Does Magnite’s (MGNI) Expanded Top-App Access Reveal Durable Moat or Just Transient Ad-Tech Reach?

• In November 2025, Pixalate reported that Magnite ranked among the top sell-side platforms for direct access to the top 100 mobile apps across North America, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific on both the Apple App Store and Google Play.
• This broad, direct integration with high-traffic mobile apps underscores Magnite’s extensive publisher relationships and reinforces its position in global programmatic advertising supply.
• Next, we’ll examine how Magnite’s strong direct access to top mobile apps could influence its investment narrative and future growth prospects.

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Magnite Investment Narrative Recap

To own Magnite, you need to believe that independent, omni channel programmatic advertising will keep gaining share across CTV and mobile, and that Magnite can convert its growing footprint into durable, profitable scale. Pixalate’s rankings support Magnite’s role as a key supply partner on top mobile apps, but they do not materially change the near term reliance on large CTV streamers as the main catalyst or the customer concentration risk that comes with that.

Among recent updates, the launch of Live Scheduler in November 2025 ties directly into Magnite’s push to be the connective tissue for premium live and CTV inventory. When combined with strong direct access to high traffic mobile apps, this product focus on better planning and activation could help Magnite deepen relationships with major publishers and buyers, which is central to any thesis that its independent platform can keep gaining relevance in programmatic advertising.

Yet, while access to premium mobile and CTV supply looks encouraging, investors should be aware that revenue remains heavily exposed to a relatively small group of large streaming partners...

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Magnite's narrative projects $796.3 million revenue and $189.5 million earnings by 2028. This requires 5.1% yearly revenue growth and around a $146 million earnings increase from $43.1 million today.

Uncover how Magnite's forecasts yield a $26.86 fair value, a 65% upside to its current price.

Exploring Other Perspectives

Five Simply Wall St Community members currently place Magnite’s fair value between US$24.70 and about US$42.76, showing how far apart individual estimates can be. Set those views against Magnite’s dependence on a handful of large CTV and agency partners, and it becomes clear why many readers may want to compare several different risk and return expectations before forming a view.

Explore 5 other fair value estimates on Magnite - why the stock might be worth just $24.70!

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