PubMatic, Inc. (PUBM)Technology | Software - Application | Redwood City, United States | NasdaqGM
13.57 USD
+0.02
(0.148%)
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(July 13, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
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Hot Take ↕ | July 11, 2026, 5:40 a.m. EDT
The investment case for PubMatic is severely compromised by deteriorating fundamentals and a broken multi-year price trend. While the company recently reported revenue that topped estimates, the broader picture shows a sharp contraction in profitability with negative operating margins and a trailing P/E that implies no earnings value. The balance sheet is fragile, with debt significantly outweighing equity, and the stock has erased nearly 63% of its value over the last four years. The recent price bounce appears to be a technical relief rally rather than a reversal of the secular downtrend, especially given the heavy put writing by options traders betting on further declines. With no dividend to provide income and a high beta amplifying volatility, this remains a speculative hold at best, likely destined for further downside as the market digests the structural weakness in the business model. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| MSTL_126 ✓ | 0.143275 |
| AutoETS | 0.221097 |
| MSTL | 0.225845 |
| AutoTheta | 0.237870 |
| MSTL_97_126 | 0.279138 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.284905 |
| MSTL_97 | 0.352705 |
Forecast horizon: 60 days | Selected: MSTL_126
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 35% |
| H-stat | 3.53 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.022 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.06 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 17.007 |
| Revenue per Share | 6.031 |
| Market Cap | 630,235,904 |
| Forward P/E | 27.79 |
| Beta | 1.51 |
| Profit Margins | -6.21% |
| Website | https://www.pubmatic.com |
As of July 11, 2026, 5:40 a.m. EDT: Speculators are overwhelmingly positioning for downside protection rather than upside participation. Put open interest dominates every expiration, with massive concentrations at deep out-of-the-money strikes (7.5 and 10.0) suggesting a fear of a significant drop to the lower end of the trading range. Call activity is sparse and concentrated near the money, indicating a lack of aggressive bullish bets despite the recent price recovery.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.056942225 |
| Address1 | 601 Marshall Street |
| All Time High | 76.958 |
| All Time Low | 6.15 |
| Ask | 17.4 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 4 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 655,240 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 662,688 |
| Average Volume | 662,688 |
| Average Volume10Days | 655,240 |
| Beta | 1.507 |
| Bid | 9.88 |
| Bid Size | 2 |
| Board Risk | 9 |
| Book Value | 5.391 |
| 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 | 13.57 |
| Current Ratio | 1.367 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,782,777,600 |
| Day High | 13.845 |
| Day Low | 13.4558 |
| Debt To Equity | 17.007 |
| Display Name | PubMatic |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,185,800 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,185,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,184,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,184,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,184,000 |
| Ebitda | -1,446,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | -0.00513 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | -365.178 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 1.875 |
| Enterprise Value | 528,046,912 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.285 |
| Eps Forward | 0.48833 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | -0.38 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NGM |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 11.3168 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 2.2531996 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.19910218 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 5.6942225 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 13.99 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -0.42000008 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.03002145 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 6.15 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 7.4199996 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 1.206504 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 6.15 - 13.99 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,607,524,200,000 |
| Float Shares | 34,286,320 |
| Forward Eps | 0.48833 |
| Forward P E | 27.788584 |
| Free Cashflow | 52,971,624 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGM |
| Full Time Employees | 1,030 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,782,864,000 |
| Gross Margins | 0.63222003 |
| Gross Profits | 178,076,992 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.010570001 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 0.76265 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 46,443,325 |
| Industry | Software - Application |
| Industry Disp | Software - Application |
| Industry Key | software-application |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,020-12-09 |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| 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 | 630,235,904 |
| Market State | PRE |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_36397912 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,774,915,200 |
| Net Income To Common | -17,486,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 630,700,352 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 9 |
| Open | 13.56 |
| Operating Cashflow | 82,733,000 |
| Operating Margins | -0.24410999 |
| Overall Risk | 9 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 4.95 |
| Phone | 650 331 3485 |
| Previous Close | 13.55 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 47.614033 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 2.5171583 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.2375133 |
| Profit Margins | -0.062080003 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.306 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.0199995 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.147598 |
| Regular Market Day High | 13.845 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 13.4558 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 13.4558 - 13.845 |
| Regular Market Open | 13.56 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 13.55 |
| Regular Market Price | 13.57 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,783,972,800 |
| Regular Market Volume | 306,656 |
| Return On Assets | -0.01857 |
| Return On Equity | -0.06641 |
| Revenue Growth | -0.02 |
| Revenue Per Share | 6.031 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20847368 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 10 |
| Shares Outstanding | 38,180,751 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0645 |
| Shares Short | 2,996,126 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,780,012,800 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 2,578,479 |
| Short Name | PubMatic, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0796 |
| Short Ratio | 4.74 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | CA |
| Symbol | PUBM |
| Target High Price | 21.0 |
| Target Low Price | 8.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 12.88889 |
| Target Median Price | 12.0 |
| Total Cash | 144,876,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 3.119 |
| Total Debt | 42,687,000 |
| Total Revenue | 281,668,000 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | -0.38 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 9.075875 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 4.4941244 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.49517256 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 306,656 |
| Website | https://www.pubmatic.com |
| Zip | 94,063 |