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Viant Technology Inc. DSP
$12.24 -3.85% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $803.2M
Strong growthHigh quality
Next earnings report: Nov 9, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count rose 227.6% in a year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $388.5M, up 22.0% from a year earlier, accelerating from 18.1% a quarter earlier.
- The company holds net cash of $170.9M (cash above total debt).
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology 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)Top 30%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 49%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 31%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 19%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 27%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 46%
- Gross marginBottom 42%
- Operating marginBottom 41%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 11%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 30%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 8%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 48%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 24%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 40%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 25%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 34%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 19%
- 6-month returnBottom 39%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 28%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 29%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 40%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 13%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 12%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 11%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 27%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 28%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 35%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 42%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 8%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 18.1% | 22.0% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 45.6% | 11.8% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 45.3% | 44.5% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 1.6% | 2.3% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 11.5% | 13.9% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 22.0% | 18.1% | ↑ | Top 30% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 11.8% | 45.6% | ↓ | Bottom 49% |
| Gross margin | 44.5% | 45.3% | ↓ | Bottom 42% |
| Operating margin | 2.3% | 1.6% | ↑ | Bottom 41% |
| Net margin | 2.2% | 0.7% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 13.9% | 11.5% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 2.6% | — | Bottom 46% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 20.4% | — | Top 19% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 3.00×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -11.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 7.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -14.7 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -6.48×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.37%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.37%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +227.6%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +62.7%
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 10, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -43.9%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $18.83
- Target vs current price
- +53.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 13
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 92%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | -118.7% | +6.4% | -1.7% | +3.2% | — |
| May 11, 2026 | -109.1% | -12.0% | -12.4% | +0.4% | +2.2% |
| Mar 11, 2026 | +32.8% | +5.6% | +11.9% | +0.4% | +21.1% |
| Nov 10, 2025 | +19.5% | +1.6% | +20.3% | +33.0% | +18.3% |
| Aug 11, 2025 | +157.4% | -3.8% | -23.8% | -17.3% | -29.3% |
| May 6, 2025 | +140.7% | +0.7% | +0.8% | -7.2% | -2.0% |
| Mar 3, 2025 | +10.3% | -1.2% | -26.6% | -39.2% | -30.1% |
| Nov 12, 2024 | +110.9% | -0.7% | +29.0% | +56.9% | +83.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2026 | -$0.01 | $0.03 | -118.7% | $60.2M |
| May 11, 2026 | -$0.01 | $0.08 | -109.1% | $50.3M |
| Mar 11, 2026 | $0.22 | $0.17 | +32.8% | $64.6M |
| Nov 10, 2025 | $0.06 | $0.05 | +19.5% | $53.0M |
| Aug 11, 2025 | $0.02 | $0.01 | +157.4% | $48.4M |
| May 6, 2025 | $0.03 | -$0.07 | +140.7% | $42.7M |
| Mar 3, 2025 | $0.15 | $0.14 | +10.3% | $54.4M |
| Nov 12, 2024 | $0.09 | $0.04 | +110.9% | $47.4M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 79.6× | 84.2× | 30th | Top 48% |
| P/E (forward) | 68.6× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 24.0× | — | — | Top 40% |
| EV / Sales | 1.63× | — | — | Top 25% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.75% | — | — | Top 24% |
| Earnings yield | 1.26% | — | — | Top 48% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 19.1× – 183.4× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +46.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +11.8%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +5.0%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
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
- 11
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.3%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -1.9%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +5.3%
- RSI (14)
- 48.2
- Relative volume
- 0.83×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 77.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 84th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.55
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.36
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -13.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -68.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2021 | Dec 19, 2022 | -95.3% | 465 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $803.2M
- P/E (TTM)
- 79.6
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.15
- Revenue (TTM)
- $388.5M
- 52-week range
- $8.11 – $14.80
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $224.1M | $197.2M | $222.9M | $289.2M | $344.2M |
| Gross profit | $94.5M | $80.4M | $102.5M | $132.1M | $157.6M |
| Operating income | -$42.8M | -$49.3M | -$18.3M | $3.5M | $12.1M |
| Net income | -$7.7M | -$11.9M | -$3.4M | $2.4M | $8.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$0.63 | -$0.84 | -$0.23 | $0.14 | $0.36 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $79.9M | $90.1M | $70.6M | $77.9M | $85.6M | $110.1M | $88.5M | $104.3M |
| Net income | $1.5M | $1.7M | -$1.2M | $290,000 | $996,000 | $8.3M | -$455,000 | -$111,000 |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.09 | $0.10 | -$0.07 | $0.02 | $0.06 | $0.13 | -$0.03 | -$0.00 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $28.7M | -$3.5M | $37.8M | $51.8M | $52.6M |
| Capital expenditure | -$7.4M | -$758,000 | -$1.2M | -$2.5M | -$926,000 |
| Free cash flow | $21.3M | -$4.3M | $36.6M | $49.3M | $51.7M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $232.5M | -$2.0M | -$4.2M | -$32.2M | -$34.3M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $193.1M
- Total assets
- $498.4M
- Total liabilities
- $179.6M
- Total debt
- $22.1M
- Net debt
- -$170.9M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $113.4M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 10, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 1,723,310
- Days to cover
- 8.52
- Change vs previous report
- +10.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.