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Grindr Inc. GRND
$13.43 -5.22% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $2.39B
Strong growthHigh quality
Next earnings report: Nov 5, 2026
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Three things to know
- The diluted share count fell 10.4% in a year, mainly through buybacks.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $509.8M, up 32.4% from a year earlier.
- Operating margin widened to 29.8% from 25.6% a year earlier.
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 17%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 43%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 10%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 41%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 5%
- Gross marginTop 20%
- Operating marginTop 9%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 46%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 28%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 22%
- Interest coverTop 21%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 24%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 27%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 36%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 41%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 28%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 49%
- 6-month returnBottom 37%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 40%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 46%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 26%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 21%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 12%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 5%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 37%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 20%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 48%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 11%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 22%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 31.0% | 32.4% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 74.3% | 74.7% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 25.6% | 29.8% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 30.1% | 29.2% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 32.4% | 31.0% | ↑ | Top 17% |
| Gross margin | 74.7% | 74.3% | ↑ | Top 20% |
| Operating margin | 29.8% | 25.6% | ↑ | Top 9% |
| Net margin | 18.7% | -14.4% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 29.2% | 30.1% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 29.2% | — | Top 5% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 31.1% | — | Top 10% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.60×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -12.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 8.2%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -10.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.76×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 15.0×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 8.70%
- Shareholder yield
- 8.70%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -10.4%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +0.9%
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 7, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -2.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $19.00
- Target vs current price
- +41.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 7
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 100%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | -35.5% | -3.5% | -10.7% | -11.9% | — |
| May 7, 2026 | +7.7% | +2.4% | +8.3% | -20.7% | +32.7% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | -16.7% | +4.7% | +0.5% | +11.1% | +14.8% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | +33.3% | +3.0% | +12.1% | +3.3% | -20.5% |
| Aug 7, 2025 | -20.0% | -4.0% | -12.7% | -18.9% | -25.5% |
| May 8, 2025 | +0.0% | +1.7% | +0.3% | -3.2% | -26.1% |
| Mar 7, 2025 | +28.6% | -3.6% | +4.4% | +15.5% | +57.5% |
| Nov 7, 2024 | -28.6% | +2.3% | -1.8% | +4.6% | +25.0% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | $0.10 | $0.16 | -35.5% | $138.1M |
| May 7, 2026 | $0.14 | $0.13 | +7.7% | $129.9M |
| Feb 26, 2026 | $0.10 | $0.12 | -16.7% | $126.2M |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $0.16 | $0.12 | +33.3% | $115.8M |
| Aug 7, 2025 | $0.08 | $0.10 | -20.0% | $104.2M |
| May 8, 2025 | $0.09 | $0.09 | +0.0% | $93.9M |
| Mar 7, 2025 | $0.09 | $0.07 | +28.6% | $97.6M |
| Nov 7, 2024 | $0.05 | $0.07 | -28.6% | $89.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 26.3× | 31.5× | 25th | Top 24% |
| P/E (forward) | 21.5× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 19.9× | — | — | Top 36% |
| EV / Sales | 5.43× | — | — | Bottom 41% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.23% | — | — | Top 27% |
| Earnings yield | 3.80% | — | — | Top 24% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 22.1× – 35.7× since Dec 31, 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)
- +0.2%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -15.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -1.0%
- RSI (14)
- 31.0
- Relative volume
- 2.15×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 41.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 53th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.75
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.23
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -25.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -60.2%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 2022 | Dec 28, 2022 | -87.3% | 26 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 8, 2021 | Nov 9, 2022 | -14.2% | 443 days | 5 days (Nov 16, 2022) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.39B
- P/E (TTM)
- 26.3
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.51
- Revenue (TTM)
- $509.8M
- 52-week range
- $9.73 – $18.50
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $145.8M | $195.0M | $259.7M | $344.6M | $439.9M |
| Gross profit | $108.5M | $143.7M | $192.2M | $257.1M | $318.5M |
| Operating income | $23.7M | $13.0M | $55.4M | $92.6M | $126.3M |
| Net income | $5.1M | $852,000 | -$55.8M | -$131.0M | $94.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.03 | $0.01 | -$0.32 | -$0.74 | $0.49 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $89.3M | $97.6M | $93.9M | $104.2M | $115.8M | $126.0M | $129.9M | $138.1M |
| Net income | $24.7M | -$123.9M | $27.0M | $16.6M | $30.8M | $20.3M | $26.8M | $17.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.14 | -$0.70 | $0.14 | $0.08 | $0.16 | $0.11 | $0.14 | $0.10 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $34.4M | $50.6M | $36.1M | $95.0M | $141.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$3.8M | -$5.6M | -$4.2M | -$945,000 | -$746,000 |
| Free cash flow | $30.6M | $45.1M | $31.9M | $94.0M | $140.8M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | -$196.3M | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $1.4M | $5.2M | $2.7M | $4.0M | -$134.7M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $6.5M
- Total assets
- $462.8M
- Total liabilities
- $474.6M
- Total debt
- $389.6M
- Net debt
- $383.1M
- Shareholders’ equity
- -$11.7M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 7, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 7,574,561
- Days to cover
- 7.04
- Change vs previous report
- +2.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.