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Liftoff Mobile, Inc.

$14.60+3.99%

Price as of close on Nov 3, 2026 · Financials updated Sep 30, 2026

Basics

Sector: Communication Services
Industry: Advertising Agencies
Country: United States
Market cap: 2.5B USD
Enterprise value: 3.9B USD
Full-time employees: 649

Overall health

Drawback: higher risk than most peers on debt, liquidity or share-price swings
About average: valuation
Not enough data: growth

Would rank #300 of 454 fully scored communication services companies (bottom 35%)

Partial overall score — 3/4 categories available.

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Worth knowing

Negative shareholders' equity. Liabilities exceed assets on the balance sheet.
Liftoff Mobile's liabilities exceed its assets on the balance sheet. Large share buybacks can cause this in healthy companies, but so can accumulated losses; either way, debt-based ratios need care.
Cash flow well above reported profit. Free cash flow is 5.2× reported profit.
Free cash flow is 5.2× reported profit. Large non-cash charges, such as depreciation, amortization or stock-based pay, reduce reported profit without using cash.
Wide margins. Operating margin 24% (fiscal year to Dec 2025) vs a peer median of 8.2%.Operating margin 24% (fiscal year to Dec 2025) vs peers 8.2%.
Liftoff Mobile keeps 24% of revenue as operating profit, more than 87% of peers (median 8.2%).
Fast revenue growth. Revenue grew 32% in the fiscal year to Dec 2025 vs the year before, faster than 94% of peers.
Revenue grew 32% in the fiscal year to Dec 2025 vs the year before, faster than 94% of its peers.

StockQuotient Score

43/ 100▲ 1 since Oct 27 close

Oct 5 43 → Nov 4 43

Fundamentals: Yahoo Finance, not primary filings

Valuation

Is the price right?

43/100

Moderate▲ 4 since Oct 27 close

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Why it changed since the Oct 27, 2026 close: Score 39 → 43

Share price -14.6%+4

Each step re-scores the company against its peers as they were on Oct 28, 2026; the parts add up to the change. Price effects on EBITDA yield are approximate.

Why

Close to the peer norm on every measure.

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Behind the score

Sector-normalized EBITDA, earnings, and free cash flow yields.

Earnings yield1.4%

Yahoo Finance · trailing 12 monthsReported value30% base weight · Z-score -0.51Sector median: 0.0294 · MAD: 0.0294

EBITDA yield9.7%

Yahoo Finance · trailing 12 monthsReported value50% base weight · Z-score 0.17Sector median: 0.0857 · MAD: 0.0649

Free cash flow yield7.5%

Yahoo Finance · trailing 12 months · operating cash flow − capital spendingReported value20% base weight · Z-score 0.01Sector median: 0.0740 · MAD: 0.0593

Other data (not scored)

Book yield-0.2%

SEC filings · latest balance sheetOutlier capped at sector 5th/95th percentileInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.4780 · MAD: 0.3375

Growth

Is it growing?

Insufficient data

Insufficient data: 1 of 3 inputs reported (at least 2 needed). We leave it blank rather than fill the gap with a made-up middle value.

Profitability

Does it earn well?

86/100

Strong

3/3 inputs reported · High confidence

Why

Stronger than most peers on:

▲ Operating margin
▲ ROA
▲ ROIC

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Behind the score

Return on invested capital, operating margin, and return on assets.

Operating margin24.4%

Yahoo Finance · fiscal year to Dec 2025Reported value33% base weight · Z-score 2.05Sector median: 0.0818 · MAD: 0.0789

Return on assets9.0%

Yahoo Finance · trailing 12 monthsReported value33% base weight · Z-score 1.96Sector median: 0.0272 · MAD: 0.0318

Return on invested capital20.2%

Yahoo Finance · trailing 12 monthsReported value33% base weight · Z-score 2.02Sector median: 0.0598 · MAD: 0.0706

Other data (not scored)

Gross margin86.2%

Yahoo Finance · trailing 12 monthsReported valueInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.4656 · MAD: 0.1827

Return on equityUnavailable

Missing · left out of the scoreInformational · 0% composite weightSector median: 0.0529 · MAD: 0.1007

Risk

Debt, liquidity, price swings

Higher

Higher relative risk

2/3 inputs reported · Partial data

Why

Weaker than most peers on:

▼ Debt / equity

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Behind the score

Relative to sector peers: 0 = lower relative risk · 1 = moderate · 2 = higher. Based on leverage, beta and liquidity.

BetaUnavailable

Missing · left out of the score · no sector data, so not countedNot counted · remaining weights rescaledSector median: 0.6525 · MAD: 0.2880

Current ratio1.38×

SEC filings · latest balance sheetReported value33% base weight · Z-score -0.01Sector median: 1.3848 · MAD: 0.6948

Debt / equityUnavailable

Shareholders' equity is negative, so debt/equity counts as among the highest in its peer group33% base weight · Z-score -13.85Sector median: 0.3697 · MAD: 0.3335

Valuation, growth and profitability scores: higher is better. Risk: 0 is lower, 2 is higher. Risk is a relative proxy, not a bankruptcy probability. Scores depend on available sector peers.

Questions investors ask about Liftoff Mobile

Is Liftoff Mobile getting weaker?: Filing-by-filing changes are tracked only for companies that file with the US SEC. Its overall score is 43/100, up 1 since Oct 28, 2026.
How is Liftoff Mobile valued vs its peers?: Priced about in line with its peers. Valuation scores 43/100 against 512 communication services peers.
Is Liftoff Mobile growing?: Insufficient data: 1 of 3 inputs reported (at least 2 needed).
How profitable is Liftoff Mobile?: More profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 86/100 against 512 communication services peers. Operating margin 24.4% vs a peer median of 8.2% (stronger than 87% of peers).Operating margin 24.4% vs peers 8.2% (stronger than 87% of peers).
How risky is Liftoff Mobile?: Higher risk relative to 512 communication services peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.

Industry valuation context

Sector: Communication Services · 67 companies

Valuations in Communication Services are within their usual range since 2016.

46% of months since 2016 were valued lower than now.
22% of companies are in the most expensive fifth of their own price-to-sales history.
Over 24 months, company values +13% and earnings +11% (medians): earnings grew faster than prices.
Median price-to-sales is −6% vs the whole market, against a usual −7%.

2016Shaded: most expensive fifth of its range2026

Shown for Communication Services: too few Advertising Agencies companies have a long enough history of their own.

Financials

Detailed annual statements come from structured SEC filing data, which most US companies and some foreign filers provide. They aren’t available for this company yet.

LFTO price history

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Bringing the fundamentals into focus…

Worth knowing

Negative shareholders' equity. Liabilities exceed assets on the balance sheet.

Liftoff Mobile's liabilities exceed its assets on the balance sheet. Large share buybacks can cause this in healthy companies, but so can accumulated losses; either way, debt-based ratios need care.

Cash flow well above reported profit. Free cash flow is 5.2× reported profit.

Free cash flow is 5.2× reported profit. Large non-cash charges, such as depreciation, amortization or stock-based pay, reduce reported profit without using cash.

Wide margins. Operating margin 24% (fiscal year to Dec 2025) vs a peer median of 8.2%.Operating margin 24% (fiscal year to Dec 2025) vs peers 8.2%.

Liftoff Mobile keeps 24% of revenue as operating profit, more than 87% of peers (median 8.2%).

Fast revenue growth. Revenue grew 32% in the fiscal year to Dec 2025 vs the year before, faster than 94% of peers.

Revenue grew 32% in the fiscal year to Dec 2025 vs the year before, faster than 94% of its peers.

Questions investors ask about Liftoff Mobile

Is Liftoff Mobile getting weaker?

Filing-by-filing changes are tracked only for companies that file with the US SEC. Its overall score is 43/100, up 1 since Oct 28, 2026.

How is Liftoff Mobile valued vs its peers?

Priced about in line with its peers. Valuation scores 43/100 against 512 communication services peers.

Is Liftoff Mobile growing?

Insufficient data: 1 of 3 inputs reported (at least 2 needed).

How profitable is Liftoff Mobile?

More profitable than most of its peers. Profitability scores 86/100 against 512 communication services peers. Operating margin 24.4% vs a peer median of 8.2% (stronger than 87% of peers).Operating margin 24.4% vs peers 8.2% (stronger than 87% of peers).

How risky is Liftoff Mobile?

Higher risk relative to 512 communication services peers, judged on debt, liquidity and share-price swings. A relative measure, not a bankruptcy probability.