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.
GoDaddy
GDDY · a US exchange · USD · Market cap $12.2B · 5,845 employees
GoDaddy Inc.
FAIL · Does not pass the screenAt 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
This name holds its markup label.
GoDaddy holds its Markup at $96.37. The statistical read favours the buyers, held for 2 days.
| Phase | Markup |
| Quantitative state | The statistical read favours the buyers, held for 2 days |
| Price at the screen | $96.37 |
| Valuation | 14.32 trailing · 8.74 forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | FAIL · score 10.0 |
| Beta | 0.94 |
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Does not pass. Debt ratio
| Test | Figure | Limit | What it means | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 WorthThe 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.
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.
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 & ProjectionsWhere 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 WordsDomain 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.
| Forward P/E | 8.7xpriced for continued growth |
| Trailing P/E | 14.3xreasonably valued |
| EPS, trailing | 6.73 |
| EPS, forward | 11.03 |
| Revenue growth | +6.6%slow but positive growth |
| Profit margin | 17.8%healthy profit margins |
| Return on equity | 442.9%an exceptional return on shareholder capital |
| FCF yield | 9.87% |
| Debt to equity | 573.34heavy leverage: higher risk if revenue softens |
| Current ratio | 0.63below 1: short-term bills exceed liquid assets |
| Beta | 0.94steadier than the market |
| Short interest, float | 0.06% |
| 52-week range | 71.59 - 149.35 |
| Moat | MODERATE |
| Market cap | $12.2B |
| Employees | 5,845 |
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.
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Every Entry, As Written
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Screened names in the same industry · explore each on its own page.
| Date | Insider | Title | Type | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
| Date | Politician | Party | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total 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.
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