Viant Technology Inc. (DSP)Technology | Software - Application | Irvine, United States | NasdaqGS
13.23 USD
+0.55
(4.338%)
⇧
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 13.92 +0.69 (5.215%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:30 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:12 a.m. EDT
The investment case for Viant Technology is currently bifurcated between a compelling growth story and a punishing recent performance. Fundamentally, the company is executing well with 34% revenue growth and a forward P/E of roughly 16x, which implies the market expects earnings to catch up quickly to this top-line expansion. The balance sheet is pristine with minimal debt and strong cash flow, supporting a 'solid long-term buy' rating despite the recent stumble. However, the price action tells a different story; the stock is down 29% over the last four years and missed the latest earnings estimates, triggering a multi-year decline penalty that caps the long-term rating at 3 stars. For the short term, the outlook is murky. The statistical forecast model offers no directional edge, and while options traders are betting on a big move to either $5 or $15, the lack of conviction near the current price suggests a wait-and-see approach. With no dividend to provide income, investors must rely entirely on the potential for a multiple expansion as profitability improves. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.110752 |
| AutoETS | 0.122786 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.123435 |
| AutoTheta | 0.124849 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 41% |
| H-stat | 1.06 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.119 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 0.50 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 6.944 |
| Revenue per Share | 21.952 |
| Market Cap | 881,744,256 |
| Trailing P/E | 34.82 |
| Forward P/E | 16.83 |
| Beta | 1.12 |
| Profit Margins | 2.24% |
| Website | https://www.viantinc.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:12 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for volatility rather than a clear directional breakout. Call open interest is heavily skewed out-of-the-money at the $15 strike, suggesting bets on a significant upside move, while put open interest concentrates deep in-the-money at the $5 strike, indicating a hedge against a severe crash. However, the lack of significant volume or open interest at strikes closer to the current price ($12.50) suggests the market is waiting for a catalyst to resolve this binary view, resulting in a neutral-to-slightly-bearish sentiment given the recent earnings miss.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.30088496 |
| Address1 | 2,722 Michelson Drive |
| Address2 | Suite 100 |
| All Time High | 69.16 |
| All Time Low | 3.15 |
| Ask | 13.35 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Audit Risk | 6 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 198,070 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 283,982 |
| Average Volume | 283,982 |
| Average Volume10Days | 198,070 |
| Beta | 1.122 |
| Bid | 13.34 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 10 |
| Book Value | 5.389 |
| City | Irvine |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 8 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 13.23 |
| Current Ratio | 2.338 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 13.64 |
| Day Low | 12.63 |
| Debt To Equity | 6.944 |
| Display Name | Viant Technology |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,395,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,395,600 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,392,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,794,254,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,794,254,400 |
| Ebitda | 29,971,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.07715 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 10.479 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.808 |
| Enterprise Value | 314,080,672 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.60167 |
| Eps Forward | 0.786 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.38 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 12.2752 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.95479965 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.07778282 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 30.088497 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 14.8 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -1.5700006 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.10608112 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 8.11 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 5.12 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.63131934 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 8.11 - 14.8 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,612,967,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 20,201,584 |
| Forward Eps | 0.786 |
| Forward P E | 16.83206 |
| Free Cashflow | 47,748,376 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 470 |
| Fullday Change | 0.549999 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 4.33753 |
| Fullday Price | 13.92 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.44544998 |
| Gross Profits | 173,056,992 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.029860001 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.59246 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 66,647,338 |
| Industry | Software - Application |
| Industry Disp | Software - Application |
| Industry Key | software-application |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,021-02-10 |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Viant Technology Inc. operates a cloud-based demand side platform (DSP) that enables the programmatic purchase of digital advertising across multiple channels, including connected TV (CTV), streaming audio, digital out-of-home, mobile, and desktop. It provides ViantAI, an artificial intelligence product suite; Holistic, Omnichannel DSP, an integrated platform that manages omnichannel campaigns and access metrics; Household ID, which combines digital and personal identifiers into a normalized household profile; IRIS_ID, a content identifier that allows partners to share video-level data to power planning, targeting, and measurement solutions in ad-supported streaming media; and Viant Data Platform, which offers the ability to integrate first-party data with data from top third-party data providers to obtain key insights, reporting, and attribution opportunities. The company also offers Direct Access, a supply path optimization program that creates a direct path to premium inventory; Advanced Reporting and Measurement that offers conversion lift, multitouch attribution, foot-traffic data reports, digital-out-of-home lift, sales reporting, and ROAS analytics; and Flexible Customer Engagement Model, which offers customers transparency and control over their advertising campaigns and underlying data infrastructure. The company sells its platform through a direct sales team focused on business development in various markets. It serves purchasers of programmatic advertising inventory and large, independent, and mid-market advertising agencies, as well as marketers. The company was formerly known as Interactive Media Holdings and changed its name to Viant Technology Inc. in January 2015. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Irvine, California. |
| Long Name | Viant Technology Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 881,744,256 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_115222699 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 8,686,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 268,204,698 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 11 |
| Open | 12.63 |
| Operating Cashflow | 67,390,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.03695 |
| Overall Risk | 9 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.96 |
| Phone | 949 861 8888 |
| Post Market Change | 0.69000053 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 5.2154236 |
| Post Market Price | 13.92 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,959,822 |
| Previous Close | 12.68 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 21.988796 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 2.4550009 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.2696238 |
| Profit Margins | 0.02236 |
| Quick Ratio | 2.257 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.549999 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 4.33753 |
| Regular Market Day High | 13.64 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 12.63 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 12.63 - 13.64 |
| Regular Market Open | 12.63 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 12.68 |
| Regular Market Price | 13.23 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 251,855 |
| Return On Assets | 0.01271 |
| Return On Equity | 0.07517 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.339 |
| Revenue Per Share | 21.952 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20204377 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 8 |
| Shares Outstanding | 21,135,122 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0636 |
| Shares Short | 1,343,647 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,272,573 |
| Short Name | Viant Technology Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0657 |
| Short Ratio | 4.4 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | DSP |
| Target High Price | 24.0 |
| Target Low Price | 17.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 19.5 |
| Target Median Price | 19.0 |
| Total Cash | 193,052,992 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 9.134 |
| Total Debt | 22,138,000 |
| Total Revenue | 388,497,984 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.38 |
| Trailing P E | 34.81579 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 0.9641 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 11.41295 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 1.81705 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.1592095 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 251,855 |
| Website | https://www.viantinc.com |
| Zip | 92,612 |