Direct Digital Holdings, Inc.

NasdaqCM:DRCT Stock Report

Market Cap: US$75.8m

Direct Digital Holdings Valuation

Is DRCT undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of DRCT when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: DRCT ($5.38) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($19.02)

Significantly Below Fair Value: DRCT is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for DRCT?

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

DRCT key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue0.6x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA11.5x
PEG Ration/a

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does DRCT's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for DRCT vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average11.5x
STBX Starbox Group Holdings
10.3xn/aUS$23.7m
ABLV Able View Global
6.6xn/aUS$57.6m
GAMB Gambling.com Group
18.3x23.8%US$329.6m
SGRP SPAR Group
10.7x-20.4%US$44.1m
DRCT Direct Digital Holdings
38.9xn/aUS$75.8m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: DRCT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (38.9x) compared to the peer average (11.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does DRCT's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Media Industry?

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a11.6%
n/an/an/a
No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: DRCT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (38.9x) compared to the US Media industry average (13.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is DRCT's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

DRCT PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio38.9x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate DRCT's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst DRCT forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$5.38
US$19.67
+265.6%
12.7%US$23.00US$17.00n/a3
Apr ’25US$14.31
US$19.67
+37.4%
12.7%US$23.00US$17.00n/a3
Mar ’25US$23.08
US$14.83
-35.7%
12.4%US$17.00US$12.50n/a3
Feb ’25US$10.79
US$14.83
+37.5%
12.4%US$17.00US$12.50n/a3
Jan ’25US$14.88
US$14.83
-0.3%
12.4%US$17.00US$12.50n/a3
Dec ’24US$12.14
US$11.17
-8.0%
34.0%US$15.00US$6.00n/a3
Nov ’24US$2.57
US$7.25
+182.1%
37.2%US$11.00US$4.75n/a3
Oct ’24US$2.56
US$7.42
+189.7%
34.4%US$11.00US$5.25n/a3
Sep ’24US$2.44
US$7.42
+204.0%
34.4%US$11.00US$5.25n/a3
Aug ’24US$2.75
US$7.42
+169.7%
34.4%US$11.00US$5.25n/a3
Jul ’24US$2.85
US$7.42
+160.2%
34.4%US$11.00US$5.25n/a3
Jun ’24US$3.22
US$7.56
+134.9%
29.4%US$11.00US$5.25n/a4
May ’24US$3.36
US$6.94
+106.5%
34.0%US$11.00US$5.25US$5.284
Apr ’24US$3.24
US$6.56
+102.5%
30.3%US$10.00US$5.25US$14.314
Mar ’24US$4.22
US$7.38
+74.8%
21.1%US$10.00US$6.00US$23.084
Feb ’24US$5.24
US$7.50
+43.1%
23.7%US$10.00US$6.00US$10.793
Jan ’24US$2.43
US$7.50
+209.3%
23.7%US$10.00US$6.00US$14.883
Dec ’23US$2.81
US$7.50
+166.9%
23.7%US$10.00US$6.00US$12.143
Nov ’23US$2.82
US$6.75
+139.4%
24.0%US$9.00US$5.25US$2.573
Oct ’23US$2.24
US$6.75
+201.3%
24.0%US$9.00US$5.25US$2.563
Sep ’23US$3.06
US$6.75
+120.6%
24.0%US$9.00US$5.25US$2.443
Aug ’23US$1.66
US$6.00
+261.4%
24.5%US$8.00US$4.50US$2.753
Jul ’23US$1.28
US$6.63
+417.6%
20.8%US$8.00US$5.25US$2.852
Jun ’23US$1.81
US$6.63
+266.0%
20.8%US$8.00US$5.25US$3.222
May ’23US$2.24
US$6.63
+195.8%
20.8%US$8.00US$5.25US$3.362

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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