Stocks · Communication Services · Internet Content & Information
Bumble Inc. BMBL
$2.54 -0.39% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $331.3M
High qualityWeak trendInexpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Operating margin narrowed to 8.7% from 25.2% a year earlier.
- The diluted share count rose 26.6% in a year.
- Over the past year the stock returned -57.9%, behind the S&P 500 by 72.9 percentage points.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Communication Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 6%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 34%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 38%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 25%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 26%
- Gross marginTop 24%
- Operating marginTop 42%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 2%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 37%
- Interest coverTop 48%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 5%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 2%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 19%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 14%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 10%
- 6-month returnBottom 19%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 13%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 14%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 32%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 18%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 5%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 36%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 43%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 15%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 23%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 37%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -11.4% | -13.3% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 65.4% | 71.3% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 25.2% | 8.7% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 18.6% | 28.6% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -13.3% | -11.4% | ↓ | Bottom 6% |
| Gross margin | 71.3% | 65.4% | ↑ | Top 24% |
| Operating margin | 8.7% | 25.2% | ↓ | Top 42% |
| Net margin | -59.0% | -82.4% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 28.6% | 18.6% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 7.1% | — | Top 26% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 2.2% | — | Bottom 38% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -65.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 4.7%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -0.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 3.34×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 1.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.00%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +26.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -13.2%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.1%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $3.25
- Target vs current price
- +28.0%
- Analysts with a rating
- 23
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 22%
- Consensus rating
- Hold
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | -436.5% | -5.0% | -13.1% | -16.2% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | +36.0% | +0.5% | -23.0% | -28.8% | -31.9% |
| Mar 11, 2026 | +355.5% | +1.1% | +47.3% | +24.2% | +6.4% |
| Nov 5, 2025 | -7.9% | +3.0% | -24.0% | -28.5% | -36.5% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | +562.2% | +1.3% | -13.6% | -16.3% | -26.6% |
| May 7, 2025 | -18.8% | +0.0% | +33.3% | +20.5% | +72.9% |
| Feb 18, 2025 | -62.5% | -4.3% | -34.6% | -40.8% | -30.9% |
| Nov 6, 2024 | +2455.0% | +4.4% | +14.8% | +17.9% | +15.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 2026 | -$0.84 | $0.25 | -436.5% | $210.5M |
| May 5, 2026 | $0.34 | $0.25 | +36.0% | $212.0M |
| Mar 11, 2026 | $1.07 | $0.23 | +355.5% | $224.2M |
| Nov 5, 2025 | $0.35 | $0.38 | -7.9% | $246.2M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $2.45 | $0.37 | +562.2% | $248.2M |
| May 7, 2025 | $0.13 | $0.16 | -18.8% | $247.1M |
| Feb 18, 2025 | $0.06 | $0.16 | -62.5% | $261.6M |
| Nov 6, 2024 | $5.11 | $0.20 | +2455.0% | $273.6M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / EBITDA | 7.0× | — | — | Top 19% |
| EV / Sales | 0.71× | — | — | Top 14% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 76.98% | — | — | Top 2% |
| Earnings yield | -152.36% | — | — | Bottom 5% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 9.3× – 94.0× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -2.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -9.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -21.0%
- RSI (14)
- 35.7
- Relative volume
- 0.63×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 49.7%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 21th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.36
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.32
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -57.9%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -83.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2021 | Sep 28, 2026 | -96.8% | 1410 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $331.3M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$3.87
- Revenue (TTM)
- $893.2M
- 52-week range
- $2.49 – $6.13
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $760.9M | $903.5M | $1.05B | $1.07B | $965.7M |
| Gross profit | $448.7M | $564.3M | $676.0M | $683.2M | $659.2M |
| Operating income | -$29.9M | $8.1M | $45.2M | $258.0M | $254.2M |
| Net income | $309.8M | -$79.7M | -$4.2M | -$557.0M | -$693.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.40 | -$0.62 | -$0.03 | -$4.61 | -$5.95 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $273.6M | $261.6M | $247.1M | $248.2M | $246.2M | $224.2M | $212.4M | $210.5M |
| Net income | -$613.2M | $4.2M | $13.4M | -$253.7M | $37.3M | -$499.4M | $45.2M | -$110.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$5.11 | $0.09 | $0.13 | -$2.45 | $0.48 | -$3.85 | $0.34 | -$0.84 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $104.8M | $132.9M | $182.1M | $123.4M | $250.4M |
| Capital expenditure | -$13.7M | -$16.3M | -$14.9M | -$26.8M | -$11.7M |
| Free cash flow | $91.2M | $116.6M | $167.2M | $96.7M | $238.7M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $366.7M | $0 | -$157.1M | -$214.3M | -$28.7M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $154.0M
- Total assets
- $1.22B
- Total liabilities
- $603.6M
- Total debt
- $459.8M
- Net debt
- $305.9M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $516.1M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 6, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 13,980,473
- Days to cover
- 5.66
- Change vs previous report
- -13.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.