Cardlytics, Inc. (CDLX)Communication Services | Advertising Agencies | Atlanta, United States | NasdaqGM
0.99 USD
+0.02
(1.832%)
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(April 22, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
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Hot Take ↕ | April 19, 2026, 12:11 a.m. EDT
Cardlytics is a speculative shell in financial distress; do not touch. The fundamental data is catastrophic: negative earnings per share (-$1.95), negative book value (-$0.119), shrinking revenue (-24%), and insolvency risk with debt of $215M vs cash of only $48M. The technicals confirm this decay with a ~27% drop below the 200-day average. While recent news suggests operational turns, the market price ($1.01) already reflects this, and the options data suggests hedging for further downside. This is a buy-and-hold trap. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.189050 |
| MSTL | 0.211486 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.214018 |
| AutoETS | 0.223634 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 80% |
| H-stat | 0.17 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.737 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.54 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Revenue per Share | 4.392 |
| Market Cap | 54,497,972 |
| Forward P/E | -2.60 |
| Beta | 0.93 |
| Profit Margins | -44.36% |
| Website | https://www.cardlytics.com |
As of April 19, 2026, 12:11 a.m. EDT: Options flow reveals extreme volatility and hedging pressure around the $1.00-$1.50 range. Call IV is disparate, spiking to 2.5% at short strikes and 9.5% at deep OTM $3.00 strikes, suggesting VIX-style buy protection or leverage play at these levels. Crucially, the short-term forecast model predicts a -13.4% move, while the model exhibits severe heteroscedasticity (H-Stat 0.17) and highly significant autocorrelation (p-value 1.2e-19), indicating the current order book is likely pricing in a sharp reversal or liquidation event rather than a stable uptrend. Long-dated options show significant OTM OI at $7.00 strikes (Top OI), hinting at distant-dated straddle buying.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.38509315 |
| Address1 | 675 Ponce de Leon Avenue NE |
| Address2 | Suite 4100 |
| All Time High | 161.47 |
| All Time Low | 0.664 |
| Ask | 0.9991 |
| Ask Size | 12 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,254,360 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 1,249,355 |
| Average Volume | 1,249,355 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,254,360 |
| Beta | 0.931 |
| Bid | 0.9736 |
| Bid Size | 12 |
| Book Value | -0.119 |
| City | Atlanta |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 0.9896 |
| Current Ratio | 1.751 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 0.9948 |
| Day Low | 0.9511 |
| Display Name | Cardlytics |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,772,661,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,772,661,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,772,658,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,097,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,097,600 |
| Ebitda | -21,897,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.09387 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -10.096 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.948 |
| Enterprise Value | 221,076,704 |
| Eps Current Year | -0.72 |
| Eps Forward | -0.38 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -1.95 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NGM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 0.90404 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.085560024 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.09464186 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -38.509315 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 3.28 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -2.2904 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.6982927 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 0.664 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.32560003 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.4903615 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 0.664 - 3.28 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,518,186,600,000 |
| Float Shares | 47,667,637 |
| Forward Eps | -0.38 |
| Forward P E | -2.6042106 |
| Free Cashflow | 4,716,125 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGM |
| Full Time Employees | 275 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.44846 |
| Gross Profits | 104,613,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.043670002 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.39705002 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 55,070,709 |
| Industry | Advertising Agencies |
| Industry Disp | Advertising Agencies |
| Industry Key | advertising-agencies |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Cardlytics, Inc. operates an advertising platform in the United States and the United Kingdom. The company provides Cardlytics platform, a proprietary native bank advertising channel that enables marketers to reach customers through digital channels, such as online, mobile applications, email, and various real-time notifications; and Bridg platform, a customer data platform which utilizes point-of-sale data from merchant data partners, including product-level purchase data to enable marketers to perform analytics and targeted loyalty marketing, as well as measure the impact of their marketing. Cardlytics, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. |
| Long Name | Cardlytics, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 54,497,972 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_61344787 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -103,488,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 54,497,973 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 4 |
| Open | 0.98 |
| Operating Cashflow | 9,290,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.09865 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 888 798 5802 |
| Pre Market Change | -0.037999988 |
| Pre Market Change Percent | -3.839934 |
| Pre Market Price | 0.9516 |
| Pre Market Time | 1,776,931,220 |
| Previous Close | 0.9718 |
| Price Eps Current Year | -1.3744444 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | -8.315967 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 0.23362315 |
| Profit Margins | -0.44362998 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.709 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.0178 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 1.83165 |
| Regular Market Day High | 0.9948 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 0.9511 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 0.9511 - 0.9948 |
| Regular Market Open | 0.98 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 0.9718 |
| Regular Market Price | 0.9896 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,888,001 |
| Regular Market Volume | 536,054 |
| Return On Assets | -0.08687 |
| Return On Equity | -3.26023 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.242 |
| Revenue Per Share | 4.392 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.30140376 |
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Sector Disp | Communication Services |
| Sector Key | communication-services |
| Shares Outstanding | 55,070,709 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.1522 |
| Shares Short | 8,381,946 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 6,790,396 |
| Short Name | Cardlytics, Inc. Common Stock |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.1599 |
| Short Ratio | 5.79 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | GA |
| Symbol | CDLX |
| Target High Price | 1.25 |
| Target Low Price | 0.9 |
| Target Mean Price | 1.0375 |
| Target Median Price | 1.0 |
| Total Cash | 48,719,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 0.885 |
| Total Debt | 215,314,000 |
| Total Revenue | 233,272,992 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -1.95 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 1.36534 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.37574 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.27519885 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 536,054 |
| Website | https://www.cardlytics.com |
| Zip | 30,308 |