DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc.

NYSE:DOCN Stock Report

Market Cap: US$3.8b

DigitalOcean Holdings Valuation

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

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

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

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
US$40.58
Fair Value
2.2% overvalued intrinsic discount
13
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: DOCN ($41.48) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($40.58)

Significantly Below Fair Value: DOCN is trading above our estimate of fair value.

Key Valuation Metric

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

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

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for DOCN. This is calculated by dividing DOCN's market cap by their current earnings.
What is DOCN's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio46.6x
EarningsUS$82.17m
Market CapUS$3.85b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for DOCN vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average53x
WIX Wix.com
143.4x32.1%US$13.6b
AKAM Akamai Technologies
28.5x14.9%US$15.0b
VRSN VeriSign
24.1x4.6%US$20.6b
GDDY GoDaddy
16.1x-2.9%US$30.0b
DOCN DigitalOcean Holdings
46.6x18.1%US$3.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: DOCN is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (46.6x) compared to the peer average (53x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does DOCN's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US IT Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
TAOP Taoping
0.8xn/aUS$1.81m
GTCH GBT Technologies
0.1xn/aUS$1.68m
DLTI DLT Resolution
0.4xn/aUS$353.64k
COWI CarbonMeta Technologies
0.06xn/aUS$21.99k
No more companies available in this PE range
DOCN 46.6xIndustry Avg. 44.1xNo. of Companies4PE020406080100+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: DOCN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (46.6x) compared to the US IT industry average (44.1x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is DOCN'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.

DOCN PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio46.6x
Fair PE Ratio32.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: DOCN is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (46.6x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.5x).

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 DOCN forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$41.48
US$41.92
+1.1%
15.7%US$55.00US$28.00n/a13
Jan ’26US$34.07
US$40.73
+19.5%
14.5%US$48.00US$28.00n/a11
Dec ’25US$38.08
US$40.73
+7.0%
14.5%US$48.00US$28.00n/a11
Nov ’25US$40.83
US$40.09
-1.8%
17.5%US$48.00US$25.00n/a11
Oct ’25US$38.63
US$37.64
-2.6%
16.5%US$47.00US$25.00n/a11
Sep ’25US$37.43
US$37.64
+0.6%
16.5%US$47.00US$25.00n/a11
Aug ’25US$30.85
US$38.82
+25.8%
16.5%US$47.00US$25.00n/a11
Jul ’25US$34.67
US$39.18
+13.0%
15.9%US$47.00US$25.00n/a11
Jun ’25US$37.05
US$39.18
+5.8%
15.9%US$47.00US$25.00n/a11
May ’25US$35.53
US$38.87
+9.4%
15.6%US$47.00US$25.00n/a11
Apr ’25US$38.17
US$38.87
+1.8%
15.6%US$47.00US$25.00n/a11
Mar ’25US$38.40
US$38.80
+1.0%
16.4%US$47.00US$25.00n/a10
Feb ’25US$34.64
US$35.20
+1.6%
20.7%US$47.00US$25.00US$41.4810
Jan ’25US$36.69
US$32.80
-10.6%
21.4%US$47.00US$25.00US$34.0710
Dec ’24US$30.85
US$31.90
+3.4%
21.1%US$47.00US$25.00US$38.0810
Nov ’24US$19.82
US$30.44
+53.6%
22.4%US$47.00US$22.00US$40.839
Oct ’24US$24.03
US$36.44
+51.7%
23.0%US$52.00US$25.00US$38.639
Sep ’24US$26.76
US$38.60
+44.2%
19.5%US$52.00US$29.00US$37.4310
Aug ’24US$48.40
US$44.20
-8.7%
26.4%US$63.00US$30.00US$30.8510
Jul ’24US$40.14
US$39.20
-2.3%
23.4%US$63.00US$30.00US$34.6710
Jun ’24US$39.65
US$39.20
-1.1%
23.4%US$63.00US$30.00US$37.0510
May ’24US$31.72
US$38.60
+21.7%
24.9%US$63.00US$30.00US$35.5310
Apr ’24US$39.17
US$39.27
+0.3%
23.9%US$63.00US$30.00US$38.1711
Mar ’24US$31.75
US$39.33
+23.9%
22.8%US$63.00US$30.00US$38.4012
Feb ’24US$31.47
US$36.17
+14.9%
28.7%US$63.00US$27.00US$34.6412
Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 13 Analysts
US$41.92
Fair Value
1.1% undervalued intrinsic discount
13
Number of Analysts

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

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/31 12:32
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/31 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc. is covered by 18 analysts. 14 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
Raimo LenschowBarclays
Wamsi MohanBofA Global Research