Advantage Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: ADV) is -43.84% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $1.53 and a high of $4.95 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The ADV stock was last observed hovering at around $1.69 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -0.05%.
Currently trading at $1.64, the stock is -29.58% and -35.08% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.13 million and changing -2.96% at the moment leaves the stock -48.73% off its SMA200. ADV registered -58.06% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -54.70%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $2.5263 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $3.19905.
The stock witnessed a -40.58% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -52.33%, and is -30.51% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 17.49% over the week and 8.02% over the month.
Advantage Solutions Inc (ADV) has around 69000 employees, a market worth around $527.11M and $3.58B in sales. Fwd P/E is 3.57. Profit margin for the company is -11.78%. Distance from 52-week low is 7.19% and -66.87% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (-17.16%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 144.14% this year
169.0 institutions hold shares in Advantage Solutions Inc (ADV), with institutional investors hold 84.73% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 308.37M, and float is at 88.98M with Short Float at 9.43%. Institutions hold 32.46% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is LEONARD GREEN & PARTNERS, L.P. with over 15.45 million shares valued at $49.75 million. The investor’s holdings represent 4.7864 of the ADV Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is CVC MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS II LTD. with 15.29 million shares valued at $49.23 million to account for 4.7368 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. which holds 13.29 million shares representing 4.1158 and valued at over $42.78 million, while ATAIROS PARTNERS GP, INC. holds 3.4034 of the shares totaling 10.99 million with a market value of $35.37 million.
Advantage Solutions Inc (ADV) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Growe Christopher, the company’s Chief Financial Officer. SEC filings show that Growe Christopher bought 6,657 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 12 ’25 at a price of $1.75 per share for a total of $11682.0. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 0.12 million shares.
Advantage Solutions Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 11 ’25 that Growe Christopher (Chief Financial Officer) bought a total of 3,343 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 11 ’25 and was made at $1.59 per share for $5321.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.11 million shares of the ADV stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 11 ’25, PEACOCK DAVID A (Chief Executive Officer) acquired 70,000 shares at an average price of $1.74 for $0.12 million. The insider now directly holds 2,489,438 shares of Advantage Solutions Inc (ADV).
