Outbrain Valuation

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

Valuation Score

2/6

Valuation Score 2/6

  • 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 OB when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: OB ($5) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($106.5)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Key metric: As OB is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for OB. This is calculated by dividing OB's market cap by their current earnings.
What is OB's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio70.7x
EarningsUS$3.51m
Market CapUS$249.24m

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for OB vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average24x
12.4xn/aUS$237.9m
TZOO Travelzoo
16.1x34.7%US$218.0m
SY So-Young International
18.3x39.5%US$90.8m
EVER EverQuote
49.3x21.3%US$664.3m
OB Outbrain
70.7x47.7%US$249.2m

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: OB is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (70.7x) compared to the peer average (24x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does OB's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Interactive Media and Services Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CHR Cheer Holding
0.8xn/aUS$26.95m
MI NFT
2.6xn/aUS$13.18m
No more companies available in this PE range
OB 70.7xIndustry Avg. 23.4xNo. of Companies5PE020406080100+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: OB is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (70.7x) compared to the US Interactive Media and Services industry average (23.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is OB'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.

OB PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio70.7x
Fair PE Ratio25.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: OB is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (70.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.3x).


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 OB forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$5.00
US$5.95
+19.0%
11.1%US$7.00US$5.30n/a4
Nov ’25US$4.40
US$6.00
+36.4%
10.2%US$7.00US$5.50n/a4
Oct ’25US$4.80
US$6.00
+25.0%
10.2%US$7.00US$5.50n/a4
Sep ’25US$5.10
US$6.00
+17.6%
10.2%US$7.00US$5.50n/a4
Aug ’25US$4.98
US$5.50
+10.4%
16.3%US$7.00US$4.50n/a5
Jul ’25US$4.83
US$5.40
+11.8%
15.9%US$7.00US$4.50n/a5
Jun ’25US$4.59
US$5.40
+17.6%
15.9%US$7.00US$4.50n/a5
May ’25US$4.23
US$5.02
+18.7%
22.4%US$7.00US$4.00n/a5
Apr ’25US$4.05
US$5.15
+27.2%
23.7%US$7.00US$4.00n/a4
Mar ’25US$3.47
US$5.02
+44.6%
20.4%US$7.00US$4.00n/a6
Feb ’25US$3.90
US$5.45
+39.7%
25.3%US$8.00US$4.00n/a6
Jan ’25US$4.38
US$5.96
+36.0%
29.9%US$9.00US$4.00n/a7
Dec ’24US$3.96
US$5.86
+47.9%
31.8%US$9.00US$4.00n/a7
Nov ’24US$4.06
US$6.50
+60.1%
21.4%US$9.00US$5.00US$4.407
Oct ’24US$4.87
US$6.50
+33.5%
21.4%US$9.00US$5.00US$4.807
Sep ’24US$5.92
US$6.50
+9.8%
21.4%US$9.00US$5.00US$5.107
Aug ’24US$5.16
US$5.92
+14.7%
26.9%US$9.00US$4.00US$4.986
Jul ’24US$4.92
US$5.75
+16.9%
27.4%US$9.00US$4.00US$4.836
Jun ’24US$4.83
US$5.90
+22.2%
28.6%US$9.00US$4.00US$4.595
May ’24US$3.87
US$6.17
+59.3%
23.2%US$8.00US$4.00US$4.236
Apr ’24US$4.13
US$6.17
+49.3%
23.2%US$8.00US$4.00US$4.056
Mar ’24US$4.30
US$6.13
+42.6%
29.5%US$9.00US$4.00US$3.476
Feb ’24US$4.95
US$5.92
+19.5%
33.2%US$9.00US$4.00US$3.906
Jan ’24US$3.62
US$5.92
+63.4%
33.2%US$9.00US$4.00US$4.386
Dec ’23US$3.86
US$6.80
+76.2%
25.3%US$9.00US$4.00US$3.965
Nov ’23US$4.35
US$7.40
+70.1%
18.8%US$9.00US$5.50US$4.065

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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