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Stagwell’s Q4 revenues grew two percent to $807M while adjusted EBITDA rose three percent to $129M.
CEO Mark Penn said the firm used 2025 to increase its “strategic pivot toward AI applications and services, building a powerful foundation for 2026.”
He sees plenty of opportunity to capitalize on “an industry distracted by restructurings and mergers, and bolster our position as a winner in the age of AI.”
Penn told investors during the earnings calls that Stagwell increased its stock buyback program by $350M, “not based as others are on managing chaos, but as part of a plan for accelerated organic growth as we take market share, expand in advocacy and sports markets, and deploy advanced AI applications.”
For the current year, he expects approximately 10 percent net revenue growth “principally organic in nature as political increases, new business rises, AI products come to market, and we focus on client retention.”
Stagwell is the parent of SKDK, Sloane & Co., Allison and Hunter.
Mike Sitrick has bought his firm Sitrick And Company back from RGP, the Dallas-based management consulting firm. He sold the strategic communications powerhouse for $43.4M in Oct. 2009.
Omnicom CEO John Wren enjoyed a 222 percent jump in 2025 compensation to $69.9M as the firm completed the acquisition of Interpublic.
Public Policy Holding Company recorded 24.7 percent growth in 2025 revenues to $186.5M and a 32.1 percent surge in adjusted net income to $36.6M.
S&P Global has reaffirmed its negative “BBB” rating on WPP due to ongoing challenges that it will face during the next 12 months.
WPP CEO Cindy Rose unveiled “Elevate 28,” a strategic plan to simplify the troubled company, which reported a 5.4 percent drop in 2025 revenues to $13.6B.
