Perfect Corp. (PERF)Technology | Software - Application | New Taipei City, Taiwan | NYSE
1.93 USD
+0.01
(0.521%)
⇧
(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 1.92 -0.01 (-0.010%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 6:05 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 3:37 a.m. EDT
The immediate catalyst is the definitive agreement to take the company private, which has already triggered a massive 32% surge and broken key moving averages. This event-driven momentum creates a high-conviction near-term bullish case, pushing the short-term rating to 4.5 as the market prices in the premium for the exit. However, the long-term investment thesis is severely compromised by a two-year structural decline where the stock has lost nearly 55% of its value, with the last two consecutive years showing negative returns. While the balance sheet remains pristine with minimal debt and strong cash reserves, the persistent price erosion suggests the market views the core business fundamentals as deteriorating or insufficient to sustain value without the private equity intervention. Consequently, this is a speculative trade on the takeover, not a buy-and-hold opportunity. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoETS ✓ | 0.014900 |
| MSTL | 0.019934 |
| AutoTheta | 0.033992 |
| MSTL_116 | 0.050907 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.066000 |
Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: AutoETS
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 25% |
| H-stat | 3.53 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.015 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.000 |
| Excess Kurtosis | 14.43 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 0.352 |
| Revenue per Share | 0.693 |
| Market Cap | 196,567,936 |
| Trailing P/E | 38.60 |
| Forward P/E | 27.97 |
| Beta | 0.30 |
| Profit Margins | 6.62% |
| Website | https://www.perfectcorp.com |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | -0.15789473 |
| Address1 | No. 98 Minquan Road |
| Address2 | 14th Floor Xindian District |
| All Time High | 21.03 |
| All Time Low | 1.24 |
| Ask | 1.93 |
| Ask Size | 33,800 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 3.0 - Hold |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 472,980 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 142,219 |
| Average Volume | 142,219 |
| Average Volume10Days | 472,980 |
| Beta | 0.3 |
| Bid | 1.91 |
| Bid Size | 85,600 |
| Book Value | 1.521 |
| City | New Taipei City |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 1.93 |
| Current Ratio | 4.476 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 1.93 |
| Day Low | 1.91 |
| Debt To Equity | 0.352 |
| Display Name | Perfect |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,745,884,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,745,884,800 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.0 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.026 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,155,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,785,155,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,785,155,400 |
| Ebitda | 2,305,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.03243 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 15.935 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 0.517 |
| Enterprise Value | 36,729,388 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.06533 |
| Eps Forward | 0.069 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.05 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 1.6906 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.23939991 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.14160648 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | -15.789473 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 2.67 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.7400001 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.2771536 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 1.24 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 0.68999994 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.55645156 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 1.24 - 2.67 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,667,223,000,000 |
| Float Shares | 32,925,631 |
| Forward Eps | 0.069 |
| Forward P E | 27.971014 |
| Free Cashflow | 7,769,875 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 353 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.78429 |
| Gross Profits | 55,744,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.58065 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.092089996 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 101,848,671 |
| Industry | Software - Application |
| Industry Disp | Software - Application |
| Industry Key | software-application |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | Perfect Corp., an artificial intelligence software as a service company, provides artificial intelligence (AI)- and augmented reality (AR)-powered solutions for beauty, fashion, and skincare industries worldwide. The company offers AI- and AR-makeup; AI skin diagnosis; AI- and AR-hair services; AI- and AR-jewelry (earrings, rings, and bracelets); AI- and AR-accessories, glasses, and watches; AI- and AR-nails; AI avatar; AI selfie; AI text-to-image; and AI headshot and AI studio. It provides AI photo editing tools, such as AI remove background, AI blur background, AI object removal, AI image extender, AI replacement, and AI photo/video enhancement; and AI face attributes and AI product recommendation. In addition, the company offers YouCam platform apps, including YouCam makeup, YouCam perfect, YouCam video, YouCam AI Pro, YouCam enhance, YouCam nails, and YouCam AI Chat. Further, the company provides licensing offline technology software development kit (SDK) and AR/AI offline solutions; AR/AI cloud solutions and subscription; and designs and develops apps to brand customers. It serves brand owners and individual consumers. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New Taipei City, Taiwan. |
| Long Name | Perfect Corp. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 196,567,936 |
| Market State | PREPRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_407735791 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,915,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 4,703,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 195,549,447 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 4 |
| Open | 1.92 |
| Operating Cashflow | 13,221,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.08218 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.38 |
| Phone | 886 2 8667 1265 |
| Post Market Change | -0.00999999 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.51813424 |
| Post Market Price | 1.92 |
| Post Market Time | 1,783,980,301 |
| Previous Close | 1.92 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 29.542324 |
| Price Hint | 4 |
| Price To Book | 1.268902 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.765602 |
| Profit Margins | 0.06617 |
| Quick Ratio | 4.425 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | hold |
| Recommendation Mean | 3.0 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.00999999 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.520833 |
| Regular Market Day High | 1.93 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 1.91 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 1.91 - 1.93 |
| Regular Market Open | 1.92 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 1.92 |
| Regular Market Price | 1.93 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,802 |
| Regular Market Volume | 352,916 |
| Return On Assets | 0.00611 |
| Return On Equity | 0.030769998 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.12 |
| Revenue Per Share | 0.693 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20847368 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Shares Outstanding | 85,059,953 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0013 |
| Shares Short | 133,538 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 7,052 |
| Short Name | Perfect Corp. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0032 |
| Short Ratio | 1.9 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | PERF |
| Target High Price | 5.0 |
| Target Low Price | 1.95 |
| Target Mean Price | 2.7375 |
| Target Median Price | 2.0 |
| Total Cash | 161,266,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 1.576 |
| Total Debt | 548,000 |
| Total Revenue | 71,076,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.05 |
| Trailing P E | 38.6 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 1.3838 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 1.7113 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 0.21869993 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.12779754 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 352,916 |
| Website | https://www.perfectcorp.com |
| Zip | 231 |