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DRCT

Direct Digital Holdings, Inc.

Next earnings Aug 3, 2026 · consensus $-17.62 EPS, $9.22M rev

Last earnings -2.0% on 2026-05-11

Avoid
$2.85
▲ +7.95%
$2.85▼ -97.60%
over 1Y
L $2.38H $137.50
Earnings Dividend Split Congress buy Congress sellGrouped by date · hover a pin to expand
Today+8.0%
1W+10.0%
1M-8.1%
3M-6.3%
YTD-77.2%
1Y-97.6%
OverviewFinancialsValuationQualityTimelineFilings
Rating
Avoid
Quality
F
Valuation
Fair value
Filings
Flagged
Avoid
Conviction
Horizon
Long (>12mo)
Street · 8 analysts
Buy

Going-concern doubt, negative equity, collapsing revenue and Nasdaq delisting risk — a distressed micro-cap that is not investable.

Revenue $34.7M · FY2025

DRCT is a distressed micro-cap in structural decline. Revenue has cratered from a $157M peak in FY2023 to $62.3M in FY2024 and just $34.7M in FY2025 (-44.3% YoY) — a two-year collapse of roughly 78%. The bottom line moved the wrong way in tandem: FY2025 net income of -$18.9M (down 203.8% YoY) on a -54.6% net margin, with operating income of -$14.8M. Gross margin has compressed to 30.0%, and operating cash flow was -$8.91M, meaning the business burns cash it does not have.

The balance sheet is the disqualifier. Stockholders' equity is negative at -$7.02M (liabilities/equity of -3.87x), retained earnings are -$27.7M, and cash is down to $728K against $12.0M of current debt (up 224.4% YoY) and current liabilities of $26.4M versus only $4.74M of current assets — a working-capital hole of over $21M. The 10-K states this plainly: management discloses 'substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern,' credit-facility covenants that 'impose risk of default,' and explicit risk that the Class A stock 'may be delisted from the Nasdaq Capital Market.' The -$75.79 diluted EPS alongside a $2.85 share price and a 352.9% jump in weighted shares points to a reverse split and heavy dilution — classic signs of a company recapitalizing to survive rather than grow.

Is DRCT a buy? The one-page verdict, explained →

The options angle

model · matches our verdict
Bear put spread (caution)~90d expiry
  • Long put 3 @ ~0.71 est
  • Short put 2.5 @ ~0.43 est
debit $28max +$22max −$28BE 2.72

AVOID means we wouldn't engage at all — if expressing the short side anyway, only with capped risk.

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Financials · annual, by fiscal year

Line itemFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Revenue$38.1M$89.4M$157M$62.3M$34.7M
Gross profit$18.4M$29.3M$37.6M$17.4M$10.4M
Operating income$4.38M$7.98M-$2.19M-$13.2M-$14.8M
Net income-$1.51M$205K-$2.19M-$6.24M-$18.9M
Diluted EPS-$44.09$0.11-$0.73-$91.26-$75.79
Net margin-4.0%0.2%-1.4%-10.0%-54.6%

Annual figures from SEC 10-K XBRL filings. Open the filing links below for full statement detail.

Key statistics

Valuation

Enterprise value$13.5M
EV / EBITDA—
EV / Sales0.4
EV / FCF—
P / FCF—
PEG (trailing)—
Earnings yield-898.9%
FCF yield—

Quality & risk

ROIC (est.)—
Free cash flow—
Total debt$12.1M
Net cash-$11.4M
Altman Z-Score-3.86 distress
Piotroski F-Score3/9

Capital returns

Buyback yield—
Dividend yield (est.)—
Shareholder yield—
Shares Δ YoY+352.9%

Computed from SEC XBRL annual figures + the current quote. EV and ROIC use long-term + current debt where filed; estimates, not investment advice.

Disclosure timeline

SEC · 8-Ks + reports
Recent disclosure tone has skewed negative — read the flagged items.
  1. DEF 14A Proxy statement2026-06-23

    Annual-meeting proxy: board/auditor votes and governance items, routine

  2. 8-K Material event2026-06-11

    Shareholder director-nomination window opened ahead of annual meeting; no financial news

  3. 8-K Officer / director change2026-06-04

    Officer/director change disclosed with a Reg FD update amid the turnaround push

  4. 8-K Material agreement2026-05-21

    Amended share-registration adds dilution overhang as company raises capital

  5. S-1/A Securities registration2026-05-21

    Amended share-registration adds dilution overhang as company raises capital

  6. 10-Q Quarterly report2026-05-15

    Q1 10-Q: revenue keeps shrinking, negative equity, going-concern doubt persists

  7. 8-K Earnings results2026-05-11

    Q1 results released: revenue still falling, losses persist under going-concern doubt

  8. S-1 Securities registration2026-04-29

    New S-1 registers shares for offering/resale, signaling further dilution

  9. 8-K Agreement terminated2026-04-28

    Nasdaq delisting notice, agreement termination, reverse split & rights change

Recent filings

all on EDGAR ↗
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Quality score

F
ValueGrowthProfitHealthMom.
ValueA+
GrowthF
ProfitabilityF
Financial healthF
MomentumF
  • ✗Revenue growing year-over-year
  • ✗Profitable (positive net income)
  • ✗Net margin above 10%
  • ✓Liabilities below 2× equity
2.3852-week140.80
Revenue
$34.7M
-44.3% YoY
Net margin
-54.6%
ROE
—
P/E
—

SEC fundamentals · FY 2025

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■ revenue · ■ net income, by fiscal year

Revenue$34.7M-44.3%
Net income-$18.9M-203.8%
Gross profit$10.4M-40.1%
Operating income-$14.8M-11.5%
Diluted EPS-$75.79+17.0%
Cash & equivalents$728K-49.6%
Total assets$20.2M-22.5%
Total liabilities$27.2M-40.6%
Stockholders' equity-$7.02M+64.4%
Gross: 30.0%Op.: -42.5%L/E: -3.87x

Frequently asked

Is Direct Digital Holdings, Inc. (DRCT) a buy?
DRCT currently carries a Avoid rating with 5/5 conviction, derived from its latest SEC filings. Going-concern doubt, negative equity, collapsing revenue and Nasdaq delisting risk — a distressed micro-cap that is not investable.
What is Direct Digital Holdings, Inc.'s quality score?
DRCT scores 34.7288341805572/100 (grade F) on a SEC-grounded quality model spanning value, growth, profitability, financial health and momentum.

Sources: SEC EDGAR (CIK 0001880613, latest 10-Q filed 2026-05-15) · EODHD · Proprietary analysis · as of 7/4/2026, 10:33:40 AM.

›About this recommendation — produced by TENK/calls (tenkcalls.com), Luxembourg · not investment advice

AI-generated analysis, produced by our proprietary engine from SEC filing data.

Investment recommendation produced by TENK/calls (tenkcalls.com), Luxembourg. Completed Jul 4, 2026, 6:33 AM ET. Ratings & methodology: definitions · All recommendations to date: track record · Conflicts: disclosures. Not investment advice.

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Insider activity

Form 4 · SEC

Last 90 days: 0 open-market buys · 7 sales

2026-06-12
Leatherberry Antoinette Renee
Director
Exercise37.00
2026-06-12
Leatherberry Antoinette Renee
Director
Sell23.00 @ $2.91$66.93
2026-06-12
Cohen Richard
Director
Exercise37.00
2026-06-12
Cohen Richard
Director
Sell25.00 @ $2.91$72.75
2026-06-12
Walker Mark D
Chairman and CEO
Sell1.36K @ $2.80$3.82K
2026-06-12
Locke Mistelle
Director
Exercise37.00
2026-06-12
Locke Mistelle
Director
Sell25.00 @ $2.91$72.75
2026-06-09
Leatherberry Antoinette Renee
Director
Exercise159.00
2026-06-09
Leatherberry Antoinette Renee
Director
Sell67.00 @ $2.96$198.32
2026-06-09
Cohen Richard
Director
Exercise159.00
2026-06-09
Cohen Richard
Director
Sell76.00 @ $2.96$224.96
2026-06-09
Locke Mistelle
Director
Exercise159.00

Earnings history

beat/miss · move
2026-05-11Beat +48.6% est▼ -1.99%8-K ↗
2026-04-01Beat +48.6% est▼ -21.71%8-K ↗
2025-11-14Miss -1468.6% est▼ -29.35%8-K ↗
2025-08-05Beat +53.5% est▼ -3.53%8-K ↗
2025-05-06—▼ -21.36%8-K ↗
2025-03-27—▼ -15.21%8-K ↗

Dates from 8-K (Item 2.02); beat/miss = reported EPS vs consensus (Finnhub, recent quarters); move = prior close → close on/after.

Vs tracked universe

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1195 tracked peers · median

TENK Score35 vs 67
Revenue growth-44.3% vs 7.5%
Net margin-54.6% vs 10.0%
Return on equity— vs 12.0%
P/E— vs 26.2