PubMatic, Inc. (PUBM)Technology | Software - Application | Redwood City, United States | NasdaqGM
16.82 USD
+0.47
(2.875%)
⇧
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 16.82 |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 5:07 a.m. EDT
The investment case for PubMatic is currently fractured by a brutal multi-year price trajectory that has erased nearly two-thirds of shareholder value, despite the company reporting top-line revenue growth. The market has clearly priced in a severe deterioration in business quality, as indicated by the relentless decline in share price over the last four years, which outweighs the recent quarterly revenue beat. Fundamentally, the company is struggling with profitability, posting negative earnings and operating margins while trading at a premium to its book value—a dangerous combination for a software firm without a fortress balance sheet. The lack of any dividend yield further limits the safety margin for investors. While the short-term technicals show a recent bounce off lows, the heavy speculative positioning in out-of-the-money puts suggests traders are still bracing for further weakness rather than seeing a confirmed recovery. Until the company demonstrates sustained profitability and a reversal in the long-term price trend, the risk-reward profile remains skewed against the buyer. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL ✓ | 0.196544 |
| AutoETS | 0.202454 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.203533 |
| AutoTheta | 0.219588 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 36% |
| H-stat | 7.78 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.093 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.62 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 17.135 |
| Revenue per Share | 6.228 |
| Market Cap | 766,152,000 |
| Forward P/E | 20.71 |
| Beta | 1.54 |
| Profit Margins | -4.66% |
| Website | https://www.pubmatic.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 5:07 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning heavily for downside protection, evidenced by massive out-of-the-money put volume and open interest in the October expiration compared to negligible call activity. While ATM calls show some interest, the overwhelming capital allocation is in deep OTM puts, suggesting a fear of a significant drop rather than a bet on a rally.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.9190141 |
| Address1 | 601 Marshall Street |
| All Time High | 76.958 |
| All Time Low | 6.15 |
| Ask | 17.24 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 4 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.8 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 640,070 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 633,108 |
| Average Volume | 633,108 |
| Average Volume10Days | 640,070 |
| Beta | 1.542 |
| Bid | 9.72 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 9 |
| Book Value | 5.259 |
| City | Redwood City |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 9 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 16.82 |
| Current Ratio | 1.274 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 17.48 |
| Day Low | 16.39 |
| Debt To Equity | 17.135 |
| Display Name | PubMatic |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,786,046,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,786,046,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,786,046,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,794,254,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,794,254,400 |
| Ebitda | 2,440,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.00844 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 274.493 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.316 |
| Enterprise Value | 669,763,712 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.52 |
| Eps Forward | 0.812 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.3 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NGM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 14.1176 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 2.7023993 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.19142058 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 91.90141 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 18.44 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -1.6200008 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.08785254 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 6.15 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 10.67 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 1.7349594 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 6.15 - 18.44 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,607,524,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 33,519,528 |
| Forward Eps | 0.812 |
| Forward P E | 20.714287 |
| Free Cashflow | 60,314,624 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGM |
| Full Time Employees | 1,030 |
| Fullday Change | 0.469999 |
| Fullday Change Percent | 2.87461 |
| Fullday Price | 16.82 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.6443 |
| Gross Profits | 186,310,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.00916 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.82458 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 45,550,061 |
| Industry | Software - Application |
| Industry Disp | Software - Application |
| Industry Key | software-application |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,020-12-09 |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | PubMatic, Inc., a technology company, engages in the provision of a cloud infrastructure platform that enables real time programmatic advertising transactions for digital content creators, advertisers, agencies, agency trading desks, and demand side platforms worldwide. Its PubMatic SSP, a sell side platform for the purchase and sale of digital advertising inventory for publishers and buyers. The company also provides OpenWrap, a header bidding solution; Connect, a solution that provides additional data and insights to publishers and buyers; Activate, which allows buyers to execute direct deals on its platform across publisher inventory; Convert, a commerce media solution; and Identity Hub, an ID management tool for publishers that leverages specialized technology infrastructure to simplify alternative identifier marketplace. Its platform supports an array of ad formats and digital device types, including mobile app, mobile web, desktop, display, video, over the top video, connected television, and media. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in Redwood City, California. |
| Long Name | PubMatic, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 766,152,000 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_36397912 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Net Income To Common | -13,480,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 744,287,995 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 10 |
| Open | 16.39 |
| Operating Cashflow | 88,038,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.00737 |
| Overall Risk | 9 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 4.95 |
| Phone | 650 331 3485 |
| Post Market Change | 0.0 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.0 |
| Post Market Price | 16.82 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,959,806 |
| Previous Close | 16.35 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 32.346153 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 3.1983268 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.649523 |
| Profit Margins | -0.04662 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.234 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.83333 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.469999 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 2.87461 |
| Regular Market Day High | 17.48 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 16.39 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 16.39 - 17.48 |
| Regular Market Open | 16.39 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 16.35 |
| Regular Market Price | 16.82 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,200 |
| Regular Market Volume | 746,020 |
| Return On Assets | -0.01244 |
| Return On Equity | -0.05593 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.105 |
| Revenue Per Share | 6.228 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 10 |
| Shares Outstanding | 37,303,647 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.045500003 |
| Shares Short | 2,070,275 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 2,944,796 |
| Short Name | PubMatic, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0563 |
| Short Ratio | 2.99 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | PUBM |
| Target High Price | 23.0 |
| Target Low Price | 17.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 20.3 |
| Target Median Price | 20.5 |
| Total Cash | 137,507,008 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 3.018 |
| Total Debt | 40,907,000 |
| Total Revenue | 289,166,016 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.3 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 10.18395 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 6.6360493 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.65161836 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 746,020 |
| Website | https://www.pubmatic.com |
| Zip | 94,063 |