Liftoff Mobile, Inc. (LFTO)Communication Services | Advertising Agencies | Redwood City, United States | NasdaqGS
16.94 USD
+1.02
(6.407%)
⇧
(Oct. 15, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 16.94 |
Hot Take ↕ | Oct. 10, 2026, 5:45 a.m. EDT
The investment case for Liftoff Mobile is currently fractured by a severe disconnect between its operational reality and its market valuation. Fundamentally, the company is in distress: it trades at a negative book value, carries significant debt relative to its cash, and boasts a trailing P/E of 61x despite reporting only a 5% profit margin. The recent price action confirms this skepticism, with the stock trading well below its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, indicating persistent selling pressure. While the forward P/E suggests analysts expect a turnaround, the lack of a multi-year price uptrend and the heavy concentration of options buyers in protective puts suggest the market is pricing in further downside rather than the recovery implied by the forward estimates. Without a clear demonstration of sustained profitability or a de-leveraging of its balance sheet, the risk-reward profile remains skewed toward caution. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.111218 |
| MSTL | 0.157968 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.160573 |
| AutoETS | 0.160748 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 41% |
| H-stat | 2.47 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.116 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.21 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Revenue per Share | 6.316 |
| Market Cap | 2,868,476,160 |
| Trailing P/E | 67.76 |
| Forward P/E | 12.20 |
| Profit Margins | 5.24% |
| Website | https://www.liftoff.ai |
As of Oct. 10, 2026, 5:45 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly positioned for downside protection, with massive open interest in out-of-the-money puts compared to negligible call volume. While there is some speculative buying of calls at strikes like $22.50, the dominant theme is hedging against a drop, evidenced by the heavy put volume and low implied volatility relative to the deep OTM strikes.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.44042182 |
| Address1 | 900 Middlefield Road |
| All Time High | 30.1 |
| All Time Low | 15.02 |
| Ask | 20.37 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.8 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 656,210 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 808,363 |
| Average Volume | 808,363 |
| Average Volume10Days | 656,210 |
| Bid | 11.9 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Book Value | -0.033 |
| City | Redwood City |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 16.94 |
| Current Ratio | 1.377 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,790,726,400 |
| Day High | 16.99 |
| Day Low | 15.85 |
| Display Name | Liftoff Mobile |
| Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,568,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,568,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,564,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,794,427,200 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,794,427,200 |
| Ebitda | 347,456,992 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.43495 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 11.437 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 4.974 |
| Enterprise Value | 3,973,777,152 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.72394 |
| Eps Forward | 1.38875 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.25 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 15 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 18.4442 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -1.5042 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.08155409 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -44.042183 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 30.1 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -13.16 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.43720928 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 15.02 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 1.9200001 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.12782957 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 15.02 - 30.1 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,780,579,800,000 |
| Float Shares | 40,150,198 |
| Forward Eps | 1.38875 |
| Forward P E | 12.198021 |
| Free Cashflow | 179,981,632 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 649 |
| Fullday Change | 0.8899994 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 5.5904484 |
| Fullday Price | 16.94 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.8624 |
| Gross Profits | 688,920,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.11901 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.78886 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 169,331,527 |
| Industry | Advertising Agencies |
| Industry Disp | Advertising Agencies |
| Industry Key | advertising-agencies |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,026-06-04 |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Liftoff Mobile, Inc. provides performance marketing and monetization solutions for the app economy. Its AI-powered platform, Cortex unifies marketing, creative, and monetization to deliver measurable performance across the app lifecycle. The company enables advertisers to unlock profitable user growth while helping app publishers maximize revenue with advanced ad monetization technology. It serves customer base across gaming, consumer, and emerging app categories. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Redwood City, California. |
| Long Name | Liftoff Mobile, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 2,868,476,160 |
| Market State | POSTPOST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_259820771 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | 35,750,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 2,724,544,269 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 15 |
| Open | 15.95 |
| Operating Cashflow | 236,934,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.35266 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Phone | 650 319 7151 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 16.94 |
| Post Market Time | 1,792,097,055 |
| Previous Close | 15.92 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 23.399729 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | -513.3334 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 3.5908108 |
| Profit Margins | 0.052410003 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.336 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.76471 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 1.02 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 6.40704 |
| Regular Market Day High | 16.99 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 15.85 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 15.85 - 16.99 |
| Regular Market Open | 15.95 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 15.92 |
| Regular Market Price | 16.94 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,792,094,401 |
| Regular Market Volume | 469,336 |
| Return On Assets | 0.089700006 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.354 |
| Revenue Per Share | 6.316 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.16207206 |
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Sector Disp | Communication Services |
| Sector Key | communication-services |
| Shares Outstanding | 169,331,527 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.015800001 |
| Shares Short | 2,678,402 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,788,134,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,685,364 |
| Short Name | Liftoff Mobile, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0438 |
| Short Ratio | 2.83 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | LFTO |
| Target High Price | 42.0 |
| Target Low Price | 18.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 31.4 |
| Target Median Price | 34.0 |
| Total Cash | 305,398,016 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 1.804 |
| Total Debt | 1,410,699,008 |
| Total Revenue | 798,838,016 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 2.75 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.17273869 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.25 |
| Trailing P E | 67.76 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 21.1475 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -4.2074986 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.19895963 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 469,336 |
| Website | https://www.liftoff.ai |
| Zip | 94,063 |