Direct Digital Holdings, Inc.

DRCT Communication Services Advertising Agencies

Direct Digital Holdings, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $34.7 million, down 44.3% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
−22.8%
EPS
+88.6%
Free cash flow
+67.4%
Total debt
−54.1%

Quarter to June 2026, against a year earlier

0.14 0.01 −6.67%
Market cap
$730.0K
P/E
0.0×
Fwd P/E
11.5×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
−3.89
Beneish M
−7.11
Dividend safety
n/a

Insider Decisions last twelve months

Sold, $m 0.01
Trades a month
Jan 26 Apr 26 Jul 26 Oct 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — 1 — — — — 3 — — 1 — —
Insider Ownership 0.00%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Size
Market Cap 0.73
Revenue ttm 30.91
Net income ttm (26.75)
Free cash flow ttm (5.44)
Net debt Q 16.96
Valuation
P/E 0.00
Forward P/E 11.50
Price / sales 0.00
Forward P/S Powerpack
Price / FCF 0.00
Price / book 0.00
Financial health
Current ratio Q 0.14 (below 1: weak)
Debt / equity Q (1.26) (negative: negative equity)
Interest coverage Q (3.83)
Growth
Revenue growth Q −22.79% (below 0%: shrinking)
Operating income growth Q −20.69% (below 0%: shrinking)
EPS, this year +92.73% (at or above 15%: strong)
EPS, next year A +67.65% (at or above 15%: strong)
Revenue, next year A +0.05%
EPS, past 5 yrs —
EPS, next 5 yrs A —

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges; (Q) is the latest quarter, (A) analysts’ estimates. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

P/S against its own 10 years 2.78%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 58.42%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Yield
—
Annual rate
—
Payout ratio
—

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 5 1 1 1
Receivables 37 5 3 3
Inventory — — — —
Other — — — —
43 9 5 5
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 34 8 8 10
ST’ Debt 1 4 12 17
Other 0 0 0 —
40 13 26 32

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales — 22.69% (27.05%)
Cash Flow — 0.00% 0.00%
Earnings — 0.00% 0.00%
Book Value — 0.00% 0.00%

Earnings Trends EPS, adjusted, against the consensus

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (10.32) (5.78) — — —
’25 (76.92) (50.55) (52.80) (88.00) (303.16)
’24 (48.35) (35.16) (156.04) (118.68) (364.83)
’23 (19.78) 17.58 19.80 (172.27) (160.60)
’22 (19.78) 39.56 13.19 2.20 24.20
’21 (5.23k) 10.73k (1.46k) (10.65k) (9.70k)
’20 — — — — (6.67k)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 7 8 — — —
’25 8 10 8 8 35
’24 22 22 9 9 62
’23 21 35 59 41 157
’22 11 21 26 31 89
’21 6 11 8 13 38
’20 — — — 7 12
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (1) (1) — — —
’25 (3) (3) (2) (2) (9)
’24 (6) (4) 3 (2) (9)
’23 3 0 1 (2) 3
’22 (1) 1 3 (1) 2
’21 4 (1) 1 1 4
’20 — — — (1) (1)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (1) (1) — — —
’25 (3) (3) (2) (2) (9)
’24 (6) (4) 3 (2) (9)
’23 3 0 1 (2) 2
’22 (1) 1 3 (2) 1
’21 4 (1) 1 1 4
’20 — — — (1) (1)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Ten-year view Analyst estimates Powerpack
Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 TTM Jun ’26 Trend 10 yrs 2026e 2027e 2028e Next 3/yr
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue — — — 6 12 38 89 157 62 35 31 +33.0% 35 36 — +2.1%
Gross margin, % — — — 1.92 41.45 48.32 32.81 23.92 27.92 30.03 30.38 +28.1 pt
EBT — — — (1) (1) (1) 4 (6) (14) (28) (27) +77.6%
EBT margin, % — — — (14.09) (7.18) (3.79) 5.03 (3.99) (22.12) (79.91) (86.55) (65.8) pt
Net income — 0 — (1) (1) (2) 4 (7) (20) (28) (27) n/m
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue — — — 2.24 91,642.22 245,454.32 6,902.81 11,567.67 3,664.00 450.57 43.59 +142.1%
Earnings — — — (0.32) (6,670.40) (9,699.80) 24.20 (160.60) (364.83) (303.16) (156.90) +213.4%
Cash flow — — — 0.08 (4,219.47) 24,143.24 159.44 188.34 (508.71) (115.68) (7.68) n/m
Capex — — — 0.00 0.00 0.00 (53.15) (13.11) (1.00) (1.13) 0.00 n/m
Free cash flow — — — 0.08 (4,219.47) 24,143.24 106.29 175.23 (509.71) (116.81) (7.68) n/m
Book value — — — (0.32) 17,394.21 (2,412.91) 432.20 (398.99) (1,160.59) (91.21) (19.50) +156.3%
Shares, m — — — 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (45.1%)
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E — — — 0.00 0.00 0.00 16.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.3
P/S — — — 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.08 0.25 0.10 0.03 0.00 0.1
P/B — — — 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.31 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.2
EV/Sales — — — 0.42 0.42 0.42 0.30 0.41 0.64 0.36 0.55 0.4
EV/FCF — — — 4.32 4.32 4.32 13.08 27.22 (4.57) (1.39) (3.08) 6.8
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow — — — 0 (1) 4 2 3 (9) (9) (5) n/m
Capex — — — — — — (1) 0 0 0 0 (49.8%)
Free cash flow — — — 0 (1) 4 1 2 (9) (9) (5) n/m
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital — — — (2) 0 4 7 3 (5) (22) (27) +45.0%
Net debt — — — 0 12 16 20 25 34 11 17 +77.0%
Shareholders’ equity — — — (1) 2 0 6 (5) (20) (7) (14) +40.8%
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA — — — (38.48) (5.15) (4.52) 0.67 (3.45) (13.14) (101.20) (134.76) (62.7) pt
ROIC — — — 0.00 (3.75) 17.47 19.74 (7.00) (58.54) (209.68) (290.84) (209.7) pt
ROE — — — (120.39) (123.72) (151.21) 12.11 (2,493.18) 49.59 174.61 148.24 +295.0 pt
People
People Employees — — — — 52 57 69 90 79 73 — +7.0%
Revenue/emp, $m — — — 0.00 0.24 0.67 1.30 1.75 0.79 0.48 — n/m
Negative figures in brackets.
estimates

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026 · fundamentals updated 26 Oct 2026

Direct Digital Holdings, Inc. vs peers in Advertising Agencies (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

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DRCT Direct Digital Holdings, Inc. $730.0K — (loss-making) 11.5× −22.79% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +67.42% (above 0%: growing) 34.00% (37.39%)
Median of peers $3.0M — — +3.16% — −108.00% 60.11% (5.76%)

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Ownership

Directors and executive officers, together 6.70% of the votes
Direct Digital Management, LLC 5.70% of the votes
Mark Walker, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer 3.20% of the votes
Keith Smith, President and Director 3.20% of the votes
Ownership is the proxy’s own table: the directors and officers as a group, and every holder of 5% or more. Read the proxy statement

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