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Marchex, Inc is an advertising agencies business based in the US. Marchex shares (MCHX) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Marchex employs 291 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$105.7 million.

How to buy shares in Marchex

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Marchex. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: MCHX. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Marchex reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$1.83, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Marchex, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Marchex. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

Marchex share price

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Marchex shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-11-26.

Latest market close	USD$1.83
52-week range	USD$1.1 - USD$4.05
50-day moving average	USD$1.8997
200-day moving average	USD$1.7491
Wall St. target price	USD$3.75
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-0.08

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Marchex price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $1.83 from 2020-11-16

1 week (2020-11-23)	-10.73%
1 month (2020-10-30)	7.02%
3 months (2020-08-28)	0.55%
6 months (2020-05-29)	18.06%

1 year (2019-11-29)	-54.48%
2 years (2018-11-30)	-40.58%
3 years (2017-11-30)	-44.55%
5 years (2015-11-30)	-57.04%

Is Marchex under- or over-valued?

Valuing Marchex stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Marchex's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Marchex's EBITDA

Marchex's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$1.1 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Marchex's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Marchex financials

Revenue TTM	USD$105.7 million
Gross profit TTM	USD$49.6 million
Return on assets TTM	-9.64%
Return on equity TTM	-40.54%
Profit margin	-31.65%
Book value	$1.595
Market capitalisation	USD$86.3 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Marchex shares

There are currently 433,517 Marchex shares held short by investors – that's known as Marchex's "short interest". This figure is 2.8% up from 421,617 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Marchex shares can be evaluated.

Marchex's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Marchex's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Marchex shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Marchex shares traded daily (recently around 89017.864476386). Marchex's SIR currently stands at 4.87. In other words for every 100,000 Marchex shares traded daily on the market, roughly 4870 shares are currently held short.

However Marchex's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Marchex shares, or, against the total number of tradable Marchex shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Marchex's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Marchex shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0172% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Marchex shares, roughly 17 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Marchex.

Find out more about how you can short Marchex stock.

Marchex share dividends

We're not expecting Marchex to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Marchex share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Marchex's shares have ranged in value from as little as $1.1 up to $4.05. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Marchex's is 1.8766. This would suggest that Marchex's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Marchex overview

Marchex, Inc. operates as a call analytics company that helps businesses connect, drive, measure, and convert callers into customers. Its products include Marchex Call Analytics, an analytics platform for enterprises that depend on inbound phone calls to drive sales, appointments, and reservations; Marchex Speech Analytics that enable actionable insights for enterprise, mid-sized, and small businesses; Text Analytics and Communications, which enable businesses to send and receive text/SMS messages with customers; Call Monitoring; and Marchex Sales Edge that enable businesses to understand customer conversations in phone calls and text. The company also offers Marchex Omnichannel Analytics Cloud products, such as Marchex Search Analytics, a product for search marketers that drive phone calls from search campaigns; Marchex Display and Video Analytics, a product for marketers that buy digital display advertising; Marchex Site Analytics, a product for marketers that can drive phone calls from Websites; and Marchex Social Analytics, a product for marketers that buy social media advertising. In addition, it provides Marchex Audience Targeting that leverages call data to automatically build audience segments for display and social media platforms; and Marchex Call Marketplace, a mobile advertising network for businesses that depend on inbound phone calls to drive sales, as well as provides advertisers ad placements across various mobile and online media sources to deliver qualified calls to their businesses. In addition, it provides Local Leads platform, a service advertising solution for small business resellers, such as Yellow Pages providers and vertical marketing service providers to sell call advertising, search marketing, and other lead generation products through their existing sales channels to small business advertisers. Marchex, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Marchex is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 6.629% of Marchex shares are held by insiders and 90.628% by institutions.

• How many people work for Marchex?

  Latest data suggests 291 work at Marchex.

• When does the fiscal year end for Marchex?

  Marchex's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Marchex based?

  Marchex's address is: 520 Pike Street, Seattle, WA, United States, 98101

• What is Marchex's ISIN number?

  Marchex's international securities identification number is: US56624R1086

• What is Marchex's CUSIP number?

  Marchex's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 56624R108