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The Screen · Technology · Software - Infrastructure

GoDaddy logoGoDaddy

GDDY · a US exchange · USD · Market cap $12.2B · 5,845 employees

GoDaddy Inc.

FAIL · Does not pass the screen
96.37 USD

At the last full screen
2026-09-10

Screened 2026-09-10 · the tape above runs as of 15:00 UTC · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed

The Label · The Season, Not the Day

This name holds its markup label.

GoDaddy holds its Markup at $96.37. The statistical read favours the buyers, held for 2 days.

As held on the ledger · 2026-09-10
PhaseMarkup
Quantitative stateThe statistical read favours the buyers, held for 2 days
Price at the screen$96.37
Valuation14.32 trailing · 8.74 forward price to earnings
Values screenFAIL · score 10.0
Beta0.94
The Workings

Five Screens, Shown in Full

Does not pass. Debt ratio

TestFigureLimitWhat it meansStatus
Business activity Permissible Core business clean Its core business isn't built on prohibited lines: no gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, or interest-based lending. Pass
Debt load 48.07% Below 33% Interest-bearing debt is 48.1% of its assets, above the one-third ceiling the screen allows. Fail
Interest-bearing cash 0.00% Below 33% Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 0.0% of assets, under the one-third limit. Pass
Receivables 14.49% Below 49% Money owed to the company is 14.5% of assets, under the 49% limit. Pass
Revenue purity 0.00% Below 5% Only 0.0% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, under the 5% line. Pass

Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.

What the Numbers Say It Is Worth

The Fair Value Range

Our framework reads AVOID: it trades at roughly a 30% discount to our $125.00 fair value, moderate competitive moat, 6.60% revenue growth.

125.00Conservative125.00Base case192.74Growth case 96.37Price

Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-09-10 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 29.7% margin of safety to the base estimate.

The Street's Range
76.00Street low 100.00Street average 170.00Street high 96.37Price

Third-party analyst targets: 15 covering, consensus Buy. The average target sits +4% from the screen price.

Reading the gap · Our model sees value the Street hasn't fully caught up to yet.

Price History & Projections
$187$125$63TODAY5y agoPROJECTIONStreet high$170.00 +112%Conservative$125.00 +56%Our fair value$125.00 +56%Street avg$100.00 +24%

Where it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2026-09-10 screen.

Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.

The Business, in Plain Words

Domain giant stumbles on ethical debt test

Picture the corner shop owner locking in their first website and paying GoDaddy month after month. The cash keeps flowing, yet the company still fails our ethical screen on its debt ratio, and that single fact ends the conversation for us.

We pass despite an 8.8 times forward earnings multiple, 17 percent profit margins and sky-high 398 percent ROE. Revenue growth sits at just 6 percent, the moat is only moderate, and the ethical breach on leverage outweighs any apparent margin of safety to fair value.

High returns look impressive until debt loads grow in a rising-rate world. Analysts may still lean buy with a 100 dollar median target, yet our screen exists to filter out exactly these cases. Analysis, not advice.

The fundamentals · plain-English read
Forward P/E8.7xpriced for continued growth
Trailing P/E14.3xreasonably valued
EPS, trailing6.73
EPS, forward11.03
Revenue growth+6.6%slow but positive growth
Profit margin17.8%healthy profit margins
Return on equity442.9%an exceptional return on shareholder capital
FCF yield9.87%
Debt to equity573.34heavy leverage: higher risk if revenue softens
Current ratio0.63below 1: short-term bills exceed liquid assets
Beta0.94steadier than the market
Short interest, float0.06%
52-week range71.59 - 149.35
MoatMODERATE
Market cap$12.2B
Employees5,845

The risks · The things to watch: it carries a real debt load, which raises the stakes if revenue slips.

Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.

Where & How to Trade

GDDY trades on a US exchange. As a listed security it is accessible through almost any international broker offering its home market. New to this, or investing from abroad? Our guide to accessing global markets covers brokers, currencies and the practical steps.

The Dated Journal · Newest First, Never Edited

Every Entry, As Written

2026-08-30 Markup $100.52 +1.2% Entry 5

The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved up 1.2% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 55%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 14%. The street (15 analysts) rates it none, with a mean price target of $105.

2026-07-31 Markup $99.33 +17.7% Entry 4

The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved up 17.7% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 55%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 14%. The street (15 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $115.

2026-07-18 Markup $84.38 +0.0% Entry 3

The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it B, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are down 55%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 14%. The street (15 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $115.

2026-07-03 Markup $84.38 +0.0% Entry 2

The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.

2026-07-02 Markup $84.38 Entry 1

The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.

Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.

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The Insider Ledger · Form 4 Filings, As Filed
Most recent filings · GDDY
DateInsiderTitleTypeSharesValue
2026-05-18 PALITWANON PHONTIP Officer 12 $1,070
2026-05-18 MCCAFFREY MARK D. Chief Financial Officer 16 $1,426
2026-05-18 SINE JARED FRANKLIN Officer 13 $1,159
2026-04-02 SINE JARED FRANKLIN Officer 7,793 $628,973
2026-03-10 PALITWANON PHONTIP Officer 1,310 $118,096
2026-03-04 MCCAFFREY MARK D. Chief Financial Officer 19,813 $1,760,367
2026-03-04 BHUTANI AMANPAL SINGH Chief Executive Officer 39,379 $3,498,269
2026-03-03 PALITWANON PHONTIP Officer 766 $67,278
2026-03-03 SINE JARED FRANKLIN Officer 223 $19,586
2026-03-03 CHEN ROGER Chief Operating Officer 66,000 ·

Public filings, recorded as found. The full tape lives at Insider Intelligence.

The Political Ledger · Congressional Disclosures
Disclosures naming GDDY
DatePoliticianPartyTypeAmount
2026-08-18 Gil Cisneros Democrat buy 1K–15K
2026-08-18 Gil Cisneros Democrat buy 1K–15K
2026-08-18 Gil Cisneros Democrat buy 1K–15K
2026-08-03 Ro Khanna Democrat sell 1K–15K
2026-08-03 Ro Khanna Democrat sell 1K–15K
What Holding Actually Paid · Price Plus Dividends
If $1,000 had been placed · historical, not a promise
PeriodPrice thenPrice returnDivs per share$1,000 becameTotal return
1 month $88.08 -8.8% · $913 -8.8%
2 months $79.29 +1.4% · $1,014 +1.4%
3 months $80.75 -0.5% · $995 -0.5%
6 months $126.05 -36.2% · $638 -36.2%
1 year $178.43 -55.0% · $450 -55.0%
2 years $142.04 -43.4% · $566 -43.4%
3 years $72.01 +11.6% · $1,116 +11.6%
5 years $82.78 -2.9% · $971 -2.9%

Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

The Ledger's Promise

This entry now belongs to the ledger. Whatever GDDY does next, these words stay.

GoDaddy · GDDY · Markup · $96.37
Recorded 2026-09-10 · before the outcome · scored mechanically

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