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Associated Press
5 days ago
- Business
- Associated Press
The Marketing Cloud Launches Cutting-Edge Platform to Simplify Marketing Workflows
The Marketing Cloud, formerly known as Stagwell Marketing Cloud, launches its next chapter with a new name New platform delivers seamless access to AI-powered solutions in a single dashboard NEW YORK, June 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, The Marketing Cloud (formerly known as Stagwell Marketing Cloud) announced the launch of its new platform. This dynamic, centralized experience makes it easy for marketers to discover AI-powered products across market research, communications, creative, and media—boosting collaboration and driving results with the latest tech. Designed to cut through the complexity of today's fragmented martech ecosystem, The Marketing Cloud Platform helps marketers focus on impact—not tool management. The Marketing Cloud includes products like QuestBrand and QuestDIY from The Harris Poll, the PRophet suite of tools for comms professionals, The People Platform, CUE, and SmartAssets—all supported by an underlying ID Graph that enables streamlined data connectivity. The new name reflects the company's evolution toward greater simplicity, integration, and AI-driven performance. Key benefits of The Marketing Cloud Platform include: 'Our vision for the Platform is to harness the full power of our data—the oxygen that fuels AI—making it accessible and actionable for every marketer. By integrating AI into every facet of the Platform, we aim to streamline repetitive tasks, scale high-performance content creation, and ultimately build a 24/7 marketing experience with AI agents that empower marketers to achieve more, wherever they are,' said Elspeth Rollert, CEO of The Marketing Cloud. 'Data is the backbone of the Platform—it's not just vast, it's uniquely actionable,' added Mansoor Basha, The Marketing Cloud's CTO. 'This foundation gives our AI models context and clarity. By infusing our tools with integrated attitudinal and behavioral insights proprietary to the Stagwell network, we enable marketers to make decisions grounded in how real people think, feel, and act.' Early adopters of The Marketing Cloud Platform have found significant improvements in efficiency, cost savings, and marketing performance—demonstrating the platform's potential to transform how teams work. 'By utilizing Propellers and SET through The Marketing Cloud Platform, we've reduced our expenses on external creative agencies by 70%, enabling us to eliminate agency fees and high production costs,' shared Julie Marchant-Houle, CEO of ESTYLE. 'As a result, we have become more efficient, reallocating more funds into working dollars and providing us with a wealth of content that we wouldn't have otherwise.' The Marketing Cloud Platform is now available to marketers worldwide. To learn more or request a demo, visit About The Marketing Cloud The Marketing Cloud (formerly Stagwell Marketing Cloud) is a suite of AI-powered solutions built for the modern marketer. Born out of Stagwell's (NASDAQ: STGW) award-winning network that delivers scaled creative performance for the world's most ambitious brands, The Marketing Cloud empowers brands to drive measurable business impact through intuitive solutions enriched with unique, actionable data. The Marketing Cloud's solutions harness advanced technology—generative and predictive AI, machine learning, augmented reality, and more—to revolutionize market research, communications, creative, and media strategies for global brands. Get your head in the cloud at About Stagwell Stagwell is the challenger holding company built to transform marketing. We deliver scaled creative performance for the world's most ambitious brands, connecting culture-moving creativity with leading-edge technology to harmonize the art and science of marketing. Led by entrepreneurs, our specialists in 45+ countries are unified under a single purpose: to drive effectiveness and improve business results for our clients. Join us at Contact Amy Guenel VP Product Marketing, The Marketing Cloud [email protected] View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Stagwell Inc.
Associated Press
08-05-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
STAGWELL INC. (NASDAQ: STGW) REPORTS RESULTS FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2025
Q1 YoY Revenue Decline of 3%, Q1 YoY Net Revenue Growth of 6% Q1 YoY Net Revenue Growth excluding Advocacy of 9%, Digital Transformation Net Revenue ex. Advocacy Growth of 15% Q1 Net Loss Attributable to Stagwell Inc. Common Shareholders of $3 million; Q1 Adjusted EBITDA of $81 million; Adjusted EBITDA Margin of 14% Q1 EPS of $(0.04); Adjusted EPS of $0.12 Net New Business of $130 million in Q1; LTM Net New Business of $446 million Reiterate Guidance for 2025 of Total Net Revenue Growth of ~8%; Adjusted EBITDA of $410 million to $460 million; Free Cash Flow Conversion in excess of 45% NEW YORK, May 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- (NASDAQ: STGW) – Stagwell Inc. ('Stagwell') today announced financial results for the quarter and three months ended March 31, 2025. FIRST QUARTER RESULTS: See 'Non-GAAP Financial Measures' below for explanations and reconciliations of the Company's non-GAAP financial measures. Mark Penn, Chairman and CEO of Stagwell, said, 'Despite the macro noise from tariffs, Stagwell's first quarter results were in-line with our expectations, setting us up for a strong year ahead. Q1 is a low point in the political cycle and yet we delivered solid growth in the quarter, led by double-digit increases in our Digital Transformation, Creativity and Stagwell Marketing Cloud capabilities. We hit a record $130M of net new business and, consequently, we remain optimistic about our outlook for the rest of the year.' Frank Lanuto, Chief Financial Officer, commented: 'Stagwell delivered solid first quarter results. We reported 9% total net revenue growth excluding advocacy, while posting $81 million in adjusted EBITDA as we effectively managed costs. Additionally, we have made significant progress in simplifying our capital structure and refinancing our revolving credit facility. Our results and these actions position us well for the year ahead.' Financial Outlook 2025 financial guidance is reiterated as follows: Video Webcast Management will host a video webcast on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. (ET) to discuss results for Stagwell Inc. for the quarter and three months ended March 31, 2025. The video webcast will be accessible at An investor presentation has been posted on our website at and may be referred to during the webcast. A recording of the webcast will be accessible one hour after the webcast and available for ninety days at Stagwell Inc. Stagwell is the challenger network built to transform marketing. We deliver scaled creative performance for the world's most ambitious brands, connecting culture-moving creativity with leading-edge technology to harmonize the art and science of marketing. Led by entrepreneurs, our specialists in 45+ countries are unified under a single purpose: to drive effectiveness and improve business results for their clients. Join us at Contacts For Investors: Ben Allanson [email protected] For Press: Beth Sidhu [email protected] Non-GAAP Financial Measures In addition to its reported results, Stagwell Inc. has included in this earnings release certain financial results that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) defines as 'non-GAAP Financial Measures.' Management believes that such non-GAAP financial measures, when read in conjunction with the Company's reported results, can provide useful supplemental information for investors analyzing period to period comparisons of the Company's results. Such non-GAAP financial measures include the following: (1) Net New Business: Estimate of annualized revenue for new wins less annualized revenue for losses incurred in the period. (2) Adjusted EBITDA: defined as Net income excluding non-operating income or expense to achieve operating income, plus depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, deferred acquisition consideration adjustments, and other items. Other items include restructuring costs, acquisition-related expenses, and non-recurring items. (3) Adjusted Diluted EPS is defined as (i) Net income (loss) attributable to Stagwell Inc. common shareholders, plus net income attributable to Class C shareholders, excluding amortization expense, impairment and other losses, stock-based compensation, deferred acquisition consideration adjustments, discrete tax items, and other items, divided by (ii) (a) the per weighted average number of common shares outstanding plus (b) the weighted average number of Class C shares outstanding, (if dilutive). Other items includes restructuring costs, acquisition-related expenses, and non-recurring items, and subject to the anti-dilution rules. (5) Free Cash Flow: defined as Adjusted EBITDA less capital expenditures, change in net working capital, cash taxes, interest, and distributions to minority interests, but excludes contingent M&A payments. Free Cash Flow Conversion is the percentage of adjusted EBITDA. Included in this earnings release are tables reconciling reported Stagwell Inc. results to arrive at certain of these non-GAAP financial measures. This document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 'Securities Act'), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the 'Exchange Act'). The Company's representatives may also make forward-looking statements orally or in writing from time to time. Statements in this document that are not historical facts, including, statements about the Company's beliefs and expectations, future financial performance, growth, and future prospects, the Company's strategy, business and economic trends and growth, technological leadership and differentiation, potential and completed acquisitions, anticipated and actual operating efficiencies and synergies and estimates of amounts for redeemable noncontrolling interests and deferred acquisition consideration, constitute forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements, which are generally denoted by words such as 'ability,' 'aim,' 'anticipate,' 'assume,' 'believe,' 'build,' 'consider,' 'continue,' 'could,' 'develop,' 'drive,' 'estimate,' 'expect,' 'focus,' 'forecast,' 'future,' 'guidance,' 'intend,' 'likely,' 'maintain,' 'may,' 'ongoing,' 'opportunity,' 'outlook,' 'plan,' 'possible,' 'potential,' 'probable,' 'project,' 'seek,' 'should,' 'target,' 'will,' 'would' or the negative of such terms or other variations thereof and terms of similar substance used in connection with any discussion of current plans, estimates and projections are subject to change based on a number of factors, including those outlined in this section. Forward-looking statements in this document are based on certain key expectations and assumptions made by the Company. Although the management of the Company believes that the expectations and assumptions on which such forward-looking statements are based are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking statements because the Company can give no assurance that they will prove to be correct. The material assumptions upon which such forward-looking statements are based include, among others, assumptions with respect to general business, economic and market conditions, the competitive environment, anticipated and unanticipated tax consequences and anticipated and unanticipated costs. These forward-looking statements are based on current plans, estimates and projections, and are subject to change based on a number of factors, including those outlined in this section. These forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside the Company's control. Therefore, you should not place undue reliance on such statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly any of them in light of new information or future events, if any. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Such risk factors include, but are not limited to, the following: Investors should carefully consider these risk factors, other risk factors described herein, and the additional risk factors outlined in more detail in our 2024 Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the 'SEC') on March 11, 2025, and accessible on the SEC's website at under the caption 'Risk Factors,' and in the Company's other SEC filings. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Stagwell Inc.
