Outbrain (OB) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Outbrain Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates a technology platform that connects media owners and advertisers with engaged audiences to drive business outcomes worldwide. It offers a suite of solutions for media owners that facilitates content discovery and monetization for its media partners on their own sites; Onyx by Outbrain, a branding platform; AI platform that delivers customized experiences; engaging video experiences for publisher audience development and advertiser purposes; tools and services to promote organic editorial experiences to their audiences, enhancing audience engagement, recirculation, and monetization opportunities; and Keystone by Outbrain technology that extends ad server optimization. The company also provides advertising solutions for advertisers, including ad experiences, such as standard native, carousel and app install ads, outstream video, contextual pre-roll video, and high-impact display; AI-powered prediction engines; Conversion Bid Strategy tool that uses engagement data and machine learning to optimize bid strategies to hit the advertiser's desired campaign goals; data comprising targeting offerings based on consumer interest segments, as well as complex offerings that predict audience characteristics based on contextual and interest data; Outbrain platform, which enables advertisers to optimize campaign goals, engagement, and delivering other measurable business outcomes; and full-stack buying solutions. Outbrain Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $2.67 to $2.87
• 50-Day Range: $2.50 to $3.54
• 52-Week Range: $2.42 to $3.91
• Volume: 604,810 shs
• Average Volume: 455,809 shs
• Market Capitalization: $257.91 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $3.90
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Outbrain Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Outbrain scored higher than 47% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 168th out of 302 stocks in the business services sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Outbrain has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, no buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Outbrain has a consensus price target of $3.90, representing about 42.6% upside from its current price of $2.74.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Outbrain has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 1,233.33%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Outbrain are expected to grow by 1,233.33% in the coming year, from $0.03 to $0.40 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Outbrain is -54.70, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Outbrain is -54.70, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Outbrain has a P/B Ratio of 0.61. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for OB.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Outbrain does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Outbrain does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on EPS estimates, Outbrain will have a dividend payout ratio of 210.00% in the coming year. This indicates that Outbrain may not be able to sustain their current dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 0.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

Search Interest

1 people have searched for OB on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Outbrain insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

11.99% of the stock of Outbrain is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

60.44% of the stock of Outbrain is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

OB Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How were Outbrain's earnings last quarter?

Outbrain Inc. (NASDAQ:OB) issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May, 9th. The financial services provider reported ($0.20) EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of ($0.10) by $0.10. The financial services provider had revenue of $103.12 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $279.75 million. Outbrain had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 2.18% and a net margin of 0.39%.
Read the conference call transcript.

Does Outbrain have any subsidiaries?

Outbrain subsidiaries include these companies: video intelligence AG, Ligatus, AdNgin, Zemanta, Revee, Visual Revenue, Scribit, and others.

When did Outbrain IPO?

Outbrain (OB) raised $200 million in an initial public offering on Thursday, July 22nd 2021. The company issued 8,000,000 shares at a price of $24.00-$26.00 per share.

What other stocks do shareholders of Outbrain own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Outbrain investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Tesla (TSLA), Netflix (NFLX), Broadcom (AVGO) and Palo Alto Networks (PANW).

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 5/09/2025
• Today: 5/06/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Business Services
• Industry: Computer programming, data processing, & other computer related
• Sub-Industry: Property & Casualty Insurance
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:OB
• CIK: 1454938
• Web: www.onebeacon.com
• Phone: 646-867-0149
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,020
• Year Founded: 2006

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Outbrain: $3.90
• High Price Target: $3.90
• Low Price Target: $3.90
• Potential Upside/Downside: +42.6%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.73)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: 91.17
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $10.24 million
• Net Margins: 0.39%
• Pretax Margin: 0.57%
• Return on Equity: 2.18%
• Return on Assets: 0.79%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 1.20
• Quick Ratio: 1.20

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $959.27 million
• Price / Sales: 0.27
• Cash Flow: $0.11 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 24.79
• Book Value: $4.45 per share
• Price / Book: 0.61

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 94,300,000
• Free Float: 38,801,000
• Market Cap: $257.91 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.35