloud media studio and audience tools
Tools that help marketers understand audiences and measure advertising, as well as use features such as quick-response codes and loyalty programs to engage consumers.
Who buys it4
- Companies and consumer brands, including Google, Amazon, Diageo, Nike, Apple, Procter & Gamble, United Airlines, and Salesforce, hire Stagwell agencies for marketing work.
- Political campaigns and advocacy organizations buy campaign strategy, outreach, media, and fundraising services.
- Organizations hire Stagwell for public relations, crisis communications, and corporate communications.
- In-house marketing teams buy or license research, media-monitoring, and audience-analysis tools.
What it stands on, and what could break it
What the business leans on
- 1Revenue depends on clients continuing to fund marketing and retaining Stagwell’s agencies; client contracts can generally be ended on relatively short notice.
- 2The work depends on attracting and retaining people with creative, marketing, communications, and technology skills.
- 3Digital marketing and research work relies on access to data and digital channels, and must comply with privacy, data-protection, and cross-border data rules.
- 4Political advocacy work varies with election cycles, and retail marketing activity tends to rise toward the holiday season.
What could go wrong
- 1Economic weakness or cuts to client marketing budgets can reduce demand for Stagwell’s services.
- 2Clients can change agencies after management changes, mergers, missed performance targets, or dissatisfaction with service, and contracts may allow termination on short notice.
- 3Changes in technology, including artificial intelligence, create pressure to adapt; failures involving client data, cybersecurity, or privacy rules could also cause legal, financial, or reputational harm.
About Stagwell Inc
Stagwell’s agencies create advertising, research consumers, plan media campaigns, build websites and digital services, and provide public relations and political campaign services. Companies and other organizations pay for this work through service fees, commissions, and sometimes performance bonuses. It also sells or licenses research, communications-monitoring, and media tools to in-house marketing teams.
- Head office
- New York City
- Founded
- 2015 (year, medium confidence)
- Employees
- approximately 10,951 full-time employees (December 31, 2025, high confidence)
- Financial year ends
- December 31
Built from Stagwell Inc’s own filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Figures are as reported, with per-share history restated onto today’s share basis. This describes a business — it is not investment advice and not a recommendation to buy or sell anything.
