The analysis reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved up 9.3% 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 C. Technically it is momentum reading bullish. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
Liftoff Mobile Inc
LFTO · NASDAQ · USD · Market cap $3.1B · 652 employees
Liftoff Mobile, Inc.
FAIL · Does not pass the screenPrice as of 6 Nov 2026Daily close, not a live quote
Screened 2026-11-06 · the tape above runs as of 00:43 UTC · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
Key facts today
- Price18.13 USD at the 6 Nov 2026 close
- Our value readUndervalued vs our fair value, as of 6 Nov 2026
- Our regime readMarkup, as of 7 Nov 2026
- Ethical screenDoes not pass
- OptionsOpen interest leans heavily to calls (put/call 0.22)
- Last reviewed6 Nov 2026 (1 days ago)
- Release timesRelease and earnings times on your chart: Event Guard Mentor
A summary of the dated readings below, not a live quote and not advice.
Our fair-value range: $27.08 to $36.26, base estimate $30.80 (screen dated 2026-11-06).
- Trend Markup
- Insiders no filings inside 60 days, left as found
- Positioning no disclosures inside 60 days, left as found
- Options put/call open interest 0.22, read 2026-11-03
- Ethical does not pass the values gate
Our analytic regime reads on this name, dated and marked against the screened price. Small sample per name, and separate from the daily-framework accuracy on the Track Record page.
This name holds its markup label.
Liftoff Mobile Inc holds its Markup at $18.13. The statistical read favours the buyers, held for 13 days.
| Phase | Markup |
| Quantitative state | The statistical read favours the buyers, held for 13 days |
| Price at the screen | $18.13 |
| Valuation | 72.52 trailing · 13.05 forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | FAIL · score 70.0 |
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 | 95.71% | Below 33% | Interest-bearing debt is 95.7% 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 | 25.70% | Below 49% | Money owed to the company is 25.7% of assets, under the 49% limit. | 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.
The Ethical ReadWhy It Falls Short, in Plain English
Liftoff Mobile's business is in a permissible area, but its interest-bearing debt is about 96% of the company, well over the ~33% line, so it does not pass on the financial screens.
Read as at 2026-11-05. It updates when the underlying figures move, and past reads are kept below.
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The Fair Value Range
Our analysis reads Undervalued vs our fair value, as of 6 Nov 2026: it trades at roughly a 41% discount to our $30.80 fair value, 35.40% revenue growth.
How a fair value is estimated: discounted cash flow (DCF).
Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-11-06 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 41.1% discount to the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 16 covering, consensus Buy. The average target sits +41% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Both our model and the analysts see meaningful upside from here.
Price History & ProjectionsWhere our models see it going: fair-value estimate $30.80, with a range of $27.08 to $36.26, dated to the 2026-11-06 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 WordsMobile Ads Platform With Thin Profits
Picture an app user tapping on an ad that feels oddly well timed. That moment runs through platforms like Liftoff's Cortex, which applies neural networks to lift returns for advertisers across phones worldwide. Revenue is climbing fast at 37 percent, yet the business converts only 3 percent of sales into profit at the current price of 22.61 dollars.
We pass despite the 47 percent gap to our 33.27 dollar fair value. Forward earnings sit at 18.6 times and the moat remains unknown, so the growth does not yet clear our bar for durable cash returns. Thirteen analysts lean buy with a 35 dollar median target, but thin margins leave little room for error in a crowded ad market.
Competition from bigger platforms can squeeze fees quickly, and any slowdown in mobile spend would hit the low margin base hard. The ethical screen clears, yet the numbers still fail to justify ownership. Analysis, not advice.
| Forward P/E | 13.1xcheap for a company growing this fast |
| Trailing P/E | 72.5xexpensive: the price assumes strong growth ahead |
| EPS, trailing | 0.25 |
| EPS, forward | 1.39 |
| Revenue growth | +35.4%strong top-line growth |
| Profit margin | 5.2%thin but positive margins |
| FCF yield | 5.86% |
| Current ratio | 1.38adequate liquidity, worth monitoring |
| Short interest, float | 0.05% |
| 52-week range | 13.96 - 30.10 |
| Market cap | $3.1B |
| Employees | 652 |
Another profit measure, before interest, tax and non-cash costs: EBITDA.
The risks · The main risks here are ordinary market swings and the chance our fair-value read proves too optimistic.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
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Every Entry, As Written
The framework has shifted from accumulation to distribution since the last review. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 6.0% 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 D. Technically it is momentum reading bullish. It reported earnings in this window, a natural checkpoint for the thesis.
The analysis reads accumulation. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. 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. Technically it is momentum reading bullish.
The framework has shifted from distribution to accumulation since the last review. Smart money appears to be quietly building positions. This typically precedes a markup phase. Price has moved up 1.6% 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 C. Technically it is momentum reading neutral.
The framework has shifted from markdown to distribution since the last review. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved up 1.7% 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 D.
Our analysis reads markdown. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. 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 D.
Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.
- Liftoff Mobile combines AI growth prospects with discounted valuation, Wedbush says Yahoo Finance · 10d ago
- Liftoff Well Positioned in Mobile Ad Segments Larger Rivals Overlook, Wedbush Says Yahoo Finance · 10d ago
- Broadcom upgraded, HubSpot downgraded: Wall Street's top analyst calls Yahoo Finance · 11d ago
- Liftoff to Announce Third Quarter 2026 Results Yahoo Finance · 15d ago
- Liftoff Mobile (LFTO) Stock Fair Value Edges Lower As Analysts Weigh Competition Risks Yahoo Finance · 22d ago
Headlines from third-party outlets, linked for reference: not our reporting, not advice.
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