PubMatic (NASDAQ:PUBM) Releases Earnings Results, Misses Estimates By $0.13 EPS

Key Points

• PubMatic reported a loss of $0.11 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus by $0.13.
• The company's revenue increased by 5.6% year-over-year, although it faced a return on equity of 1.99% and a net margin of 1.90%.
• CEO Rajeev K. Goel significantly reduced his ownership of the company by selling a total of 77,001 shares in recent transactions.

PubMatic (NASDAQ:PUBM - Get Free Report) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday. The company reported ($0.11) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.02 by ($0.13), Zacks reports. PubMatic had a return on equity of 1.99% and a net margin of 1.90%. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.04 earnings per share. The company's revenue was up 5.6% on a year-over-year basis. PubMatic updated its Q3 2025 guidance to EPS.

PubMatic Price Performance

NASDAQ:PUBM traded down $0.36 on Monday, reaching $10.57. 1,422,828 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 517,475. PubMatic has a 52 week low of $7.46 and a 52 week high of $17.74. The firm has a market cap of $512.96 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 132.14 and a beta of 1.54. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $11.99 and a 200-day simple moving average of $11.59.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have weighed in on PUBM. Lake Street Capital lowered their price objective on shares of PubMatic from $21.00 to $19.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 9th. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their price target on shares of PubMatic from $17.00 to $14.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, May 2nd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $18.17.

Insider Transactions at PubMatic

In other PubMatic news, CEO Rajeev K. Goel sold 33,001 shares of PubMatic stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $12.56, for a total transaction of $414,492.56. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 32,515 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $408,388.40. This trade represents a 50.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Rajeev K. Goel sold 44,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $11.28, for a total transaction of $496,320.00. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 285,294 shares of company stock valued at $3,449,506. Company insiders own 26.42% of the company's stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On PubMatic

A hedge fund recently bought a new stake in PubMatic stock. Creative Planning bought a new position in PubMatic, Inc. (NASDAQ:PUBM - Free Report) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund bought 21,611 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $269,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 64.26% of the company's stock.

PubMatic Company Profile

PubMatic, Inc, a technology company, engages in the provision of a cloud infrastructure platform that enables real-time programmatic advertising transactions for digital content creators, advertisers, agencies, agency trading desks, and demand side platforms worldwide. Its PubMatic SSP, a sell-side platform, used for the purchase and sale of digital advertising inventory for publishers and buyers.

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