Frank Porter Stansberry, a director and ten percent owner of MarketWise, Inc. (NASDAQ:MKTW), recently acquired shares of the company’s Class A Common Stock. Stansberry purchased a total of 30,000 shares for a total value of $547,400.
The transactions occurred on May 12 and May 14, 2026. The shares were acquired at prices ranging from $17.99 to $18.50 per share. Following these purchases, Mr. Stansberry directly holds 331,756 shares of MarketWise Class A Common Stock.
The insider purchases come as the stock trades at $17.27, which Bond.az analysis suggests is undervalued relative to its Fair Value. The company currently trades at a P/E ratio of 10.71 while offering shareholders a dividend yield of 12.19%.
In other recent news, MarketWise, Inc. reported its fourth quarter 2025 financial results, which revealed adjusted earnings per share of $0.76 and revenue of $83.4 million. Despite a 14.4% decline in revenue compared to the same quarter last year, the company exceeded its full-year 2025 guidance for billings and cash flow from operating activities. This was largely due to a 42% year-over-year increase in fourth quarter billings, reaching $78.9 million.
Additionally, MarketWise announced a 15% increase in billings and growth in paid subscribers, reaching 381,000 by the end of the first quarter of 2026. The company also reported having 2.0 million active free subscribers at the end of the quarter. In other developments, MarketWise has reached a settlement agreement with its former CEO, Mark P. Arnold, which involves a one-time cash payment of $12.16 million.
