Direct Digital Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:DRCT – Get Free Report) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 372,400 shares, a growth of 239.2% from the May 31st total of 109,800 shares. Currently, 15.3% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 401,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.9 days.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
DRCT has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Roth Mkm dropped their price target on shares of Direct Digital from $27.50 to $19.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, March 27th. Benchmark restated a “buy” rating and set a $23.00 price target on shares of Direct Digital in a research note on Wednesday, April 24th. Finally, Noble Financial reaffirmed a “market perform” rating on shares of Direct Digital in a research note on Wednesday, March 27th.
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Direct Digital Stock Down 6.3 %
NASDAQ DRCT traded down $0.27 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $4.03. The company had a trading volume of 194,084 shares, compared to its average volume of 328,740. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $4.10 and its 200 day moving average is $11.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.51, a current ratio of 1.16 and a quick ratio of 1.16. Direct Digital has a fifty-two week low of $1.96 and a fifty-two week high of $35.88. The company has a market capitalization of $57.51 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.79 and a beta of 7.77.
Direct Digital (NASDAQ:DRCT – Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, March 26th. The company reported ($0.08) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.28 by ($0.36). Direct Digital had a net margin of 1.26% and a return on equity of 48.38%. The company had revenue of $41.01 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $66.02 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.01 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Direct Digital will post 0.16 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
About Direct Digital
Direct Digital Holdings, Inc operates as an end-to-end full-service programmatic advertising platform. The company's platform primarily focuses on providing advertising technology, data-driven campaign optimization, and other solutions to underserved and less efficient markets on both the buy- and sell-side of the digital advertising ecosystem.
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